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likely
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parts of
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were
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reached
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filter
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incoming
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on our
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servers,
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receive
from our
upstream
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servers
limit
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maximum
article
size and
if any
articles
are in
excess
of that
size the
server
will
cancel
it
automatically
and it
will not
propagate
out.
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all news
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have the
right to
filter
out
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that
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through
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Usenet
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to carry
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not
large
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strain
on the
server
as plain
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regarding
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may be
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for
articles
not
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of abuse
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or
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