| Mike Easter 2004-11-05, 5:47 pm |
| dh_ld@nomail.com wrote:
> usually they're just bitching because people are posting to
> more than one news group at the same time. That is an *extremely!*
> lame thing to XXXXX about, and much stupider than doing nothing at
all
The reason they are bitching is because it is almost always poor
netiquette to crosspost at all, which your net history shows that you
habitually do, perhaps because you don't know any better. On the
occasions in which it /might/ be appropriate to crosspost, you should
always set followups to one group.
http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqw...post.html#cross -
news.newusers.questions - Try to post to only one newsgroup, or, if you
must, cross-post only to the smallest possible set of *appropriate*
newsgroups, and use a "Followup-To:" header
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_6.html Usenet
``Netiquette'' -- It's also suggested that if an article is
crossposted a Followup-To: header be included. It should name the group
to which all additional discussion should be directed to.
http://www.advicemeant.com/netiquet/usenet.shtml UseNetiQuette: -
Netiquette for Newsgroups, What is cross posting? - Crossposting refers
to the sending of a note to more than one news group - generally
considered bad manners. Even if your comment has some relevance to more
than one group, it is not considered polite to assume that the 'other
group' wish to hear it
http://tolkien.slimy.com/faq/Netiquette.html -- II. B. The Basics of
Netiquette -- Generally, you should post an article to the single most
appropriate group
http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php USENET and Mailing
List posting netiquette - Do not cross-post.
http://www.hogwarts-library.net/ref...quette_faq.html -- Netiquette
Guide - IX. Some Miscellaneous Tips - Don't Cross-post!
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Mike Easter
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