Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: No fault cell phone law Date: 17 Mar 2024 20:44:46 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net k9ZSzKnwzK1M9keyS57cIwygaDLPqL1DHc0qF+2mURqy662vNd X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:q1nUt6sVmJ+/MtH6PHyibc9c5fE= sha256:irjqjoAdMiC+TJPZhWuNjfptx/YIiiQ93+8nz3NqA2U= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Bytes: 2285 The Real Bev wrote: > On 3/17/24 9:27 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: [...] > > The Real Bev severely cut the 'Newsgroups: line (without saying so). > > The original list apparently was: > > > > Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.society.liberalism,talk.politics.guns > > > > I think that says enough. > > Mea culpa, I usually mention that other newsgroups were snipped. When you do, please also note *which* newsgroups were snipped, so readers are informed, especially about troll-groups like this. > I snip for two reasons. The most important one is that I refuse to > encourage flamage, which is apparently the intent of many original > posts. The second is that Thunderbird refuses to send to more than one > newsserver at a time. Since I have no way of knowing (without spending > far more time than is warranted) which groups come from which servers, I > snip the ones I'm not involved in. Crossposting doesn't involve multiple news*servers*, only multiple news*groups*. However it is possible that your newsserver (Eternal September) limits the number of groups in a crosspost. AFAIK, 4 is a common limit. The OP was crossposted to 5 groups. > I do apologize for not giving notice, though. No worries, just pay attention on the crosswalk when I'm approaching!