Re: Followup-to question

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> Date: 03 Feb 97 07:25:24 -0800

Hmm, your email message seems to have gotten held up somewhere for
quite a number of days. Since nobody else has replied, I assume that
it was held up somewhere between you and where the mailing list is
being hosted (consensus.com).

> When I originally posted the FAQ I read clearly in the instructions, that
> the followup-to line needed to contain all the groups in question, and omit
> any *.answers groups. As far as I can tell, this has not changed.
>
> Could I specify just one group (EG: *.win95.misc) as the followup-to group
> even though the FAQ goes to four other groups? I don't think "poster" is
> appropriate because I think discussion of the FAQ belongs in the groups,
> but at the same time, supposedly, filters linek NoCeM will nuke postings
> with more than one followup-to group.

Please consider rechecking the guidelines periodically. The relevant
section currently reads (with underlining emphasis added):

| c. Followup-To (REQUIRED)
| -------------------------
|
| Examples:
|
| Followup-To: soc.culture.foo
| Followup-To: misc.foo,soc.culture.foo
| Followup-To: poster
|
| Include a Followup-To header so followup postings don't get
| sent to *.answers newsgroups or to the moderators. It can
| contain one or more of the home newsgroup(s), or, if you want
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| followups sent directly to you, the word "poster". Do NOT put
| an email address in the Followup-To line.

(This clarification was made when Pam Greene massively rewrote the
guidelines in July 1995. I don't believe we ever intended to require
that all the home newsgroups be listed on the Followup-To line, but
the previous text did end up stating it that way.)

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