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Re: Oh hell, here we go again!

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From: David Sternlight
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:49
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It's worth mentioning that some of us who use threaded newsreaders
such as trn don't realize how annoying excessive cross-posting is
to others, particularly if we have both the substantive groups
and the irrelevant ones in our active base.

It's more a matter of forming the correct habits than deliberate
offense in most cases. I'm just getting into the habit of checking
the headers when responding to a message, and I'm far from perfect
at it as, I assume, are many others.

Maybe the newsreader software writers should add an extra, optional
question to the dialogue, asking if the writer of a reply wants
to send it to ..... newsgroups, and giving him a chance to correct
the address list.

Or maybe trn and other groups have such a feature, and I just haven't
found it yet.

David
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!strnlght
References: <1992Dec16.150146.28325@linus.mitre.org> <BzGuns.797@babbage.ece.uc.edu>

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From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Re: Oh hell, here we go again!
Message-ID: <1992Dec19.004951.22629@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <1992Dec16.150146.28325@linus.mitre.org> <BzGuns.797@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:49:51 GMT
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