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Re: Some Running Thoughts about THROWBOTS
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:08:27 GMT
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LPIEN@CTP.IWANTNOSPAM.COMnomorespam
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> "Richard Wright" <rwright@pcsedu.com> writes:
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> > [snipped informal review of Throw Bots]
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> Richard,
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> Does the message you just posted to the .announce group really qualify as a
> "general-interest announcement to the community (breaking news about
> products, releases, contests, events, and sites, etc.)" ?
In fact, this same message, or one very like it, was posted to several
groups, but several times, instead of as one message with multiple
groups selected.
I personally find that very annoying. How do we encourage people not to
do that? It wastes space on the server, and wastes time for every reader
who sees it more than once, and finally, when it is a message likely to
get replies, fragments the replies all over the place, as independent
threads start in each group where it was posted.
--
Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
- Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
- Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
- This is a family newsgroup, thanks.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Some Running Thoughts about THROWBOTS
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| Also sprach Larry Pieniazek: : do that? It wastes space on the server, and wastes time for every reader : who sees it more than once, and finally, when it is a message likely to : get replies, fragments the replies all over the place, as independent (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Some Running Thoughts about THROWBOTS
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| (...) I agree it's very annoying. I'm not sure how to encourage people not to do that. I think maybe some education about multiple-newsgroup systems. Maybe something for the FAQ. People need to understand about cross-posting (and how not to abuse (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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