From Newsgroup: comp.programming

On 05/03/2025 08:09, Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 05/03/2025 06:58, Loris Bennett wrote:

Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:

On 2025-03-04, Loris Bennett <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> wrote:

At the risk of sounding intolerant, I suggest that the discussion
not be
crossposted comp.lang.python.

You did not do it in the best way. The way this suggestion is performed
is like this, using a built-in Usenet mechanism:

1. Keep the Newsgroups: line as-is.
    1. a) Unless it contains a ridiculous number of newsgroups,
          in which case consider killfiling the thread rather
          than adding to it, or else trim out obviously
          ridiculous newsgroup choices to get it down to three or four.
2. Add a header called "Followup-To:" to your posting which lists
    the newsgroups where you would like replies to article to be
    directed.
3. Mention in the article of the body that you're doing this,
    for example:

       "I think this discussion doesn't belong in comp.lang.python, so
       I'm setting Followup-To accordingly to omit that group."

Thank you for the information - I had not been aware of this possibility.

Followup-To is exactly that: a suggestion. Users agents can (and do)
prompt the user whether they want to honor Followup-To or ignore it.

Yes, my UA, Gnus, did indeed prompt me.

Followup-To is much better than just removing newsgroups from the
Newsgroups line, because doing so fragments the thread without
warning.

But will there be any difference for the newsgroup which has been
removed?  If the follow-up suggestion is adhered to, the thread will
just end in the same way it would if the group had been removed from the
list of newsgroups, won't it?

Not quite. The difference is that your "Followup-To" is posted in all
the original groups, so people know (you remembered to say "F'ups set to comp.whatever.thingy" somewhere in your article, yes?) that if they want
to read replies to your reply they can find them in the F'up-To group
you specified.

Without the F'up-to, your branch of the thread just... stops, without explanation.

==================================================
======> Follow-ups set to comp.programming <====== ==================================================
by way of an example.

If someone would kindly reply to me to complete the example, you will
find that reply in comp.programming but not here in comp.lang.c.

Your wish is my command :-)

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On 05/03/2025 07:14, David Brown wrote:

On 05/03/2025 08:09, Richard Heathfield wrote:

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==================================================
======> Follow-ups set to comp.programming <======
==================================================
by way of an example.

If someone would kindly reply to me to complete the example,
you will find that reply in comp.programming but not here in
comp.lang.c.

Your wish is my command :-)

Thank you, kind sir! :-)

If Loris makes it this far, he will observe that neither your
reply nor this one appears in com.lang.c, but finding them is
nevertheless not terribly difficult.
--
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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