# >>>>> "John" == John O Kopf <kopfj@worldnet.att.net> writes:
#
# John> The problem apparently is that AT&T throttles cross-posting,
# John> rejecting any article posted to more than 4 groups at once
# John> (this has apparently become an internet standard).
#
# It's _not_ an internet standard, never has been, and never will be.
# You need to convince AT&T of that, which may not be easy (there is
# _no_ good reason for blanket crossposting restrictions like that - it
# has very little impact on the amount of spam, most of which is posted
# to three groups or less; it's not strict enough to reduce the effects
# of crosspost-trolling; the largest effect it has is to kill off
# legitimate announcement posts, FAQs, and administrative messages such
# as RFDs and CFVs).
#
# --
# Andrew.
This should be brought up in the usefor working group. Maybe we can get
a paragraph in there that excludes the *.answers groups from this type of
behavior. This way it _could_ become a standard NOT to do it to *.answers.
Just a quick thought...
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