[Info-vax] update on publications (part of: "FS: OpenVMS documentation, LK-series keyboards, SCSI HDDs and more")

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <526812b7$0$26899$e4fe514c at dreader37.news.xs4all.nl>,
	MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
> On 23-okt-2013 19:18, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> Unless you have seriously broken news reader (like a web browser
>> trying to pretend its a news reader) or probably Google Groups,
>> all instances of a crossposted message are marked as read when
>> you read it in the first group you come to.  Thus, you see it once
>> and not whatever number of times it was crossposted.
> 
> What gave you the idea I wanted people to see it multiple times...?
> I just tried to increase the reach, not to repeat/agitprop it
> repeatedly!  (What the hell do you take me for?!)
> 
> 
>> A read of most netiquette papers will explain that there is very
>> little chance that a single subject is actually on topic in more
>> than 4 or 5 groups, tops.
> 
> Point out what isn't on-topic in each of the targeted groups.

I should probably just let this go because it seems once again that
I am trying to teach a pig to sing, but......

RFC 1855, Page 11

      If you feel an article will be of interest to more than one
      Newsgroup, be sure to CROSSPOST the article rather than individually
      post it to those groups.  In general, probably only five-to-six
      groups will have similar enough interests to warrant this.


Thus the reason some newsreaders drop messages crossposted to  more
than the recommended number of groups.

bill

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