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In <DL9FIH.Ko7@world.std.com> boursy@world.std.com (Stephen Boursy)
writes: 
>
>In article <RAOUL.96Jan15181455@cacciatore.mit.edu>,
>Nico Garcia <raoul@cacciatore.mit.edu> wrote:
>>In article <4ddo02$n9i@molnir.brunel.ac.uk> Alan.Holmes@brunel.ac.uk 
>>(Alan J Holmes) writes:
>>
>>   Crossposting is fast becoming a menace, in a few years every
>
>	Naw--it makes things easier and allows one to scan a large number
>of subjects without reading every group--most especailly in the
political
>sphere.
>
>
>>   schoolchild will have a terminal in their bedroom, if they all
>>   get the idea that crossposting is the normal thing to do, the net
>>   will grind to a halt.
>>
>>Too late. AOL is here.
>>
>
>
>	Actually AOL doesn't make it easy to crosspost--they're usenet
front
>end leaves much to be desired although they do have some nice features
>and for someone new to the area its a good first choice--they've
brought
>in a lot of needed diverersity to the usenet.
>
>				Steve
>
>
>>   ...
>>
>>   There are many people who have to pay for every byte which passes
>>   down the phone lines.
>>
>>Crossposting *reduces* this. Instead of posting individual copies,
>>and creating independent threads about the same related material,
>>only *one* copy goes out and is referenced in all the newsgroups.
>>
>>   Isn't it time that the feature of crossposting was taken out of
>>   the system?
>>
>>You haven't studied how Usenet works, have you? Nothing personal, I
>>just think you should try reading the FAQ available at rtfm.mit.edu
on
>>the administrative groups, take a look at the INN source code and
>>manuals, etc. before suggesting radical revisions to the structure of
>>Usenet.
>>
>>The big problem is idiots who send independent copies of the same
stuff
>>that is *not* cross-posted.
>>
>>				Nico Garcia
>>				raoul@mit.edu
>>My opinions are my own, not MIT's or my employer's or my cat's
>>(Well, maybe my cat's....)
>>
>
A crossposted article should take up no more space on your server
than the same article posted to one group.

A crossposted article merely allows access to it through more than
one viewing channel -- it does not take up any more space in a properly
configured news server.

DrG