XPost: news.software.readers, alt.culture.usenet, alt.usage.english   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:55:32 -0700, HenHanna    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >i ask a question in 4 NGs (newsGroups).   
   >   
   >A guy responds (and provides some useful info),   
   >                 but this Guy has set  Followup-to: one group   
   >   
   >is he saying this?   
   >1. My info is good enough for 4 groups   
   >2. BUT anyone else's  Subseq. info (or comment) is not (good enuf)   
      
   If a question is relevant to four groups then by all means post it in   
   those four groups.   
      
   But if a particular answer is not relevant to some of those groups,   
   then in replying to that answer, set follow-ups to go only to those   
   groups where the discussion is relevant.   
      
   If someone in one of the groups where follow-ups are not set responds   
   in a way that makes it relevant to that group again, they can always   
   reset the follow-ups to their message to include that group again.   
      
   Thread drift means that something can drift from being on-topic to   
   off-topic to on-topic again, but if it stays off-topic in any group,   
   set follow-ups to exclude that group from further discussion.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
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