In article <kggv83thofbss5p8ltn309jt9bb9f81bi4@4ax.com>, kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain says...
snip
>
> Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
> separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so
> just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup
> doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for
> those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they
> see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only
> once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's
> time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.
>
> If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please
> do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).
>
> Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across
> multiple newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html
>
>
I crossposted this to a mere 2 newsgroups.
You may be noticing something about my off the wall Gravity newsreader.
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:40:00 -0400, MachineMessiah
<Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote:
> In article <kggv83thofbss5p8ltn309jt9bb9f81bi4@4ax.com>,
> kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain says...
> snip
> >
> > Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
> > separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so
> > just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup
> > doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for
> > those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they
> > see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only
> > once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's
> > time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.
> >
> > If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please
> > do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).
> >
> > Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across
> > multiple newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html
> >
> >
>
> I crossposted this to a mere 2 newsgroups.
Although *this* message, to which I am now replying, was crossposted,
the original to which I replied was multiposted. The *number* of
newsgroups you multiposted to is not an issue, but the fact of
multiposting is. It's an inconvenience to everyone, and as I said,
gets you poorer help.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:bh0293t78jeea17g6ksvc1dpf9bojjbh64@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:40:00 -0400, MachineMessiah
> <Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote:
>
>> In article <kggv83thofbss5p8ltn309jt9bb9f81bi4@4ax.com>,
>> kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain says...
>> snip
>> >
>> > Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
>> > separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing
>> > so
>> > just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup
>> > doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And
>> > for
>> > those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to,
>> > they
>> > see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it
>> > only
>> > once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's
>> > time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.
>> >
>> > If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup,
>> > please
>> > do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).
>> >
>> > Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across
>> > multiple newsgroups?" at
>> > http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I crossposted this to a mere 2 newsgroups.
>
>
> Although *this* message, to which I am now replying, was crossposted,
> the original to which I replied was multiposted. The *number* of
> newsgroups you multiposted to is not an issue, but the fact of
> multiposting is. It's an inconvenience to everyone, and as I said,
> gets you poorer help.
>
>
Please explain the difference between multiposting and crossposting and
which one is acceptable.
This post is cross-posted to two groups. Every reader sees the same post,
every reply appears in every group that was cross-posted to. If the same
post were sent to each group separately, that would be multi-posting.
Replies are only seen in the group where they are posted. Cross-posting is
OK, multi-posting is not.
"Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:ezgwXPawHHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Please explain the difference between multiposting and crossposting and
> which one is acceptable.
>
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:06:22 +0100, "Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:bh0293t78jeea17g6ksvc1dpf9bojjbh64@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:40:00 -0400, MachineMessiah
> > <Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <kggv83thofbss5p8ltn309jt9bb9f81bi4@4ax.com>,
> >> kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain says...
> >> snip
> >> >
> >> > Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
> >> > separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing
> >> > so
> >> > just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup
> >> > doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And
> >> > for
> >> > those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to,
> >> > they
> >> > see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it
> >> > only
> >> > once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's
> >> > time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.
> >> >
> >> > If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup,
> >> > please
> >> > do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).
> >> >
> >> > Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across
> >> > multiple newsgroups?" at
> >> > http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> I crossposted this to a mere 2 newsgroups.
> >
> >
> > Although *this* message, to which I am now replying, was crossposted,
> > the original to which I replied was multiposted. The *number* of
> > newsgroups you multiposted to is not an issue, but the fact of
> > multiposting is. It's an inconvenience to everyone, and as I said,
> > gets you poorer help.
> >
> >
> Please explain the difference between multiposting and crossposting and
> which one is acceptable.
I already did. Please reread my original message, beginning "answered
in another newsgroup," quoted above, which answers both your
questions, explains why multiposting is bad, and further cites a web
site with more information on the subject.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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