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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Followup Containment (Was Re: followups to "*** ... *** )
Message-ID: <ZTO4QNG@ggpc2.ferranti.com>
Date: 15 Jul 90 19:14:11 GMT
References: <37429@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1990Jul12.201422.883@csense.uucp>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <1990Jul12.201422.883@csense.uucp> bote@csense.uucp (John Boteler) writes:
> Forget the message. Force the followup into one and only one newsgroup,
> as appropriate.

No. Sometimes crossposting, even on followups, is the appropriate thing to do.
It keeps a discussion that fits into more than one group from turning into
two (or more) equal-sized discussions in as many groups.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
+1 713 274 5180.
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