Re: What's with the thing with the other newsgroup?



On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:23:51 GMT, Stujoe <stujoe1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dave Hinz spoke thusly...
>
>>
>> I automatically ignore any message crossposted to 3 or more groups,
>> across the board. Since anything crossposted to 3 groups will go
>> off-topic badly (if it doesn't start there), I don't think I miss
>> anything important.
>
> I have a rule set up for all crossposted messages. They never get seen
> any more.

Well, it's inversely proportional to the number of groups, innit? 2,
maybe useful. 3, might start on-topic but won't stay there. 5? Crap
from the start.
Newsgroups: *,*,*
is a wonderful filter.

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