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Re: Cross-Posting

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Christoph Michael Becker wrote:

> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 12/14/2013 1:55 PM, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
>>> And please do not cross-post.
>> 
>> Actually, cross-posting is the PREFERRED way of posting to multiple
>> (appropriate) newsgroups.  Multi-posting is frowned upon, though.
> 
> However, asking a question in multiple newsgroups might easily lead to
> separate discussions even when the OP was *cross*-posted, what is not
> preferable, IMHO.  And as I do not prefer to (cross-)post to newsgroups
> which I am not subscribed to, because I might miss an important reply,
> my reply already has split the discussion.

If the Followup-To header field is specified properly, so as to avoid the 
condition you are describing, there is no intrinsic problem with crossposts.  
Mr. Stuckle is correct there.

See also [de] <http://www.liesmal.de/fup2-faq>.
 
>> In this case, both newsgroups he posted to were appropriate for the
>> subject (at least based on current information).
> 
> Isn't *anything* that is on topic here also on topic in alt.php?

In theory, yes.  But there is no alt.php except on Google Groups and similar 
archives, and peculiarly maintained news servers.

The problem with *this* crosspost is that, *and* that alt.ALL – by contrast 
to comp.ALL – does not belong to the Big 8.  Where comp.ALL is order, 
alt.ALL is anarchy; it is therefore a bad idea to crosspost to alt.ALL /and/ 
comp.ALL.  In general, crossposting across hierarchy borders is a bad idea 
for several reasons.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_8_(Usenet)>


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