On Mon, Sep 09, 2013, Sam Whited wrote: > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Those of us familiar with netnews/Usenet will feel uncomfortable, but >> unfortunately, it's the best option. > > My thoughts exactly (I miss my free usenet access), but I also > disagree. If your list is configured to reject outside submissions, > you're doing it wrong (as far as I'm concerned). CCing multiple lists > is the only way to at least attempt to keep the conversation going > across multiple interested groups (note that I don't say that it's a > `good' way, just as I don't say that email is by any means a `good' > system).
Note carefully that I said nothing about whether I think mailing lists rejecting outside posts is a Good Idea, I'm simply referencing standard practice in this day of spam. That means adapting one's posting habits to the Real World [tm]... (In previous years, I was less inclined to poke people about multi-posting to mailing lists, which I think is a Bad Idea for other reasons I'm skipping here. But IMO the change to reject non-subscriber posts overrides all other arguments about multi-posting -- you're simply guaranteed fragmented conversations these days, so there's no reason for multi-posting anymore.) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
