Re: (Cross-posting vs Spam) Re: TAF without RAC or OPS

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 00:28:26 -0800
Message-ID: <1073118419.639088@yasure>

Galen Boyer wrote:

> On Fri, 02 Jan 2004, damorgan_at_x.washington.edu wrote:
>
>

>>However my understanding is that you anger just about everyone
>>when you post the exact same message to multiple usenet
>>groups. Please don't do that again. Lets try to ignore the
>>postings to c.d.o. and c.d.o.misc and just respond in
>>c.d.o.server where the message belongs.

>
>
> I'd like to interject. Daniel, crossposting is fine, as long as
> the multiple groups are relevant. It isn't clear that, for this
> thread, all the groups are relevant but the OP did not "post the
> exact same message to multiple usenet groups". He crossposted.
> Posting the exact same message to multiple usenet groups is
> spamming. That is, no matter what the intentions, frowned upon.
> Crossposting is a way to include more than one group in the
> conversation. This can be quite powerful sometimes, but in this
> particular case, the OP seemingly wasn't trying to be judicious.
>

Sorry Galen but you are wrong. Just look at the Newsgroups in the header of your newsreader. What the OP did is banned by both usenet etiquette and the FAQ.

So lets stop doing it and let the c.d.o. and c.d.o.misc threads die.

Thanks.

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Received on Sat Jan 03 2004 - 02:28:26 CST