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Re: Regarding all the off-topic posts to this newsgroup

From Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Regarding all the off-topic posts to this newsgroup
Date 2024-11-08 15:53 -0300
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Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> writes:

> On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 03:55:38 -0700, "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>There seems to be a lot of off-topic discussion here in this newsgroup
>>(alt.comp.os.windows-10). 
>
> It's not just this newsgroup. People post to the active groups,
> regardless of the message subject, because they think they are more
> likely to get a reply. Of course, this is self deafeating, in that the
> quieter groups are more likely to become dormant if their messages are
> posted elsewhere.

Why don't we highlight the importance of setting and respecting the
follow-up-to header?  I think it works great, but I observe very few
respect it (when someone sets it).

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Regarding all the off-topic posts to this newsgroup "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-26 03:55 -0700
  Re: Regarding all the off-topic posts to this newsgroup micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-07-26 13:07 -0400
  Re: Regarding all the off-topic posts to this newsgroup Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> - 2024-07-28 17:25 +0100
    Re: Regarding all the off-topic posts to this newsgroup Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-08 15:53 -0300

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