Posted by Default User on 08/03/05 02:32

Shelly wrote:

>
> "JDS" <jeffrey@example.invalid> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.08.02.16.42.35.361003@example.invalid...

> > Cross-posting means including a list of newsgroups in the post-to
> > list at post time. Multi-posting means sending out the same
> > message to different newsgroups, one at a time.
>
> Ah, I multi-posted. However, it seems like six of one and a half
> dozen of the other.

Not really, no. With cross-posting, two useful things happen. Replies
from one group will be seen in all (assuming that the cross-post wasn't
removed by the respondant) and for those with sensible newsreader the
message will be marked as read in all groups once it's read in one



Brian

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