Cross Posting question - how not to with google?

[Danny T]

I've noticed that some people are cross posting and if I respond I do
to. Thing is that I can't see on google (the way I post) that it will
cross post.

Is there a setting or way to at least know if the post will cross?
When I looked at the post I was replying to it only listed the one
group but it showed up here.

ANyway, if there is a way, I'd like to know because I feel pretty lame
letting that happen to me

Thanks

[Richard Crowley]

"Danny T" > wrote ...
> I've noticed that some people are cross posting and if I respond I do
> to. Thing is that I can't see on google (the way I post) that it will
> cross post.
>
> Is there a setting or way to at least know if the post will cross?
> When I looked at the post I was replying to it only listed the one
> group but it showed up here.
>
> ANyway, if there is a way, I'd like to know because I feel pretty lame
> letting that happen to me

Then use a real news-reader and not the lame Gooigle Groups.

[Mike Rivers]

On Nov 29, 11:42 pm, Danny T > wrote:
> I've noticed that some people are cross posting and if I respond I do
> to. Thing is that I can't see on google (the way I post) that it will
> cross post.

I read this newsgroup and post through Google. When I reply to a
message, I see the newsgroups to which it's going. If I see ones from
where I don't want to tempt replies to my post from assholes (that
will come back here), I just delete them.

Screen shot of what I see when I post: http://tinyurl.com/yuhgto

I don't know if I see this because of some option I have set in Google
Groups or if it's the default and you just never noticed it. If you
don't see that "Newsgroups" box, try poking around in the Options.

The reason why I crosspost replies more than I'd like to is that I
usually don't bother to look to see where it's going.

[Scott Dorsey]

Danny T > wrote:
>I've noticed that some people are cross posting and if I respond I do
>to. Thing is that I can't see on google (the way I post) that it will
>cross post.

If google allows you to see the full headers, you can look at the
Newsgroups: line, which will tell you. You may have a button somewhere
that lets you see all the headers when you post a followup.

>Is there a setting or way to at least know if the post will cross?
>When I looked at the post I was replying to it only listed the one
>group but it showed up here.

The solution is to get off of google and on a legitimate service that
isn't run by idiots hellbent on destroying usenet. You will find your
general experience becomes a much more pleasant one. Ask your isp
what the address of their NNTP server is, then install whatever newsreader
software you like, configured with the address of that server. You will
find it far faster than google, and the user interface on even the worst
newsreader (which is probably Outlook's one) is a thousand times better.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Danny T]

On Nov 30, 7:32 am, Mike Rivers > wrote:
> On Nov 29, 11:42 pm, Danny T > wrote:
>
> > I've noticed that some people are cross posting and if I respond I do
> > to. Thing is that I can't see on google (the way I post) that it will
> > cross post.
>
> I read this newsgroup and post through Google. When I reply to a
> message, I see the newsgroups to which it's going. If I see ones from
> where I don't want to tempt replies to my post from assholes (that
> will come back here), I just delete them.
>
> Screen shot of what I see when I post: http://tinyurl.com/yuhgto
>
> I don't know if I see this because of some option I have set in Google
> Groups or if it's the default and you just never noticed it. If you
> don't see that "Newsgroups" box, try poking around in the Options.
>
> The reason why I crosspost replies more than I'd like to is that I
> usually don't bother to look to see where it's going.

Maybe it has something to do with my mac ??? I've searched the prefs
and cant find it but thanks for the reply.

[Danny T]

On Nov 30, 9:14 am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> Danny T > wrote:
>
> >I've noticed that some people are cross posting and if I respond I do
> >to. Thing is that I can't see on google (the way I post) that it will
> >cross post.
>
> If google allows you to see the full headers, you can look at the
> Newsgroups: line, which will tell you. You may have a button somewhere
> that lets you see all the headers when you post a followup.
>
> >Is there a setting or way to at least know if the post will cross?
> >When I looked at the post I was replying to it only listed the one
> >group but it showed up here.
>
> The solution is to get off of google and on a legitimate service that
> isn't run by idiots hellbent on destroying usenet. You will find your
> general experience becomes a much more pleasant one. Ask your isp
> what the address of their NNTP server is, then install whatever newsreader
> software you like, configured with the address of that server. You will
> find it far faster than google, and the user interface on even the worst
> newsreader (which is probably Outlook's one) is a thousand times better.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

hey Scott, I've been extremely mobil for a few years and have been
using mostly wireless connections where I can get it so I'm always on
a different ISP. I didn't realize though that most people thought
google to be a bad thing:-) I use gmail and love it but I will say
that the NG reader thing is a bit hard to swallow.

