Hi, I was unsubscribed automatically because I've been cross posting to 
several lists, including this one. What I do now though is that if I 
know I want to send it to several lists, including this one, I select 
the entire message with control a then do a control c for copy. Then 
when it's time to compose the new message, I do a control v for paste. 
Is this ok? I haven't been told I'm cross posting, but thought I'd ask 
anyway. Thanks in advance for the reassurance.

Chris Feist wrote:
> Evening all.  First some background.  The following is a scenario which
> occurs way too frequently on many lists I'm on.  For example, a person will
> cross post to, let's say, four other lists.  And let's say I'm also on those
> four lists.  Instead of one email, I've now received sixteen identical
> emails. that's four that appear on each list.  Mull over that.  Sixteen
> copies of one email.  That's a lot.  In actuality, if I'm on all four lists,
> without the cross posting I should expect to receive a maximum of four
> identical emails.  Now that's to be expected and is perfectly
> understandable... but not sixteen.
> 
> Now when you consider that this type of behavior is all too common, I face
> hundreds of identical emails a day.  I'm sure many of you can relate.  The
> problem grows at an exponential rate and is out of control in a short period
> of time.  Also, I can literally reach my on-line email limit with so many
> repeats if I'm away for just a few days and can't clear out my inbox before
> it's too late.
> 
> And now I come to the reason I bring this up here.  My question is there any
> way with Outlook 2003 to set it up to automatically delete all cross posts
> and leave me with just one email?  Since there seems to be no sign that this
> poor email etiquette is on the decline, I'm hoping that I can take the bull
> by the horns so I don't have to continue spending more time deleting
> repeated emails than reading my messages.
> 
> Naturally, Outlook won't be able to take care of all the repeated emails
> on-line that eat up my email storage before I can download them.
> 
> FYI, grouping by conversation doesn't work for me because when I set my
> folders up that way they're no longer in any order that makes sense.  In
> Outlook XP, this method worked better because grouping by conversation put
> the newest grouped emails at the top where I could easily find them.  But
> now in Outlook 2003, they can be anywhere.  In other words, if I group by
> conversation, it actually takes me longer to scroll through all my
> email-from top to bottom which is a lot-- to find the particular groups I
> wish to delete.  Anyway, I felt I needed to explain why grouping by
> conversation and then deleting the thread is not a viable option.  Believe
> me, I've tried repeatedly, but Outlook 2003 and XP are two different animals
> in this regard.
> 
> That being said, if anyone's got any suggestions for how to thwart this
> annoying cross post habit some people have, I would be extremely grateful.
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Chris Feist - The one and only!
> 
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