On Sat, 31 May 2008 12:13:50 -0700, "relic" <bogus.relic2@cjb.net>
wrote:

> Jerry K wrote:


> > Sorry about the cross posting, guess I got a little desperate there
> > for a minute. I usually never cross post at all.
> > Had lost all my subsribed to and forgot which ones I usually read...
>
> Cross posting to "like" groups is preferred over multi-posting to several
> groups. Unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of netcops that get totally
> bent out of shape if you cross-post. Ignore them and keep posting the same
> way as this was.


Right. Crossposting has a bad reputation because it's a traditional
tool of spammers. However, as you say, there's nothing wrong with
crossposting to related groups when it makes sense to do so. And it's
always much preferable to multi-posting, which does nothing but waste
everyone's time and gets the OP poorer help than he should get.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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