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RichA

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May 8, 2020, 6:17:49 PM5/8/20
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Not ones you click, but that are embedded and visible in the reader?

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May 8, 2020, 6:41:01 PM5/8/20
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In article <1a70c0a2-bc99-4396...@googlegroups.com>,
RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not ones you click, but that are embedded and visible in the reader?

of course.

welcome to the 1990s.

Savageduck

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May 8, 2020, 7:04:01 PM5/8/20
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On May 8, 2020, RichA wrote
(in article<1a70c0a2-bc99-4396...@googlegroups.com>):

> Not ones you click, but that are embedded and visible in the reader?

It happens from time to time, with folks unfamiliar with Usenet, and non-binary NGs such as r.p.d., or binary groups such as alt.binaries.photos.original, or alt.binaries.pictures.aviation.That is going to depend on the server, and Usenet client you use.

Considered that some Usenet servers do not support binary Groups of any type. I could be wrong, but for example, I do not believe that binary Groups are available via GoogleGroups. I use Giganews which does support binaries.

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RichA

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May 9, 2020, 3:06:53 AM5/9/20
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This wasn't a binary group, this was a regular group and the images were not links, they were visible when the post was opened. If it's been around since the 1990s it's a surprise since I've never seen it before.

Savageduck

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May 9, 2020, 10:39:44 AM5/9/20
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I have seen the occasional image posted in a non-binary group by mistake, or
ignorance of the poster. I have also seen a few trolls who insist on posting
in HTML where it shouldn't show up at all.

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Paul Carmichael

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May 9, 2020, 12:46:10 PM5/9/20
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On 09/05/2020 09:06, RichA wrote:
> On Friday, 8 May 2020 19:04:01 UTC-4, Savageduck wrote:
>> On May 8, 2020, RichA wrote
>> (in article<1a70c0a2-bc99-4396...@googlegroups.com>):
>>
>>> Not ones you click, but that are embedded and visible in the reader?
>>
>> It happens from time to time, with folks unfamiliar with Usenet, and non-binary NGs such as r.p.d., or binary groups such as alt.binaries.photos.original, or alt.binaries.pictures.aviation.That is going to depend on the server, and Usenet client you use.
>>
>> Considered that some Usenet servers do not support binary Groups of any type. I could be wrong, but for example, I do not believe that binary Groups are available via GoogleGroups. I use Giganews which does support binaries.

> This wasn't a binary group, this was a regular group and the images were not links, they were visible when the post was opened. If it's been around since the 1990s it's a surprise since I've never seen it before.
>

It would have to be a script of some sort. Best view the source for a clue.

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May 9, 2020, 1:30:09 PM5/9/20
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In article <hho52e...@mid.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael
<wibble...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> Not ones you click, but that are embedded and visible in the reader?
> >>
> >> It happens from time to time, with folks unfamiliar with Usenet, and
> >> non-binary NGs such as r.p.d., or binary groups such as
> >> alt.binaries.photos.original, or alt.binaries.pictures.aviation.That is
> >> going to depend on the server, and Usenet client you use.
> >>
> >> Considered that some Usenet servers do not support binary Groups of any
> >> type. I could be wrong, but for example, I do not believe that binary
> >> Groups are available via GoogleGroups. I use Giganews which does support
> >> binaries.
>
> > This wasn't a binary group, this was a regular group and the images were
> > not links, they were visible when the post was opened. If it's been around
> > since the 1990s it's a surprise since I've never seen it before.
> >
>
> It would have to be a script of some sort. Best view the source for a clue.

no it wouldn't.

RichA

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May 9, 2020, 3:18:24 PM5/9/20
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On Friday, 8 May 2020 18:17:49 UTC-4, RichA wrote:
> Not ones you click, but that are embedded and visible in the reader?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.tv/T_PhPyBXaWg

Savageduck

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May 9, 2020, 4:18:52 PM5/9/20
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On May 9, 2020, RichA wrote
(in article<596eb719-50b3-44f2...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Friday, 8 May 2020 18:17:49 UTC-4, RichA wrote:
> > Not ones you click, but that are embedded and visible in the reader?
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.tv/T_PhPyBXaWg

OK! I checked that GoogleGroups Group from your link, and from three of the Usenet clients I am using, Hogwasher, Unison, and Usenapp (Beta).

I have a few observations:

1: the original post was done in HTML, note the poster’s info with HTML doodles.

2: here is how the post appears in each of my three Usenet clients:

Hogwasher<https://www.dropbox.com/s/b45zz12g0q3xsro/screenshot_403.jpg>

Unison<https://www.dropbox.com/s/n32ck3xui4dph45/screenshot_405.jpg>

Usenapp (Beta)<https://www.dropbox.com/s/3m6rfkck4ctvf0v/screenshot_404.jpg>

My conclusion is Google Groups, together with the OP’s client “Seamonkey” somehow allow HTML posts.

Also, judging by the depth of crossposts, the groups crossposted to, and the absolute crappy nature of that NG it seems that the OP is a TROLL, and one has to question your judgement in even thinking of visiting rec.arts.tv let alone subscribing to it, but then you use G2, and GoogleGroups.

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Carlos E.R.

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May 9, 2020, 6:28:09 PM5/9/20
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HTML.

The custom is to post in plain text, but I tried once to send an html
post on a private nntp server as a test and it certainly worked (1).
There were no filters to block it. Some people scandalized, so I did not
repeat the experiment, but it showed that the technology was in place,
just unused.

I am this moment subscribing to rec.arts.tv to see that post in
Thunderbird. I use leafnode as proxy.
[...]

Yes, the photos do show. Not by default, Thunderbird warns that there is
remote content, and I have to explicitly enable it - same as for any
html email I get. That is, the post doesn't include the photos, they are
downloaded when you open the post.

You can probably view the source at your side.



(1) that nntp server had a gateway to a web forum, and they of course
posted with text format and sometimes photos, and they were lost when
gated to the nntp side. So I tried to see if nntp was html capable, and
it was. It was just the gateway that wasn't.

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RichA

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May 10, 2020, 4:53:16 AM5/10/20
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There is one or two particular kooks that crosspost and spam incessantly, which makes it unfortunate that google has no killfile ability. But, occasionally, you can glean some info from it, there are substantive posters. On google, the images do show up. Thanks for the investigation.
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