On Monday, 12 December 2011 at 15:32:05 UTC, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
(Unrelated side-note: I am using the web interface and I'm not
well seasoned with using newsgroups, is there a better way to
reply to multiple small posts than replying to each
individually like I just did? I apologize if I'm being spammy.)
I don't think that's a problem.
But to answer your question, no. The next best thing is to reply
to the posts' common parent, or the thread's first post. Cite
authors preserving the name/timestamp line and relevant quoted
context.