chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuqui Q. Koala) (01/06/85)
>Why: I hate multiple newsgroup postings for discussions. (OK for 1st postings, >but the topic should settle down to one group. This brings up an interesting point that I agree with. Perhaps we ought to consider setting up future releases of news (specifically postnews) so that multiply posted groups have a 'Followup-To:' line that causes all followups to go to ONLY the first group in a list. This makes the assumption that the first group in the list is the primary group, and would allow you to post an initial message to groups of interest to let people know about the topics, and then have them join in in the primary group for the rest of the discussion. This might help curb some of the creeping group rot I've seen in some topics (things that start in one or two groups and end up irritating people in 8 or 9). Rick? how hard is this? It is worth doing? chuq -- From the ministry of silly talks: Chuq Von Rospach {allegra,cbosgd,decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Now look here Mister "I'm not just a word processor"...