I hear people say not to multipost, does these mean not to ask the same
question in another group or to submit the question to all the groups via
the same submission, with multiple newsgroups in the "send to" box? Just a
curious question from someone who has only googled and altavista'd since the
beginning of time.
Jeff 62 3449
Hi Jeff,
Does cross-posting make us into cross posters? :-)
Herfried is the one who polices the cross-posters mostly so I'll be
interested in his view.
My view is that if I see a lot of newsgroups I will tend not to answer
until some time has passed, as there will be a lot of people viewing and
possibly offering their solutions. But that assumes that I notice, lol - it's
often only Herfried's telling off that alerts me to the fact! :-)
I think it's bad form to post to multiple groups and <not> put them all
together. When I reply to a query that is in, say, languages.cshar p as well as
languages.vb, I can see my answer come up there too. This will benefit the C#
people as well as the VBers. If I see the same post in another group but <not>
cross-posted, I find it annoying if I've answered it here and some else has
answered it there - either one of us has wasted their time, or there's a
partial answer in two different places.
I recently had an enquiry to make myself. Out of politeness I posted to a
single group. I was informed that that wasn't quite the right group for my
question and redirected. The next day I posted to another group . No-one
responded. The next day I tried a third and still no-one responded. Had I
cross-posted, I would have known a bit sooner that no-one was going to answer.
:-) To hell with etiquette! Next time I'm posting to any group that may or may
not be even remotely relevant!! *
|| .. googled and altavista'd since the beginning of time.
You've been places!! You must have a few good stories to tell around the
campfire. :-)
Regards,
Fergus
* Not really ;-) but I <will> cross-post to a choice few (assuming I know how
to make a good choice).
Hello,
"Jeff Brown" <no******@thist ime.com> schrieb: I hear people say not to multipost, does these mean not to ask the same question in another group or to submit the question to all the groups via the same submission, with multiple newsgroups in the "send to" box?
Multiposts are really "bad" because if a question is posted to ng A and B
and I reply to the question in ng B, people who read only ng A won't see the
answer and post an answer too. X-posts are tolerated if they are posted to
groups _related to the topic of the question_ only.
Tips for Using the MSDN Web-Based Newsgroup Client http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups...Pages/tips.asp
--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
I think it is valid to cross post when you are not sure which group to put
it in , but where the groups are closely related.
I wanted the answer to an access question the other day, but couldnt decide
which one, so I cross posted to four groups and got an answer in about three
minutes.
It worked for me.
Regards OHM
"Fergus Cooney" <fi******@tesco .net> wrote in message
news:u5******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... Hi Jeff,
Does cross-posting make us into cross posters? :-)
Herfried is the one who polices the cross-posters mostly so I'll be interested in his view.
My view is that if I see a lot of newsgroups I will tend not to answer until some time has passed, as there will be a lot of people viewing and possibly offering their solutions. But that assumes that I notice, lol -
it's often only Herfried's telling off that alerts me to the fact! :-)
I think it's bad form to post to multiple groups and <not> put them
all together. When I reply to a query that is in, say, languages.cshar p as
well as languages.vb, I can see my answer come up there too. This will benefit the
C# people as well as the VBers. If I see the same post in another group but
<not> cross-posted, I find it annoying if I've answered it here and some else
has answered it there - either one of us has wasted their time, or there's a partial answer in two different places.
I recently had an enquiry to make myself. Out of politeness I posted
to a single group. I was informed that that wasn't quite the right group for my question and redirected. The next day I posted to another group . No-one responded. The next day I tried a third and still no-one responded. Had I cross-posted, I would have known a bit sooner that no-one was going to
answer. :-) To hell with etiquette! Next time I'm posting to any group that may or
may not be even remotely relevant!! *
|| .. googled and altavista'd since the beginning of time.
You've been places!! You must have a few good stories to tell around
the campfire. :-)
Regards, Fergus
* Not really ;-) but I <will> cross-post to a choice few (assuming I know
how to make a good choice).
Hello,
"One Handed Man [ OHM ]" <te************ *************** @BTOpenworld.co m>
schrieb: I think it is valid to cross post when you are not sure which group to put it in , but where the groups are closely related.
I wanted the answer to an access question the other day, but couldnt decide which one, so I cross posted to four groups and got an answer in about three minutes.
That's ok.
--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Hi Herfried
I'm confused. Is cross-posting the act of sending the same question multiple
times, once to each of several groups, as distinct from sending the question
once only but to several groups?
In the latter case, doesn't an answer to the post in one group appear in the
other groups? If that were the case, I would have thought that this would
have been of benefit to all, poster and responders; I think as Fergus
suggested.
Charles
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi*******@m.ac tivevb.de> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP09.phx.gbl.. . Hello,
"Jeff Brown" <no******@thist ime.com> schrieb: I hear people say not to multipost, does these mean not to ask the same question in another group or to submit the question to all the groups via the same submission, with multiple newsgroups in the "send to" box? Multiposts are really "bad" because if a question is posted to ng A and B and I reply to the question in ng B, people who read only ng A won't see
the answer and post an answer too. X-posts are tolerated if they are posted
to groups _related to the topic of the question_ only.
Tips for Using the MSDN Web-Based Newsgroup Client http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups...Pages/tips.asp -- Herfried K. Wagner MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Hi,
I don't know, maybe posting is not the problem, but answering.
When you see the tread about the FREE SQL, it is loaded with answers that
are sure from other newsgroups and they don't intrest me at all.
You maybe want to answer, "you don't have to read them", can be, but there
where answers from NAK too in, and mostly I read those and too the answers
on the messages from Nick.
I don't have an answer for the problem, but I don't like it.
When I see a cross post, I try only to answer to the newsgroup I am in.
Cor
Hello,
"Cor" <no*@non.com> schrieb: When you see the tread about the FREE SQL,
Seemed to be a troll-post.
--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Hi Herfried,
What <is> a 'troll' specifically ?
Regards,
Fergus
Hi Herfried,
I think that it is not important that it is a troll post.
I don't know what to do with the subject, so lets write about it.
When there is to much trawling we can kick him back to Sylvania where I
heard they lives.
:-)
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