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Re: Strategy/algorithm for Followup-To field in non-discussion groups
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Thu, 15 Oct 1998 04:06:00 GMT
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Todd Lehman writes:
mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes:
Q: should messages be required to be crossposted to the group to which
Followup-To is set? That way, people who don't subscribe to the announce
group but do subscribe to the relevant discussion area will see the original
message.

Aha, good, yes, probably, hmm...

--Todd

I'd go with no. If I post a model to lcad.dat I would not expect to see that
model appear in any other group. That is, the model post itself is different in
kind from its followups.

-Lar



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  Re: Strategy/algorithm for Followup-To field in non-discussion groups
 
(...) Right. Definitely so for cad dat files. But what about announcements? (26 years ago, 15-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) Aha, good, yes, probably, hmm... --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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