Re: how to ask the same question in multiple news groups

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From: TerryM (terry_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:55:51 -0700

People, please remember that just because you can do this doesn't mean you
should just blanket every SMS newsgroup there is... don't choose newsgroups
that aren't connected to your topic. For example, "SMS Installer" a
newsgroup about the utility with that name does not need to get every
question about SMS.

Thanks,
Terry

"Cathy Moya [MS]" <camoya@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%238cEf70mEHA.2096@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> If you already know how to cross-post, you can skip this. If you want to
> post the same question to more than one newsgroup and don't know how to
> cross-post, this tip is for you:
>
> If you take your question or comment and post it to one newsgroup, and
then
> post it to another newsgroup, that's called multi-posting. What's
> frustrating about multi-posting is you might end up with two totally
> separate threads in two different newsgroups. You have to check two places
> for your answer, and the experts who are trying to help you expend more
> energy dealing with multiple posts.
>
> Ideally it's best to just pick one forum and post there, but if you're
> really concerned about someone missing your post, it is much better to
> cross-post than to multi-post. When you cross-post, you send the same post
> to more than one newsgroup and the newsreaders should keep track of the
> cross-posts. I sent this message to all seven SMS forums at the same time,
> but when you read it in one forum, it should be marked as read already by
> your newsreader and you won't see it again when you go to another SMS
forum.
> Another advantage of cross-posting is, I can set which forum to send the
> replies to. I set this post to send all followups (replies) to the .misc
> forum. Now I only have to go to one place to read all the responses.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> If you really have to cross-post and you are using the Web interface:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> To post in more than one discussion group, click Advanced Options in the
New
> Question, New Comment, or Reply form, and then type the additional
> discussion groups you want to post to in the Cross-post to these
discussion
> groups box. Use a comma (,) between discussion group names.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> If you really have to cross-post and you are using Outlook Express:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Create a new message. To the left of the newsgroups text box at the top of
> the screen, there is an icon of a foler and a post with a red pin. Click
> that icon. The Pick Newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com dialog box appears.
> Click the other newsgroup you want to post to and click Add. When you're
> done, click OK. If you cross-post, it is recommended that you set a
> newsgroup for followup so you know where the responses will be. To set the
> followups to go to a specific forum, you need to display all of the
headers.
> When the new message window is open, on the View menu, click All Headers.
>
> I hope this helps you get your answer and helps all of us help you more
> efficiently. If you have any questions about this tip, see the followups
in
> microsoft.public.sms.misc.
>
>
> --
> Cathy Moya, MCSE: Security, MCT
> Technical Writer, Enterprise Management Content Group
>
> Check out the SMS Technical FAQ:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default.mspx
> This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no rights.
>
>

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