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From: BruceM (BruceM_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:43:03 -0800

I found it! I never knew about that option. It was probably there all
along, but it was either among a lot of other information, or if I did see it
I didn't recognize what they were saying. When I click Help on the newsgroup
web page I am told that the requested web page is not available. I don't
know if that is the usual thing when I click there, but if I tried it before
and got that response I probably gave up on it. I take it that the Usenet
name is microsoft.public.access.forms (if I wanted to post to this forum).
I don't have that much use for the feature, but sometimes I don't know if a
question should be in reports or queries, for instance.
Thanks again for the helpful response.

"Dirk Goldgar" wrote:

> "BruceM" <BruceM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A4B91F03-B1EB-4071-BF0C-A90670A29FD9@microsoft.com
> > With the web-based newsreader there is no option I can find of
> > posting to more than one group.
>
> You can do it, but they don't make it obvious because, as they say in
> the help:
>
> <quote>
> cross-post Adding a single post to more than one discussion group at
> the same time. Cross-posting is an advanced feature and should only be
> used if you really believe that more than one discussion group will be
> interested in your thread.
> [...]
> multi-post Adding the same post to more than one discussion group, one
> discussion group at a time (so there is only one group listed in the
> header of each post). Multi-posting is not recommended and should only
> be used if you are prepared to track down each individual instance of
> your posts.
> [...]
> Tips for posting
> Before posting a question to a discussion group, read and use the
> following tips:
> [...]
> 6. Don't cross-post (add a single post to more than one discussion group
> at the same time) or multi-post (add the same post to more than one
> discussion group, one discussion group at a time). It is very unlikely
> that any post really belongs in more than one or two discussion groups,
> and it is easier to track responses to a single post. Take the time to
> choose the best single discussion group for your post.
> </quote>
>
> To cross-post using the web-based newsreader, you have to click the
> little Advanced Options link at the bottom of the "new question" window.
> Then a box is displayed for you to enter the names -- fully qualified
> USENet names, mind you -- of the additional newsgroups you want to post
> to.
>
> > I don't know if "Rajesh" was using
> > the web-based version, but if so that is one of the limitations of
> > that forum. Some of us are not able to use a program such as OE for
> > a newsreader because the firewall or the proxy server (or something)
> > won't recognize anything other than the e-mail servers.
>
> Despite feeling strongly that people should avoid cross-posting as much
> as possible, I agree that MS should make it easier to do using the
> web-based newsreader. As it is, all they're doing is encouraging people
> to multi-post, which is bad for everyone.
>
> --
> Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
> www.datagnostics.com
>
> (please reply to the newsgroup)
>
>
>

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