Rich Grise <richardgrise@yahoo.com> says...

>Just to prove a point - when a post is crossposted, it's only stored
>on the sever once,

That's not the issue. In a world where people are sending DVDs over
the Internet, the difference in storage is lost in the noise.

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> says...

>Proper crossposting is ONLY SEEN ONCE, with a good reader like Agent.

That's not the issue either. The issue is that crossposting tends
to make all newsgroups look alike. Rich Grise crossposted to
alt.os.linux.slackware and sci.electronics.design. The end result
will be two alt.os.linux.slackware users discussing slackware but
crossposting the enrire thread to sci.electronics.design, and six
sci.electronics.design regulars discussing Iraq and crossposting
the entire thread to alt.os.linux.slackware. Why not just get rid
of all newsgroups and have everyone post everything to misc.misc?