PA said:
[x-post to OE General newsgroup]
Do copies of these message appear in Sent Items or not?
Original newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Added newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
Effector/Respondent: PA Bear
This is to warn that Effector has copied [only a subthread of] an
existing discussion to other groups by cross-posting their reply to
groups not originally specified by the OP (original post[er]). There
may be additional replies back under the original post in its original
group(s) than just those shown under the subthread for the Effector's
cross-posted reply. If the OP and others wish to ensure that they see
ALL replies then they must visit the original groups to check if there
are subthreads *other* than under the Effector's reply.
<rant_start>
If the OP wishes to move or copy their discussion to another group,
that should be *their* choice and not as an UNSOLICITED action
enforced by another *user*. Despite his pretense, the Effector is
not a moderator or admin but just another user who is propagating the
OP's discussion to different group(s) that he has divined are more
appropriate and to enlarge the audience or hopefully provide a more
focused community on the topic but which may not be a correct action
(since the source of the problem may not be relevant to those other
groups simply based on where the OP reported the symptoms). If the
OP wants to move or copy their discussion to another group, that
should be THEIR choice and not of the Respondent. The Respondent
should only recommend to the OP that there may be more appropriate or
useful groups to which the OP should repost or cross-post their
message, not enforce the propagation of the OP's discussion to other
groups.
There are times when the Newsgroups header should be modified to a
different set of groups than was originally specified by the user.
Examples are: using a *.test group to redirect negative or expository
replies into the bit bucket (common with spammers or trolls); removal
of completely unrelated groups (i.e., the OP cross-posted to invalid
groups), an attempt to flame a smaller community or low-bandwidth
group with a rash of replies from other groups (i.e., an intentional
attempt to vengefully or maliciously flood forward into other
groups), inclusion of *.kook or other groups with the intention to
flame the other groups with the inflamed responses (i.e., attempt to
flood backward into other groups), responding to a spam exhibit or
announcements but discussions about them belong in another group, and
so on. A misguided need to enlarge exposure for a discussion based
on a choice made by the Respondent is not an adequate reason to alter
the Newsgroups header.
Recommend the OP should move. Do not SHOVE them over. It should be
the OP's choice in what communities to focus on their post, not a
forced change made by the Respondent.
<rant_end>
