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FAQ's about Crossposting

What is Cross-posting ?

Q. What is Cross-posting ?

A. Cross-posting is posting a Usenet article to more than one newsgroup by writing all the newsgroup names in the article's header. The part about writing all the names in the header is important. When you post this way to multiple newsgroups, a newsreader can tell it is the same article in each group. Once the reader has marked it as read in one group, it does not show up in all the others.

If you post the article separately to each group, the newsreader cannot tell it is the same article, and so shows it in every group.

For example, if you are posting to "rec.bicycles.soc" and "rec.bicycles.rides" post the article once, with both newsgroup names in the header. Someone reading both newsgroups only sees that article once.

Note: Some newsreaders do not mark cross-posted articles as read. They show the article in every group even if you did cross-post.