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Re: Oops! Stopping a cross-posting thread
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:36:24 GMT
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On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:18:02 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com>
wrote:
> Todd,
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> I think I caused a little faux-pas. I responded to someone's posting in
> lugnet.general, and since I felt it was something for the FAQ,
> cross-posted to lugnet.faq.
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> Now anyone who does a respond-all will post a message to both groups,
> when it would most likely be applicable to just one.
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> Hindsight being an exact science, I realize I should've probably set the
> followup-to to lugnet.general. (1) However, now that it's already
> happened, is there any way I can correct my mistake?
Well, you could cancel, and then repost. However, this is rather a
cumbersome process (or at least I've always felt so), and I think, in
the case of a single thread, where you've learned your lesson, so to
speak, you can leave it up to the discretion of the otehr readers to
snip the crosspost, if so desired.
Jasper
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| Todd, I think I caused a little faux-pas. I responded to someone's posting in lugnet.general, and since I felt it was something for the FAQ, cross-posted to lugnet.faq. Now anyone who does a respond-all will post a message to both groups, when it (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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