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  Q: Follow-Up Tag
 
Forgive my ignorance on these matters, but I have some questions about how these newsgroups will work. 1) When a thread gets off-topic in a group, is it diverted to another group where it would be on topic? 2) Is this what the Follow-Up To: tag is (...) (26 years ago, 30-Sep-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Q: Follow-Up Tag
 
(...) Not automatically. And depends on the thread. I would not think you should worry about a couple of off-topic posts that come up in the conversation in a group. BEcause trying to divert those would do more to distract from the conversation than (...) (26 years ago, 30-Sep-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Q: Follow-Up Tag
 
(...) Well said! Yes, the group names are -mostly- for a place to start a discussion, and things are naturally going to stray a bit. It's fine to move discussions to more appropriate groups (and you're encouraged to do that as appropriate). Again, (...) (26 years ago, 30-Sep-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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