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From: dave@galaxia.zone1.com (David H. Brierley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,news.groups
Subject: Re: unix-pc.* newsgroups
Message-ID: <423@galaxia.zone1.com>
Date: 2 Feb 88 00:54:12 GMT
References: <337@flatline.UUCP>
Reply-To: dave@galaxia.zone1.COM (David H. Brierley)
Organization: Dave's Very Own Personal System
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Summary: The answer is not quite so simple.

In article <337@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend) writes:
>[Many references to many conversations deleted]
>
>Why not just crosspost to unix-pc.groupyouwant and comp.sys.att?
>If a site only recieves one, then they'll still get the message.

What about the person who wants to post a message but is at a site that only
gets one of the groups?  Unless you have created the group despite the fact
that you don't get it, the postnews program wont let you post to a group that
doesn't exist on your machine.  Admittedly, you can edit the newsgroups line
when you are in the editor but that means another step that people have to
remember.  I am currently checking into several possibilities that might be
used to solve the problem.  I will report back when I have more info.
-- 
David H. Brierley
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