Re: I should report this egotistical response I received

yf110_at_vtn1.victoria.tc.ca (Malcolm Dew-Jones) wrote in message news:<3e78fc7a_at_news.victoria.tc.ca>...
> amanda (amanda94621_at_yahoo.com) wrote:
> : ab3002_at_hotmail.com has sent me an email saying this:
>
> : <<
> : Cross posting is very bad. Do not post to multiple groups.
>
>
> Oh hogwash. Cross posting is fine, that's the official word from the
> various faqs posted in various new.[admin...] groups. Also, if a reader
> uses a sensible reading tool then they do not need to read the article
> multiple times.
>
> All the below is quoted (except my intros)
>
> For example
>
> : Subject: Rules for posting to Usenet
> : Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
>
> : Usually, it is sufficient to post any article to a single newsgroup;
> : ... If the article
> : is really relevant to multiple newsgroups, then "cross-post" to the
> : relevant newsgroups...
> (snip)
> : ... Furthermore, users with
> : "smart" newsreaders will see the article only once.
>
> For example (Note that the faq itself is cross posted!)
>
> : Subject: FAQ: Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines
> : Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.bulletins,
> : news.admin.net-abuse.usenet,
> : news.admin.net-abuse.sightings,
> : news.admin.net-abuse.misc,
> : news.answers
>
>
> The following is also quoted from various news groups faqs (I forget
> which)
>
> : Cross-posting means that a single message appears in more than one group.
> : Most newsreaders allow you to specify more than one group in a posting.
>
> : Excessive Crossposting (ECP) refers to where a "lot" of postings to more
> : than one group each have been made.
>
> : Some people think cross-posting is "bad". In and of itself, it's good
> : behaviour - it allows you to reach more groups with less impact on the net.
> : Especially if you set the Followup-to: header to one group.

Thanks for all the information.

What I understood about "crossposting" (negative instance) is that it means to post in unrelated groups. Received on Wed Mar 19 2003 - 20:53:37 CST