Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hrtix!davr
From: davr@hrtix.UUCP (David C. Raines)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: cross posting
Summary: Postings appearing twice (in different newsgroups)
Message-ID: <171@hrtix.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 89 15:39:45 GMT
References: <2989@blake.acs.washington.edu> <1989Jul28.223042.4488@twwells.com> <1202@abaa.UUCP>
Distribution: news.newusers.questions
Organization: Treasure Chest Adv Co, NGO, Windsor Locks, CT
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>In article <1202@abaa.UUCP>, esker@abaa.uucp (Lawrence Esker) writes:
>> In article <424@nixpbe.UUCP> bnews@nixpbe.UUCP (Martin Boening) writes:
>> >timl@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( TIM LAPIN ) writes:
>> >
>> >>Simple question:
>> >>	How do you cross post?
>> >
>> >Simple answer. You don't, if it isn't absolutely necessary. If it is
>> >necessary, just specify a list of newsgroups in the Newsgroups. line.
 
Lawrence replies:

>> soc.singles, soc.men, and soc.wowem.  The newsreader prevents a user from
>> seeing an issue more than once if he/she happens to subscribe to more than
>> one newsgroup in the cross post.

I,m a new news user, so maybe I,ve done something wrong in installing 
the software,   but when articles are cross-posted I see them in every group
they are cross-posted to.  I am using vnews (the same thing happens in readnews)
If I can fix this, can someone tell me how?

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