Re: Newsreader Question
Robert Carnegie
> I'm using Unison, and my newsfeed is Solani.
>
> I've been posting in the "Starving people" thread, which is crossposted
> to two groups, and most of the messages go through just fine. Some of
> them -- an increasing number of them, lately -- have been getting this
> error message:
>
> "The server said: 'Crossposts without follow up to are not allowed'"
>
> I assume (but am not sure) that this is Solani's error message, not Unison's.
It does sound as though your own Unison software is describing an
error message from the Solani server. I don't know whether that in
turn is a per-newsgroup policy, or Solani's own. To me it appears to
be describing a law that you can only post into multiple groups if you
specify a follow-up line that - for there to be a point to this -
directs responses into only one of the groups, to reduce redundant
traffic.
Maybe some of your posts are already thus filtered.
Your own interest will be met, I suppose, by either altering articles
to post into rasfw only, or adding the required header entry which I
think goes like "Followup-to: rec.arts.sf.written" or else is a
specific option in your software, whilst your article itself appears
in two groups. In case other folks in either group don't notice that,
it may be appropriate to include it explicitly in the message body as
well, where it will not have an effect but will get noticed.
Maybe it's also related to fragmentation of this mighty thread as seen
in Google Groups, as lots of short threads. Incidentally, in Google
Groups viewed in the Opera browser, which is how I'm sending this, I
see a form option to "Add followup-to header" (to my message), but it
does not do anything. Perhaps it needs Javascript, and I have
switched that off for general browsing. I can switch it on for
individual sites.
Keith F. Lynch
> Kurt Busiek wrote:
>> I'm using Unison, and my newsfeed is Solani.
>> I've been posting in the "Starving people" thread, which is
>> crossposted to two groups, and most of the messages go through just
>> fine. Some of them -- an increasing number of them, lately -- have
>> been getting this error message:
>> "The server said: 'Crossposts without follow up to are not allowed'"
>> I assume (but am not sure) that this is Solani's error message, not
>> Unison's.
> It does sound as though your own Unison software is describing an
> error message from the Solani server. I don't know whether that in
> turn is a per-newsgroup policy, or Solani's own. To me it appears
> to be describing a law that you can only post into multiple groups
> if you specify a follow-up line that - for there to be a point to
> this - directs responses into only one of the groups, to reduce
> redundant traffic.
Will it let you give both, i.e.
Followup-to: rec.arts.sf.written,alt.folklore.urban
?
> Maybe some of your posts are already thus filtered.
I didn't see his post in either newsgroup.
I'm continuing to crosspost in that thread since some people are
reading this thread in one newsgroup, some in the other.
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Don Freeman
>
> I'm continuing to crosspost in that thread since some people are
> reading this thread in one newsgroup, some in the other.
And of course we are all appreciative of being able to read, and not
having to worry about missing, your essential, erudite posts.
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-Don