How do you re-post an old thread in a newsgroup?

Hello all,

Is this the best news group to post a question about newsgroups? Do
you know of any others that are made especially for asking newsgroups type
questions? I looked at a several and they didn't seem to have the answers I
was looking for including the group news.newusers.questions which is has
sadly been taken over by spammers.

Here is my question. Is it ok (proper etiquette) to repost an old
post without posting it as an attachment to the original? The reason I ask
this is because I don't think that anyone would read an old post. The
question that the person asked (in the original post) was a good one and it
took me a little research to find the answer so I wanted to reposted his
original thread as a NEW thread with his original post and my response to
the post in hopes that he or others may see it. Any help you can give me
would be greatly appreciated.

Jeb

 

If it's really old...you might as well just start a new thread

 

Spammers, trolls...

The above doesn't make a lot of sense. Reply to the old post but include
enough of the original post via "quoting" for the sake of context.

To answer your speicfic question: You don't say how old the post is. Since
you want to start a new thread then you should write your message. Include
your words regarding your interpretation of the question and your answer.

If the original message isn't too old then just reply to it, keeping the
same thread. Your new message will be new and what you would be doing is
quoting the old post for context, not "reposting" the old post.

For a general start: (especially: "Of proper quoting"
http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html

 

news.software.readers is a fantastic group. Very helpful posters.

I'm just about to go there myself actually, as I have a newsreader problem.

Good luck.

 

News.newusers.questions is a moderated group; there is no spam there at
all. Perhaps you have been confused by the routine automated posting of
certain FAQ-type articles there, which are in fact very useful and
informative for new users. Or perhaps the news-server you are using
ignores the moderated status of that particular group, for some reason, so
that users of that particular server are seeing articles that no-one else
sees, as they haven't passed the group's moderators.

Better to start a new thread and include mention of the original thread in
your article; perhaps include a link to the thread in Google Groups, so
that anyone can see it if they want to. Starting your new thread in the
same group as the original question was posted in, and using the same or
connected subject, stands a good chance of attracting the attention of the
original questioner - if they still read that group.

It is possible to make a reply to an old article even if you haven't got
the article itself in your local 'cache' or on your news-server, by
creating the 'Subject' and 'References' headers manually. But you seem to
be using Outlook Express as your newsreader, which does not provide that
option.

Another good way of answering an 'old' question is to email your answer
directly to the person who originally asked, instead of posting to the
newsgroup. Of course, that depends on the original poster having used a
genuine email address to which he still has access.

Combining both a new thread and an email to the original poster, should
ensure both that your research gets an audience and that the OP is alerted
to the response.

Unless the newsgroup concerned is a 'binary' group, attachments as such
will not be welcome and many servers will drop your article or strip off
the attachment anyway.

Re-posting other peoples' articles is generally considered 'bad
nettiquette' - or worse.