[928uk] Cross Posting and list mirrorng and archives

[Angus]

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I know its tempting but can I ask everyone not to send messages to more 
than one mail list.

This is called cross-posting. Cross-posting is easy to do, and it is 
similar to emailing to more than  one person.  However, remember that 
excessive cross-posting  is considered bad form without a good reason, 
because  it multiplies and confuses traffic in the list several times  
without adding any new content.

In the extreme  case, if everybody cross-posted every message to every 
list, then every list would look exactly  the same. You should 
cross-post only when it is REALLY needed.  When you cross-post an 
article to more than one list, you may want to specify that all 
responses should be directed to a single list or person.

Can I also ask everyone not to republish the list on other servers.

This is called mirroring. I understand that this is happening and dont 
agree with it. I cannot see a need for it.

I maintain an archive of the list, and you can get it here 
http://www.928.org.uk/list.html by clicking the join the list button 
and heading for the archives.  Its deliberately a little hard to find 
so that casual users dont find it. This archive slightly alters email 
addresses to stop some spam but it does not alter them much so postings 
could be identified. If someone just mirrors all the postings to an 
email account then even this level of obfuscation wont be there. So can 
I ask you if you are mirroring the content please stop.

I dont care what anyone does with the content of the list for personal 
use. Im just concerned about republishing.

Angus