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Old 02-19-2008, 11:32 AM
Keith Keller
 
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Default Re: Crosspost

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["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.linux.slackware.]

On 2004-05-14, Rich Grise <richardgrise@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just to prove a point - when a post is crossposted, it's only stored
> on the sever once, and there are simply references in the headers.
> It has to. It has only one message ID, duh.
>
> The point being that people bitch about crossposting, when there
> are so many reasons why it's better.


Your point is really moot, since it's not bandwidth people dislike about
crossposting, but crossposts to irrelevant newsgroups and/or excessive
crossposting (like to 10 newsgroups). Oh, and not setting Followup-To.

- --keith

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