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>>>>> Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> writes:
>>>>> Ivan Shmakov:

 >> [Cross-posting to news:comp.text, and dropping
 >> news:news.misc from Followup-To:.]

 > What's the reason to have different Newsgroups and Followup-To
 > headers?  Isn't it logical to reply to the same groups to which the
 > article was posted?

	When the discussion has drift away sufficiently from the
	original topic, it may be necessary to direct it into a
	different newsgroup, or a set of them.  Then, it's customary to
	post the followup preserving Newsgroups:, while also setting
	Followup-To: (and announcing so), so that the next followup will
	be directed to the now-appropriate newsgroups.

	For instance, this very question doesn't belong to
	news:comp.text, so I've dropped it from Followup-To: (and hereby
	announcing so.)  Thus, the next followup to this thread is
	likely to be posted to news:news.software.readers only.

	The reason for preserving Newsgroups: is that NNTP doesn't allow
	one to follow a /thread/ (or a /person/, BTW), so it's necessary
	to warn the readers of the thread of the pending Newsgroups:
	change, to give them chance to adjust their subscriptions.

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presentational vs. structural markup Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-05-04 21:21 +0700
  Re: presentational vs. structural markup Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2012-05-04 18:52 +0400
    Re: presentational vs. structural markup tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-05-04 19:54 -0400
    Followup-To: not equal to Newsgroups: Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-05-05 10:17 +0700
    Re: presentational vs. structural markup Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2012-05-05 20:28 -0400
      Re: presentational vs. structural markup "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2012-05-06 04:05 +0000
        Re: presentational vs. structural markup tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-05-06 00:57 -0400
        Re: presentational vs. structural markup Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2012-05-06 17:40 -0400

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