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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on October 4, 2006, 10:36 am
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > Leythos wrote:
>
>> imhotep@nospam.net says...
>>> Not my fault your newsgroup reader does not work correctly...but thanks
>>> anyway...
>>
>> Why do you reply in all the groups, but want people to only reply in one
>> of the groups?
>>
>
> Well I already told you but fair is fair. You asked an honest question and
> I
> will answer it *one* more time. Although, It would be more approiate to
> take this offline...
>
>
> I usually only post alert type messages that are security related unless I
> come across something that I can help with (replying to someone's
> question). When I post one of these alert type messages it usually is to
> many news groups related to the topic (like this one "Attacks prompt third
> parties to fix flaw"). However, I have over 20+ newsgroups that I *try* to
> check every couple of days or so. Many times someone will reply
> incorrectly
> (reply to one of the newsgroups I do not frequently check) and as such I
> might not see their reply for days or more. Now, I assume that if someone
> is replying to me they actually want me to read their post. Since I do not
> have the time anymore to go to all of the newsgroups daily like I used to,
> I set the "Followup-To" to a newsgroup that I do check regularly. That way
> I will see their reply in a timely fashion *without* having to look at
> every newsgroup every night. It is just too much.
>
If someone "incorrectly" replies to what you considered the wrong group
then they modified the post-to list, and your use of follow-ups would in
that case be irrelevant.
If you did not use followups the vast majority of replies would go to were
everyone following the thread would see them, i.e. the xpost list of groups.
In that case it would also appear in your preferred newsgroup.
That you feel you need to use followups so that you can have the reply
"to you" called to your attention in the group that you would monitor is
just plain ego-centric and not understanding at all of the needs of others.
If your intention is for a discussion about the issue to reach those in the
list of selected newsgroups, then let all posts go to those groups and do
not use followups forcing those that do notice to alter what their well-
behaved and RFC compliant newreader client preloads for the post-to
(your spec'd followup) newsgroup.
Roger
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