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 Lines: 25 >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? -- -- TCA David Raines 5 National Dr. UUCP: ...!uunet!hrtix!davr Windsor Locks, CT 06096