- Cross-post
Cross-posting is the act of submitting an article to more than one
newsgroup ormailing list .This is done to get broader coverage of an issue.Cross-posting stands in stark contrast to Multi-posting (whereby the same material is posted several places--without any links between the occurrences and without all information, in the form of commonly-shared responses, available to all who read the original post).
Reasons for cross-posting (as opposed to posting the same item individually to several groups):
# When the posts are linked, readers of one group (who do not read all of the groups) will gain from the wisdom of those in the other groups.
# After the question has been adequately answered in one group, people in another group will not continue to respond with the same solution.
# It is more likely that erroneous statements in responses will be corrected.
# The first time a properly constructed newsreader encounters a cross-posted post, that post is marked as Read in ALL the groups in which it is cross-posted. News reader software that is configured to not display already-viewed messages will only present the message (and the replies) to the user once.
# File-sharing: when sharing illegal files, they are often posted to as many newsgroups as possible, to provide the best coverage.How to cross-post:1. Enter each of the groups to whom the post should be submitted on the Newsgroups line (or To line); separate the groups with commas.
2. NOTE: Some people find the following technique nearly as objectionable as Multi-posting, in that (if you are not reading the post in the group on the Followup-to line) in order to read the responses, you must leave the group you are in.
Select a single group to which you would like the responses to go and put it on the Followup-to line.
If you use this method, do note in the body of the post that Followup-to is set. (The worst aspect of the Followup-to technique is that it is so often done improperly.)
As always, make sure that the Subject line accurately describes the content of the post.
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