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Today I was accused of cross-posting because I mentioned another newsgroup
in the body of my post (it was a comp.os.* group). I have not seen any FAQ
that mentions cross-posting as "mention of another group". Was this guy
talking out of his ass or does he have a point?

thanks.

hellrazor <> wrote in
news:Xns95288AB35F745jorgeanotherworldcom@64.59.14 4.76:

> that mentions cross-posting as "mention of another group". Was this guy
> talking out of his ass or does he have a point?

Talking out his ass.

If you want the definition of crossposting, look for posts by "We live for
the one we die for the one"



"Jim Berwick" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9528AABAE15A4jimbsnipnet@207.103.26.26...
> hellrazor <> wrote in
> news:Xns95288AB35F745jorgeanotherworldcom@64.59.14 4.76:
>
>> that mentions cross-posting as "mention of another group". Was this guy
>> talking out of his ass or does he have a point?
>
> Talking out his ass.

hellrazor wrote:

> Today I was accused of cross-posting because I mentioned another
> newsgroup in the body of my post (it was a comp.os.* group). I have
> not seen any FAQ that mentions cross-posting as "mention of another
> group". Was this guy talking out of his ass or does he have a point?

Probably the latter. Crossposting is posting the same message with
multiple group names in the distribution. Okay if you don't get carried
away with it: not many groups, and only relevant groups. Multiposting
is *separately* posting (only one newsgroup each) the same post to
multiple groups; this is worse.

But possibly something else you did ****ed off some people. What's the
Message-ID of the post in question?

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Blinky the Shark <> wrote in
news: :

> hellrazor wrote:
>
>> Today I was accused of cross-posting because I mentioned another
>> newsgroup in the body of my post (it was a comp.os.* group). I have
>> not seen any FAQ that mentions cross-posting as "mention of another
>> group". Was this guy talking out of his ass or does he have a point?
>
> Probably the latter. Crossposting is posting the same message with
> multiple group names in the distribution. Okay if you don't get carried
> away with it: not many groups, and only relevant groups. Multiposting
> is *separately* posting (only one newsgroup each) the same post to
> multiple groups; this is worse.
>
> But possibly something else you did ****ed off some people. What's the
> Message-ID of the post in question?
>

Message ID of parent post:

Xns95277616972CAjorgeanotherworldcom@64.59.144.76

I may have ****ed them off, but I moved the discussion out of the NG where
people were complaining. Then he follows me to the other newsgroup and
tells me that I'm cross posting because I mentioned the other NG.

hellrazor <> wrote:

> Blinky the Shark <> wrote in
> news: :
>
>> hellrazor wrote:
>>
>>> Today I was accused of cross-posting because I mentioned
>>> another newsgroup in the body of my post (it was a comp.os.*
>>> group). I have not seen any FAQ that mentions cross-posting as
>>> "mention of another group". Was this guy talking out of his
>>> ass or does he have a point?
>>
>> Probably the latter. Crossposting is posting the same message
>> with multiple group names in the distribution. Okay if you
>> don't get carried away with it: not many groups, and only
>> relevant groups. Multiposting is *separately* posting (only
>> one newsgroup each) the same post to multiple groups; this is
>> worse.
>>
>> But possibly something else you did ****ed off some people.
>> What's the Message-ID of the post in question?
>>
>
> Message ID of parent post:
>
> Xns95277616972CAjorgeanotherworldcom@64.59.144.76
>
> I may have ****ed them off, but I moved the discussion out of
> the NG where people were complaining. Then he follows me to the
> other newsgroup and tells me that I'm cross posting because I
> mentioned the other NG.
>

He doesn't seem to be 'following' you.
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
news:YDAJc.2080$

You started posting at:
comp.lang.c++ AND comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
on the 15th (Cross posting.)

He asked you to stop.
news:3eAJc.2079$

He appears to post at both groups separately.
news:cwVJc.2098$

Ignore... and post to the correct group with a new subject line like
"win api return value" or something. <sigh>

hellrazor wrote:

> Blinky the Shark <> wrote in
> news: :

>> hellrazor wrote:

>>> Today I was accused of cross-posting because I mentioned another
>>> newsgroup in the body of my post (it was a comp.os.* group). I have
>>> not seen any FAQ that mentions cross-posting as "mention of another
>>> group". Was this guy talking out of his ass or does he have a point?

>> Probably the latter. Crossposting is posting the same message with
>> multiple group names in the distribution. Okay if you don't get carried
>> away with it: not many groups, and only relevant groups. Multiposting
>> is *separately* posting (only one newsgroup each) the same post to
>> multiple groups; this is worse.

>> But possibly something else you did ****ed off some people. What's the
>> Message-ID of the post in question?

> Message ID of parent post:

> Xns95277616972CAjorgeanotherworldcom@64.59.144.76

> I may have ****ed them off, but I moved the discussion out of the NG where
> people were complaining. Then he follows me to the other newsgroup and
> tells me that I'm cross posting because I mentioned the other NG.

Well, you did crosspost the original, which your first description of the
issue here did not reveal. Here's the Newsgroups header from that post:

Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32

But if you removed the complaining group from subsequent replies, that's about
all you can do at that point. Perhaps others didn't, and you ended up
taking the heat for that.

--
Blinky Linux Registered User 297263

New Pieces of Shakespeare Manuscript Found Near Salt Lake City USA
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Blinky the Shark <> wrote in
news: :

> hellrazor wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark <> wrote in
>> news: :
>
>>> hellrazor wrote:
>
>>>> Today I was accused of cross-posting because I mentioned another
>>>> newsgroup in the body of my post (it was a comp.os.* group). I have
>>>> not seen any FAQ that mentions cross-posting as "mention of another
>>>> group". Was this guy talking out of his ass or does he have a
>>>> point?
>
>>> Probably the latter. Crossposting is posting the same message with
>>> multiple group names in the distribution. Okay if you don't get
>>> carried away with it: not many groups, and only relevant groups.
>>> Multiposting is *separately* posting (only one newsgroup each) the
>>> same post to multiple groups; this is worse.
>
>>> But possibly something else you did ****ed off some people. What's
>>> the Message-ID of the post in question?
>
>> Message ID of parent post:
>
>> Xns95277616972CAjorgeanotherworldcom@64.59.144.76
>
>> I may have ****ed them off, but I moved the discussion out of the NG
>> where people were complaining. Then he follows me to the other
>> newsgroup and tells me that I'm cross posting because I mentioned the
>> other NG.
>
> Well, you did crosspost the original, which your first description of
> the issue here did not reveal. Here's the Newsgroups header from that
> post:
>
> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
>
> But if you removed the complaining group from subsequent replies,
> that's about all you can do at that point. Perhaps others didn't, and
> you ended up taking the heat for that.
>

The original, yes.. I'm guilty. But subsequent ones, he says I continued
cross-posting because I mentioned the newsgroup.. bahumbug to that BS!