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

From: Cathy Moya [MS] (camoya_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:07:25 -0700

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.

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If you really have to cross-post and you are using the Web interface:
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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.

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If you really have to cross-post and you are using Outlook Express:
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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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