Hello trombone_freak93, Friday, December 23, 2005, 11:06:22 AM, you wrote:
t> Why is it "bad manners" to cross-post? Obviously there must be some t> people who are in LINUX_newbies and not in linux! It is just as obvious that some people are members of both groups. Read RFC1855: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt By cross-posting, you are doing what you want, and what you think will benefit you, with no consideration for the people who will download, read, and delete, once they realise they have already read it, your double postings. Not cross posting inconveniences no-one, except (you probably think) you. It forces no-one to deal with two postings of the same message. It doesn't work to your benefit, though, because the people who know the most, what they are talking about, on a technical list, are those who are professionals in the field, and because they live and work at their consoles, they really, really, really do not appreciate having some newbie get all redundundant on them. So after they ask you nicely not to cross-post, and you crack wise, they are incline to write a /dev/null rule for your email address... sending all to that great bit bucket, on the mailserver, before it ever has a chance to get to their MUA, and be read... ...meaning, that you will not have to live with fewer replies, and replies of a lesser quality, to your queries, than would have been the case, if you had just stopped cross-posting, when asked. -wittig website: http://www.robertwittig.com/ . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
