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From: yeti <yeti@tilde.institute>
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Subject: Re: (Thunderbird won't let me cross-post.)
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:54:45 +0042
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D <noreply@mixmin.net> writes:

> cross-posting should never have been enabled in the first place,
> most especially since the c. 1993 "eternal september" holocaust

Xposts can be annoying, but copies (reposts?) spread over many groups
are even worse.

Marking Xposts as read in all groups is easier ("cheaper") than doing
this based on MessageIDs.  I really hate to see stuff I already threw
away in one group on other groups again and again as unread.

-- 
3. Hitchhiker 1: (25) "The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there
is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad.
You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later."