Posted by J.O. Aho on 12/30/06 09:06

PHPBABY3 wrote:
> J.O. Aho wrote:
>> PHPBABY3 wrote:
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> I know PHP but need to learn CakePHP right away. Where's the best
>>> documentation?
>>>
>>> Looking for a consultant to help via phone, email or chat.
>>>
>>> p h p b a b y 3 AT a o l DOT c o m
>>> or reply to author
>>>
>> Please don't multipost,
>
> Why?

As crossposting is better.


>> if you have to post the same message to more than one
>> newsgroup, then in your newsgroup-line, separate the newsgroups names with a
>> comma ','.
>
> What difference does that make?

If you multipost, no one can follow what replies you already got, you may get
quite many same answers as no one sees that you already got that one, as no
one is subscribing all news groups.


>> Don't post more than a handful relevant newsgroups.
>
> Is there something wrong with a company running an ad in multiple
> newspapers? Or posting a jobs on multiple hob boards?

As it's bad etiquette to post to a high number of newsgroups and specially if
you pick irrelevant newsgroups, it's like getting porn advertisements in
Donald Duck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette

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//Aho

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