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in article 1g03g7v.o2936z7b2s0bN%pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid, PeterD at
pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid wrote on 22/8/03 3:25 pm:

> Vaughan Wittorff <"vww20"@(nospam)cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> BTW, this is my second posting, where I have posted to all three groups
>> above.  I feel that I should check: is there anyone that thinks this is
>> inappropriate?  Is there anyone that thinks I should post to only one or
>> two of the groups above?
> 
> One of the corollaries is that some people won't see your post at all.
> I have a default kill on anything crossposted to more than 2 newsgroups.
> I didn't even see your post until Simon Slavins responded, and only then
> because I have un-kill on some posters sometimes.
> 
> While I can understand your reasoning for including both uk and aus,
> your question is not specific to either, so perhaps comp.sys is the
> place for it. 
> 
> One of the reasons many people find the uk groups a pleasant place to
> hang around is because they are usually uncontaminated by the often
> unruly behaviour in the usa-centric hierarchies. For that reason alone,
> it would be looked upon favourably if you didn't cross-post to
> comp.sys.mac and instead, posted there separately.

<thinking aloud> Why do people cross post in the first place? Surely it
takes only a few seconds more to post to each group separately, and you're
going to have to read the groups separately anyway. (unless there's some
magic newsreader thing I don't know about). Not having a go, just curious.