From: e DOT d DOT k DOT i DOT s DOT e DOT r AT j DOT a DOT x DOT n DOT e DOT t DOT c DOT o DOT m (M. Edward Kiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Repeating posts
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 05:21:59 GMT
Organization: Southeast Network Services, Inc.
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ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) wrote:
>Why do some people repeat their postings
>three and even five times like this, every few minutes?

(this = the post "Video memory access speed!!")

Maybe because the news reader says the post "failed" when it did not,
and so the user tries again a few minutes later.

This happened to me once, and I posted some messages three to seven
times each. In one case I actually revised the message between tries!
(So people saw the original drafts... how embarrassing!)

Only later did I realize I should try downloading the new messages
before I believe my news reader's "failed" message.

This isn't any help, though, when the news reader keeps TRACK of which
messages have "failed" and won't let you mark it posted without
posting it again...

...I use Forte's Free Agent, but this behavior might also be a
peculiarity of my ISP's news server. I don't know.
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Ed Kiser ( e d k i s e r @ s o u t h e a s t . n e t )
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over
the man who can't read them." -- Mark Twain