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Please don't crosspost to *every* aviation newsgroup.

Scott Draper wrote:

Please don't crosspost to *every* aviation newsgroup.


You mean, Like you just did?

You mean, Like you just did?

My reply went to every group, because his did (my newsreader did
that.). Another problem with cross-posting. It's stupid to have
every thread replicated across all the aviation groups.

"Scott Draper" wrote in message ...
You mean, Like you just did?

My reply went to every group, because his did (my newsreader did
that.).


Is it true that Forte Agent won't let you adjust the groups you reply to?
I knew it wasn't perfect, but I didn't know it was *that* defective.

adjust the groups you reply to?

You can turn the feature off that replies to every newsgroup that the
original poster, but I haven't done so. It normally isn't necessary.

The problem is that when a person cross posts, if you want to reply,
which group do you reply to? He's only going to read one, probably.



On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:55:41 GMT, "John R. Copeland"
wrote:

"Scott Draper" wrote in message ...
You mean, Like you just did?

My reply went to every group, because his did (my newsreader did
that.).


Is it true that Forte Agent won't let you adjust the groups you reply to?
I knew it wasn't perfect, but I didn't know it was *that* defective.

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:55:41 GMT, "John R. Copeland"
wrote:

"Scott Draper" wrote in message ...
You mean, Like you just did?

My reply went to every group, because his did (my newsreader did
that.).


Is it true that Forte Agent won't let you adjust the groups you reply to?
I knew it wasn't perfect, but I didn't know it was *that* defective.

Agent (and Free Agent) prompts after hitting reply - first box at the
top of the screen is the list of newsgroups the reply will be copied
to.

I didn't post to rec.aviation or rec.aviation.homebuilts, or
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation, or probably a half dozen others.
If you don't think my post was relevant to each group that I posted to,
you're wrong. Not everyone receives or subscribes to *every* newsgroup.

Jim

"Scott Draper" wrote in message
...
Please don't crosspost to *every* aviation newsgroup.

Jim Burns wrote:
I didn't post to rec.aviation or rec.aviation.homebuilts, or
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation, or probably a half dozen others.
If you don't think my post was relevant to each group that I posted to,
you're wrong. Not everyone receives or subscribes to *every* newsgroup.

Jim

"Scott Draper" wrote in message
...

Please don't crosspost to *every* aviation newsgroup.



That's exactly the point. We have multiple groups so we can chose what
we DO NOT want to receive. And then you defeat that mechanism by
blasting out to many groups. What you have to say is not so important
that you need to do that. Just stick to the group that fits best.

If you don't like that, start a movement to get rid of all but ONE
NEWSGROUP.

To me the Icing topic is entirely relevant to all the newsgroups it was
posted to. Jim has been posting to this NG for a long time and I for one
trust his judgment in regard to his posting techniques. Just my .02 and
of course YMMV.

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ TYQ

Stubby wrote:
Jim Burns wrote:

I didn't post to rec.aviation or rec.aviation.homebuilts, or
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation, or probably a half dozen others.
If you don't think my post was relevant to each group that I posted to,
you're wrong. Not everyone receives or subscribes to *every* newsgroup.

Jim

"Scott Draper" wrote in message
...

Please don't crosspost to *every* aviation newsgroup.



That's exactly the point. We have multiple groups so we can chose what
we DO NOT want to receive. And then you defeat that mechanism by
blasting out to many groups. What you have to say is not so important
that you need to do that. Just stick to the group that fits best.

If you don't like that, start a movement to get rid of all but ONE
NEWSGROUP.

Not everyone receives or subscribes to *every* newsgroup.

That's because we want to choose what we download. Icing is mostly
relevant to IFR flight.

If everyone did what you did, there'd be no point to having multiple
groups.