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|    Galen Boyer to gooiditweg@sybrandb.demon.nl    |
|    Re: (Cross-posting vs Spam) Re: TAF with    |
|    03 Jan 04 08:06:09    |
      XPost: comp.databases.oracle.server, comp.databases.oracle.misc       From: galenboyer@hotpop.com              On Sat, 03 Jan 2004, gooiditweg@sybrandb.demon.nl wrote:       > I don't agree with you. You will have to distinguish between       > cross- and multiposting.              What the OP did was crossposting. Multi-posting is the       definition of spam.              > Crossposted messages will have the same messageid, multiposted       > messages don't. Crossposted messages will be detected by many       > newsreaders, multiposted won't.              Exactly.              > Hence in the latter case, it is possible not to see someone       > already posted a valid responses. In BOTH cases in cdo cross-       > and multiposting - won't get you a bigger audience              Huh?              > - won't get you any better responses.              Completely disagree. If I have a SQLServer/Oracle question, the       both newsgroups are a valid crosspost.              > Please stop to promote cross and multiposting.              I don't promote it nor do I do it.              --       Galen Boyer              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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