Posted by Stan Brown on 12/28/72 11:30

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 02:20:14 GMT from jayembee
<jayembeenospam@snurcher.com>:
> I think you're obeying the letter rather than the spirit. Posting the same
> message separately in separate newsgroups is really no different than
> crossposting. Except in one significant area: if you post the same message
> separately to three different groups, there are three separate copies of the
> message being passed around the net.

Cheese is really no different from milk, except in one significant
area.

The "one significant area" you mention is the whole point. When
something is crossposted, people with decent newsreaders see it once;
when it's multiposted, people see it multiple times.

And in this case, the clueless luser compounded it by multiposting to
groups where it wasn't even on topic.

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