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   Message 4,633 of 5,937   
   Michael Black to gareth   
   Re: Crossposting Permitted to rec.radio.   
   01 Jun 15 10:56:32   
   
   XPost: rec.radio.amateur.antenna, rec.radio.amateur.equipment, r   
   c.radio.amateur.homebrew   
   From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Mon, 1 Jun 2015, gareth wrote:   
      
   > "rec.radio.amateur.moderated Admin"  wrote in message   
   > news:radio/ham-radio/moderated/crossposting-1-1433138401@panix.com...   
   >   
   > What can be done to stop the unwelcome spamming and pollution of amateur   
   > radio NGs   
   > by these self-appointed poo-bahs?   
   >   
   > If there are those that wish to subscribe to rec.radio.amateur.moderated,   
   > then that   
   > very NG is there for all to see.   
   >   
   > But when they spam, and we reply to our own NG, frequently it does not   
   > appear because the moderated group is also included and our comments,   
   > although valid, do not satisfy the self-satisfied attitude of the spammers   
   > and so our reply gets lost.   
   >   
   Every time I've seen this "announcement" I keep wanting to say "but we   
   didn't give permission for crossposting from here to the moderated   
   newsgroup".   
      
   It works both ways.   
      
      Michael   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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