Re: Possible reorganisation of comp.sys.apple2 hierarchy

[dratzlaf@nyx.cs.du.edu (Daniel Ratzlaff)]

In article <1993Feb9.031342.2943@freenet.carleton.ca> aa382@Freenet.carleton.ca (Marc Sira) writes:
>
>>this problem - rec.games.frp.  As rec.games.frp was split into .misc,
>>dnd, .archives, etc... the number of messages didn't go down - they
>>increased.  But not all of them were unique messages.  Indeed; I have
>>seen times when almost every message in rec.games.frp.misc was also
>>crossposted to rec.games.frp.dnd.  If, as I suspect, this actually
>>causes a message to be posted to each of these groups, then this means
>>that by splitting the group the network managers have simply doubled
>>the amount of mass storage needed in order to handle the Usenet.  I
>
>I _think_ that crossposted messages exist once, with the relevant groups
>in the header. Thus crossposting uses less bandwidth than, say, posting
>a message repeatedly, to different newsgroups (which some people do).
>
>If I'm wrong about this, someone please correct me (but I don't think I am).
>
>-- 
>Marc Sira                    |
>toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca       |  "Your god drinks...p-p-peach nectar!"
>aa382@freenet.carleton.ca    '

Regarding cross-posting, I also believe it is up to people just posting
responsibly.  And if there are mass crosspostings, other responsible
people can control where the response goes. (The 'Follow-Up To:' header)

I agree with splitting c.s.a2, but keeping c.s.a2, rather than creating
c.s.a2.misc


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