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Re: Cross-Posting [message #184190 is a reply to message #184188] Sat, 14 December 2013 22:31 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Christoph Michael Bec is currently offline  Christoph Michael Bec
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
>
>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 12/14/2013 1:55 PM, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
>>>> And please do not cross-post.
>>>
>>> Actually, cross-posting is the PREFERRED way of posting to multiple
>>> (appropriate) newsgroups. Multi-posting is frowned upon, though.
>>
>> However, asking a question in multiple newsgroups might easily lead to
>> separate discussions even when the OP was *cross*-posted, what is not
>> preferable, IMHO. And as I do not prefer to (cross-)post to newsgroups
>> which I am not subscribed to, because I might miss an important reply,
>> my reply already has split the discussion.
>
> If the Followup-To header field is specified properly, so as to avoid the
> condition you are describing, there is no intrinsic problem with crossposts.
> Mr. Stuckle is correct there.

Until now, I have used the follow up header only to point the discussion
to an appropriate newsgroup. Apparently, there are other good uses.
Thanks for pointing that out.

> See also [de] <http://www.liesmal.de/fup2-faq>.

It seems the domain is not accessible (for me); it responds with 403:
Forbidden.

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Christoph M. Becker
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