This is the 3rd newsgroup I've seen this question posted in. Now, let me
explain why this is bad Netiquette:
In another newsgroup where you posted this exact same question, it was
answered, and you thanked the person who took the time to give you the
answer. However, in another newgroup where you posted this exact same
question, it has not been answered yet. In this newsgroup, another person
took the time to answer your question, but you have not thanked this person,
apparently because you have gone on your merry way (in fact, I doubt that
you will read *this* response; I am writing it for the benefit of everyone).
Note that I used the phrase "took the time" with regards to the people who
answered your question. It takes time, sometimes a good bit of time, to
anwer a question in these newsgroups, and almost none of us get paid for it.
I don't know how valuable your time is to you, but to most of us, it is
quite valuable.
So, by posting this question to multiple newsgroups, you have cost people
unnecessary expenditure of their time to answer a question to which you
already have the answer, simply because it is *not* yet answered in these
other newsgroups. In other words, by your attempt to serve yourself by doing
this, you have done a disservice to everyone else.
I hope this was not intentional, and that, after reading this, you will
understand why you should *never* cross-post or multi-post questions. It
amounts to a form of selfishness that is anti-social and harmful to the
community at large. Remember that the "community at large" includes
yourself. If you are willing to make the "community at large" suffer, you
are, in effect, giving permission for others to make you suffer as well.
--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull
Hard work is a medication for which
there is no placebo.