Thanks

[Scott Dorsey]

Danny T > wrote:
>
>hey Scott, I've been extremely mobil for a few years and have been
>using mostly wireless connections where I can get it so I'm always on
>a different ISP. I didn't realize though that most people thought
>google to be a bad thing:-) I use gmail and love it but I will say
>that the NG reader thing is a bit hard to swallow.

Google is an abomination and in fact a lot of Usenet services just plain
dump all of the traffic from Google because so much of it is spam.

If you're often in different places, consider an account with a service
like Supernews, which will give you NNTP service no matter what your
current IP address is. You'll have to actually pay for an account, though,
rather than using a free one with your ISP.

Another alternative is to do what I do, and log in remotely into a shell
machine with a command line. I find this very convenient because all of
my files are in one place on one machine in New York, and no matter where
I am, I can log in and do work. The learning curve is a lot higher, though,
and it's not very fashionable.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Richard Crowley]

"Scott Dorsey" wrote ...
> If you're often in different places, consider an account with a
> service
> like Supernews, which will give you NNTP service no matter what your
> current IP address is. You'll have to actually pay for an account,
> though,
> rather than using a free one with your ISP.

news.individual.net (which is in Germany) charges only
10 Euro per year (slightly more than 1 USD per month)
and is available from anywhere on the internet. I use it
when I don't have access to my ISP and it works great.

[hank alrich]

fScott Dorsey > wrote:

> If you're often in different places, consider an account with a service
> like Supernews, which will give you NNTP service no matter what your
> current IP address is. You'll have to actually pay for an account, though,
> rather than using a free one with your ISP.

I find this also to be a terrific Usnet service:

news.individual.net

--
ha
Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam

[Danny T]

On Nov 30, 12:17 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> Danny T > wrote:
>
>
>
> >hey Scott, I've been extremely mobil for a few years and have been
> >using mostly wireless connections where I can get it so I'm always on
> >a different ISP. I didn't realize though that most people thought
> >google to be a bad thing:-) I use gmail and love it but I will say
> >that the NG reader thing is a bit hard to swallow.
>
> Google is an abomination and in fact a lot of Usenet services just plain
> dump all of the traffic from Google because so much of it is spam.
>
> If you're often in different places, consider an account with a service
> like Supernews, which will give you NNTP service no matter what your
> current IP address is. You'll have to actually pay for an account, though,
> rather than using a free one with your ISP.
>
> Another alternative is to do what I do, and log in remotely into a shell
> machine with a command line. I find this very convenient because all of
> my files are in one place on one machine in New York, and no matter where
> I am, I can log in and do work. The learning curve is a lot higher, though,
> and it's not very fashionable.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Learning curves scare me:-) I like the idea of supernews though and
will check it out. Thanks for the tip

[Danny T]

On Nov 30, 12:32 pm, "Richard Crowley" > wrote:
> "Scott Dorsey" wrote ...
>
> > If you're often in different places, consider an account with a
> > service
> > like Supernews, which will give you NNTP service no matter what your
> > current IP address is. You'll have to actually pay for an account,
> > though,
> > rather than using a free one with your ISP.
>
> news.individual.net (which is in Germany) charges only
> 10 Euro per year (slightly more than 1 USD per month)
> and is available from anywhere on the internet. I use it
> when I don't have access to my ISP and it works great.

And yet another good tip. Thanks to you too

[Tobiah]

>
> hey Scott, I've been extremely mobil for a few years and have been
> using mostly wireless connections where I can get it so I'm always on
> a different ISP.

I paid a one time fee of $3.00 to teranews.com years ago, and I've been getting
great news service ever since with no further charge. They want to entice
a person to buy more that 50Meg of bandwidth per day at some point.

Tobiah

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

[Danny T]

On Dec 3, 11:48 am, Tobiah > wrote:
> > hey Scott, I've been extremely mobil for a few years and have been
> > using mostly wireless connections where I can get it so I'm always on
> > a different ISP.
>
> I paid a one time fee of $3.00 to teranews.com years ago, and I've been getting
> great news service ever since with no further charge. They want to entice
> a person to buy more that 50Meg of bandwidth per day at some point.
>
> Tobiah
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com

This looks great. The best I have seen - thank you