Re: Merge Multiple Rows Into Single Result

On 19 Nov 2002, yf110_at_vtn1.victoria.tc.ca wrote:

> There is nothing wrong with cross-posting a message to a small
> number of relevent newsgroups. That is why news programs have
> that function.

Just because one has the ability doesn't mean it should be common practice. Very rarely is there actually a need to crosspost, and even more rarely is there a need to crosspost to the same hiearchy.

> What is bad is posting copies of the same message to different
> news groups as different postings,

Obviously a hideous practice and the original definition of spam.

> or cross-posting messages to irrelevent or too-many newsgroups.

Well, this is really contradictory to your first statement.

> (Numerous other things are bad as well, of course.)

Like not trimming.

-- 
Galen Boyer