On Apr 11, 4:18 am, Guy Macon http://www.guymacon.com/ wrote:
help bot wrote:
Is *cross-posting* technically considered to be
spamming? Many times, I have noticed that one
(or many) of my replies got posted to other newsgroups
which I never read, apparently because the post to
which I replied had multiple newsgroups listed, and
these are *automatically* copied by my browser.
The same thing applies to the topic header: if some
nitwit, like say Skippy Repa, were to type a nasty
comment into that field, it is *automatically* copied
into my reply -- something which might well escape
notice until afterward. Given these automated
"features", it is quite easy for things to get mucked
up.

True (I have made the same error, until I got better
newsreader software that asks first), but on the
other hand...

Posting non-computer-chess-related material to a computer
chess newsgroup because that's where the post you are
replying to happens to be is like crapping in your pants
because that's where your asshole happens to be.

Not really. It's more like defending yourself in every theatre of
battle you were attacked in. I do understand your frustration But
there is nothing that anyof us can do about it aside from blocking
everyone. Doesnt leave much to read when you do that. My advise would
be to ignore any topic you dont want to read .