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RE: [ECS] newsgroup email ? Ingo Pakleppa Tue, 25 May 1999 18:44:57 -0700

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That's how it works. Just as an additional note: there are a few cases that
justify this, but as a general rule, it is considered bad netiquette to
crosspost messages to newsgroups - especially if you crosspost to many of
them at the same time.

The way to do this crossposting actually varies from one newsread to the
next. In Netscape, you have to enter each group name into a separate line
in the header. Free Agent works the way you describe.

Ingo

At 06:12 PM 5/25/99 -0500, Mark Sekelsky wrote:
>Yes there is, you are just not sending an "email,"  You would send it to,
>for example:
>
>alt.homeautomation;comp.systems.ibm;alt.starwars
>
>Note the semi colon between the newsgroups.  You may or may not need the
>semi colons (or something else) it depends upon your software.  You
>generally would NOT use you email program since that will be setup to send
>the message to your POP server not the news server.  Using your newsreader
>you should be able to send to multiple groups.
>
>Mark S
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 4:45 PM
>To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
>Subject: Re: [ECS] newsgroup email ?
>
>
>So is there no way to send a message to multiple groups
>all at once ?
>--
>Mark Gilmore
>Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
>omnip@usit.net
>http://www.usit.com/omnip

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