Corey Richardson wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:58:17 -0500, Sky >
> wrote:
>
>>Giusi wrote:
>>>
>>> "Corey Richardson" > ha scritto nel
>>> messaggio ...
>>> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:51:01 +0200, "Giusi"
>>> > > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>Stop cross posting.
>>> >
>>> > I wanted to hear the opinions of both, relevant, groups.
>>> >
>>> Then I think you should go to each separately, because this is very
>>> irritating. I frequent both groups. If you look you will see that
>>> people
>>> have un-crossed to respond. It's a huge mess. People have asked
>>> you to
>>> stop. You won't. You will end up being ignored by people who
>>> otherwise would have welcomed you and some new chatter.
>>
>>Corey, hopefully as a helpful suggestion, if you do cross-post an
>>original post, please at least set the "followups to" one particular
>>newsgroup and foreword your original post as such. For example begin
>>your x-posted original post with: "cross-posted to
>>example.newsgroup.a and example.newsgroup.b with followups set to
>>example.newsgroup.a". Some folks, like me, frequent one newsgroup but
>>not the other, and it's no fun inadvertently posting a response to
>>a(ny) newsgroup one does subscribe to.
>>
>>Sky, who's probably eating shoe leather again
>
> Hmm, maybe. But surely if you set the followups, one group of people
> won't see the replies, opinions and discussion?
>
> As the posts are on-topic and only x-posted to two relevant
> newsgroups, is it really that much of a problem?

Yes.
>
> Thank you.

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