2011/3/19 Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@thenilgiris.com:
http://duckduckgo.com/?q=cross+posting
read and come to your own conclusion
Right. The first link from there says:
"Let's assume that you still want to send your message to several groups. (Sometimes there could be a reason.) [...] The way to crosspost is simply to compose and send one message once, just writing two or more newsgroups names" (here, mailing list names).
The second link says:
"There is one very important DON'T in cross-posting. Do not send the same message separately to different newsgroups, i.e. do not multi-post. If your posting indeed is necessary and relevant in more than one newsgroup, always use the cross-posting facility" (here, mailing lists - not newsgroups)
The third link says:
"Cross-posting is often wrong, [...] However cross-posting is right some of the time. Multi-posting is a waste of bandwidth, money, and people's time, with no advantages whatever, and should never be indulged in."
Need more?
Binand