Cross-posting vs. multi-posting

[J Wermont]

Suzanne Chiles wrote:

 > Cross-posting is including all the of the addresses of all the lists
 > in the same e-mail. [snip]
 > 
 > Multi-posting, on the other hand, means submitting the same content to
 > multiple lists, but each in its own email, thus no bouncing.
 > 
 > Multi-posting is much preferred over cross-posting

Except when it's not. :)

I've had the experience of multi-posting to a few lists and getting
flak from people who are on 2 or 3 of the lists, and who therefore 
received my message multiple times. Their suggestion? "Why don't you
cross-post instead? That's much better netiquette."

I guess you can't keep everyone happy...

Joyce