From: rickNOSPAMnews@NOSPAMcomcast.net   
      
   For future reference...   
      
   From a post by Jeff Johnson:   
      
   "You have posted this question individually to multiple groups.   
    This is called Multiposting and it's BAD. Replies made in one   
    group will not be visible in the other groups, which may cause   
    multiple people to respond to your question with the same answer   
    because they didn't know someone else had already done it. This   
    is a waste of time.   
      
    If you MUST post your message to multiple groups, post a single   
    message and select all the groups (or type their names manually   
    in the Newsgroups field, separated by commas) in which you want   
    it to be seen. This is called Crossposting and when used properly   
    it is GOOD."   
      
   Some additional comment previously posted by me:   
      
   "You may not see this as a problem, but those of us who volunteer   
    answering questions on newsgroups do see it as a problem. You can't   
    imagine how annoying it is for a volunteer to read a question,   
    research background material, test sample code and then formulate   
    and post an answer to the original question only to go to another   
    newsgroup and find the question posted and ALREADY answered over   
    there. On top of that, if you cross-post your question, all of the   
    readers in all the newsgroups it is cross-posted to see both the   
    original question and all of the answers given to it. This is   
    beneficial to you because then we can add additional material to,   
    add clarification to, as well as add additional examples to an   
    answer you have received previously... that means you end up with   
    a more complete solution to your problem. This is a win-win   
    situation for all of us."   
      
   Rick   
      
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