A guy responds (providing useful info), but He sets Followup-to: one group

[HenHanna]

i ask a question in 4 NGs (newsGroups).

A guy responds (and provides some useful info),
but this Guy has set Followup-to: one group

is he saying this?
1. My info is good enough for 4 groups
2. BUT anyone else's Subseq. info (or comment) is not (good enuf)


---------- is there another explanation of his Psychology ?

[Sn!pe]

Post by HenHanna
i ask a question in 4 NGs (newsGroups).
A guy responds (and provides some useful info),
but this Guy has set Followup-to: one group
is he saying this?
1. My info is good enough for 4 groups
2. BUT anyone else's Subseq. info (or comment) is not (good enuf)
---------- is there another explanation of his Psychology ?

Netiquette and proper regard for Usenet custom and usage.
Are you some kind of n00b?

Followup-To: alt.culture.usenet
- which is the appropriate group for this topic.

[Steve Hayes]

Post by HenHanna
i ask a question in 4 NGs (newsGroups).
A guy responds (and provides some useful info),
but this Guy has set Followup-to: one group
is he saying this?
1. My info is good enough for 4 groups
2. BUT anyone else's Subseq. info (or comment) is not (good enuf)

If a question is relevant to four groups then by all means post it in
those four groups.

But if a particular answer is not relevant to some of those groups,
then in replying to that answer, set follow-ups to go only to those
groups where the discussion is relevant.

If someone in one of the groups where follow-ups are not set responds
in a way that makes it relevant to that group again, they can always
reset the follow-ups to their message to include that group again.

Thread drift means that something can drift from being on-topic to
off-topic to on-topic again, but if it stays off-topic in any group,
set follow-ups to exclude that group from further discussion.