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Re: package wxmacmolplt broken



On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 02:48:44PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Chris Bannister wrote:
> > Huh? Since when? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
> > 
> > "A crossposted message takes up less server storage space, and creates
> > less network traffic, than if individual messages had been posted to
> > multiple newsgroups."
> 
> Of course that applies to usenet newsgroups but does not apply to
> mailing lists such as debian-user.  Mailing lists will generate a new
> message with the same message-id for every message regardless of
> whether it is crossposted to several mailing lists or not.

Eeek! of course, humble apologies.  But crossposting is still preferable
to multi posting as far as ML are concerned, would you agree?

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who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X


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