dave@rosevax.Rosemount.COM (Dave Marquardt) (01/13/87)
I have a questions concerning cross-posting between moderated and unmoderated groups. I recently posted an article to comp.unix.questions and mod.computers.vax. Because mod.computers.vax is moderated, the article was mailed to mod-computers-vax@cbosgd.ATT.COM, but it was not posted to comp.unix.questions. Will the moderator of mod-computers-vax post this article to comp.unix.questions for me, or should I have posted the article to comp.unix.questions separately? It seemed strange to me. Any comments? Dave -- Dave Marquardt New mail: dave@rosevax.Rosemount.COM Rosemount, Inc. Old mail: {cbosgd,ihnp4,uiucdcs}!rosevax!dave 12001 Technology Drive Telephone: 612/828-3057 Eden Prairie, MN 55344
heiby@cuae2.ATT.COM (Ron Heiby) (01/14/87)
In article <821@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> dave@rosevax.Rosemount.COM (Dave Marquardt) writes: > Will the moderator of mod-computers-vax post this article >to comp.unix.questions for me, or should I have posted the article to >comp.unix.questions separately? It seemed strange to me. Any comments? I believe that an article to be posted arriving at the moderator's mailbox containing a Newsgroups line showing multiple newsgroups is a request that the moderator cross-post the article when it is approved. This is not feasible with groups running as digests, as the entire digest probably should not be cross-posted. Also, one sometimes runs into a situation where the originator of the message has requested inappropriate groups in the header. Here, the moderator should use judgement, possibly mailing back to the originator an explanation of why one or more groups were not cross-posted. I don't think that people should multiple post themselves. Let the software work as designed. -- Ron Heiby heiby@cuae2.ATT.COM Moderator: mod.newprod & mod.os.unix AT&T-IS, /app/eng, Lisle, IL (312) 810-6109 "They are the best selling knives of its kind ever sold by us!" [sic(k)]