On 22 Aug 2005, Phil wrote

Please take a look at the cross-posts before replying - several
good usenet groups have been wrecked by these guys :-

Even better -- if you can -- set your newsreader to blank out anything
that's crossposted to more than 3 or 4 groups, maximum. (If one
doesn't see them, there's no temptation at all to reply.)

FWIW, even 3 cross-posts is generous: I've found that anything cross-
posted to more than 2 groups is generally tripe.

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Cheers,
Harvey