Now that you mention it, I suppose that cross-posting shouldn't be ruled out as a flat-out rule, after all. There are certain situations where you just can't help but cross-post.
for example, the following reasons... > 1. not everyone is a member of all lists 1. you feel that you have get your question to absolutely everyone, whether or not they're on a single list you could easily post to > 2. sometimes you are under a deadline and need an answer as soon as > possible 2. you are too impatient for help with your question that you don't care about whether you're wasting people's time (with redundant threads) or irritating them > 3. some subjects don't apply to only one group 3. you don't want to go to the trouble of picking which group would be most appropriate, so you assume that broadcasting to everyone is the best solution ... usually make it not practical to have to wait until he/she has "exhausted the resources of the [first] list you choose" before moving onto the next. But in all seriousness, I've talked to at least ten people who are fed up with the excessive cross-posting (not to mention lack of capitalization and punctuation) that has been coming through. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868
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