Ann wrote in news:f6es801ra8eo68bk5jqdtkhqe03b5mkt5t@
4ax.com:

Salty Thumb expounded:

"Cereus-validus" wrote in
m:

Sam, you are one cross-posting maniac.


most computer weenies call that multi-posting (posting seperately to
multiple newsgroups).

Crossposting = posting one message to multiple newgroups by specifing
multiple groups in the newsgroup line

Did you happen to notice the groups this was *cross* posted to? (not
this reply, I'm sticking to rec.gardens). It was crossposted to
rec.gardens, sci.bio.botany and uk.rec.gardening.

The originating message for this particular thread (going by the
References: header),

Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Message-ID:

was posted to rec.gardens only.

I took Cereoid's word for it that the message was also posted seperately
(multi-posted) to the groups (sci.bio.botany, uk.rec.gardening) he added
in his crossposted reply.

Newsgroups: rec.gardens,sci.bio.botany,uk.rec.gardening
Message-ID:

but here is the message-id for the identical seperately posted
sci.bio.botany message anyway,

Newsgroups: sci.bio.botany
Message-ID:

which has an additional different reply from Cereoid. (The crossposted
reply may or may not also show up depending on several factors, including
whether you have kill xpost activated and how your newsreader threads
articles).

Ergo, the original message was multi-posted.