John Summerfield wrote: > > Didn't I say something about this a few days ago? > > > "Crossposting" is generally used to mean "send the same message to > several fora." > > I first encountered it back before spammers had taken over usenet, > where sometimes people would send the same message to two or more news > groups, and it was done so in the addressing. > > Sometimes, crossposting to different groups was appropriate, and I did > so to draw attention to my OS/2 support website (I think googlisn.com > still remembers me from those days). > > Asking the same question, perhaps with rephrasing, in different fora > is a different matter. In Juca's case, if his English is as good as > yours, I can well imagine that he'd ask the question on the spanish > list hoping for a clear reply, but also asking it here in English > thinking that, as there are more people here, he's more likely to get > a reply, even if he understands it less well. > > I think that a fair and reasonable use of the available fora, and in > his place, I'd resent your intrusion. I agree. crossposting is now less an issue that it once was. > > Now, if only I inderstood what he means by "dark disc." probably a typo for "hard disk". next time I'll have a problem with a disk, I know how to call it:)