[sf-lug] BALUG Tue 2018-06-19, E K-J on DC/OS,... etc

[Todd Hawley]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

>
> Forgive me if the distinction seems pedantic, but Michael didn't
> cross-post; he multiposted.  Crossposting means sending a single post
> with multiple recipients in the To and Cc fields, which appeals to
> senders because it's less work than the alternatives.  Unfortunately,
> crossposts across multiple mailing lists cause problems for the
> listadmins, and so I'm grateful that Michael didn't do that.
>
> Multiposting means sending the same text separately to multiple places,
> such as once to each of a series of mailing lists.  Where mailing lists
> are involved, and it's desirable to send the same thing to a bunch of
> them, good netiquette dictates the multiposting method.
>

And forgive me for asking, but why does crossposting cause issues for list
admins?
I sincerely want to know and I also want to know what these issues are.

Ah yes, netiquette. I suspect most people on social media these days and
some mailing lists
other than this one that I used to be on have no clue what netiquette is or
what it should be.
They're too busy arguing with each other. :p

-th
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