Re: Cross-posting

Great reminder advice Hugh - thanks!

Chris Beer (iPhone)

On 04/02/2011, at 7:05, Hugh Glaser <hg@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> This is practical advice, I hope.
> The W3C mailing list guidelines (http://www.w3.org/Mail/) say "Each mailing list has a specific purpose; please try to avoid widely cross-posting to multiple lists if possible."
> 
> However, if you must send out cross-posted stuff, then there is something useful you could do for me please.
> ********** Don't send it out in separate messages. **********
> If you send it in separate messages, then I get a copy for each list I am on, plus all the other places you have sent it.
> If you send all the W3C ones at the same time, then the clever software at W3C realises that I am only one person, and so only sends me one copy.
> Hopefully as with this message.
> 
> Best
> Hugh
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