tale@rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) (02/18/91)
In article <91371964@bfmny0.BFM.COM> tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
Yet there are instances, such as my offered example of an announcement
crossposted to ny.events (unmoderated) and comp.ai.whatever (assume
moderated) where it might make sense to propagate two separate
articles. First, because the newsgroup readerships are orthogonal
although probably not mutually exclusive,
Uh, hmm? If the article is truly appropriate for both groups, then, as you
say, their readerships are probably not mutually exclusive. Many of those
people who would want to see an AI conference announcement in ny.events are
probably also reading comp.ai.whatever. Handling cross-posts by linking
only one copy of an article everywhere it appears has always been, from the
user side, for the benefit of the people who are reading more than one of
the groups.
and second, quite simply because the comp.ai.whatever, who could be a
hermit in New Zealand, might not support a ny.* crossposting!
When you can put forth evidence that there is some statistically meaningful
set of moderators who really have this problem, then please let us know
again and I would reconsider supporting your desire for change. Moderators
at B News and C News sites should not have this problem. I can't speak
knowingly of posting interfaces on other systems, but as long as sites
support RFC 1036 handling of Newsgroups:, their software should not have a
problem with unknown groups.
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