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From: tjs@cs.monash.edu.au (Toby Sargeant)
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.problems.internet
Subject: Re: Please don't crosspost
Date: 7 Jul 1998 00:32:24 GMT
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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On Mon, 06 Jul 1998 23:36:01 GMT, Tung Ken Lam <TKLam@compuserve.com> wrote:
>Subject says it all ... I know the Yaroze newsgroup hierarchy is a bit
>flawed in that more than one newsgroup seems appropriate for a post
>but if you must cross post at least direct follow ups to a single
>newsgroup if possible. (Having duplicated newsgroups in scee.* and
>scea.* doesn't seem particularly efficient either ...)

Granted, the repetition is a little frustrating at times, especially seeing
as most people are reading many newsgroups, but I think that some level
of crossposting is necessary. If you're using a real newsreader (slrn, for
example, is a real newsreader), you can tell it to only show you one copy
of crossposted articles. That's probably the best solution.

toby.