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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/01/06 12:50
Shelly wrote:
> "Captain Paralytic" <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1162375044.482896.95230@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>
>>>Captain Paralytic wrote:
>>>
>>>>Rik wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>Please don't cross post! You have already had your reply in another
>>>>>>>forum
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Wrong. Cross-posting is good. Multi-posting is bad.
>>>>>
>>>>>Well, cross-posting is the lesser of the evils, not good. Only when
>>>>>you're
>>>>>very sure you _need_ more groups.
>>>>>--
>>>>>Rik Wasmus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I agree. However Jerry was right that I was wrong. I realised that I
>>>>had said "cross" instead of "multi" just after I had pressed "Post
>>>>message"!
>>>>
>>>
>>>Don't you just hate when that happens? :-)
>>
>>Yeah, the "Undo" button just doesn't hack it in that situation!
>
>
> I have found that there are two goups that are virutally identical, this one
> and alt.comp.lang.php. I have also found that by multi-posting to the two
> groups I have sometimes (seldom) received answers from alt.comp.lang.php
> before (or even sometimes only) before getting help from this one.
> Therefore, I multi-post to the two.
>
> Now, when two groups are SOOOO close, couldn't something be done to unify
> the two so that going to the less popular one (the other one) would
> automatically redirect the user to this one?
>
> Shelly
>
>
Nope, usenet doesn't work that way. One group cannot be redirected to
another.
alt.comp.lang.php is the older group, but being an 'alt' group has not
been 'sanctioned' by the PTB. Anyone can create an alt group for any
reason.
comp.lang.php had to go through a longer process - someone had to submit
a proposed charter, there was a period of time for comments, the
proposed charter had to be voted on, and finally the group could be
created. So it is more 'official' in that respect.
But both groups are OK.
And you should not be multi-posting. Rather you should be cross-posting.
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