Re: Multi-posting vs. Cross-posting (was: Controlling PDF file through
the Web)
Sabine Dinis Blochberger wrote:
KENNETH LAM wrote:
Dear all,
I am new in java. I would like to write a servlet to allow first user
controlling the PDF file movement after the second user read the same PDF on
the web (for example: control next page/pervious page). Because I am no idea
to do that. Or which library can I use? Please advice. Thanks a lot.
This is a cross post to c.l.j.h aswell. Please don't do that.
Cross posts are more tolerable than multi-posts, which latter is what the OP
actually did. Please use the correct term. In fact, cross-posting (useless
as it is between clj.help and clj.programmer) with follow-up set to a single
group is the recommended alternative to multi-posting.
To the OP: Do not multi-post.
"Multi-posting" is the annoying placement of (nearly) the same message
independently in different newsgroups, thus fragmenting the conversation and
obscuring parts of it to readers of each group. "Cross-posting" is placement
of the same message into several groups at once, by specifying multiple
destinations /at once/. This is also a bad practice, in proportion to the
number of groups involved. Two is a reasonable maximum. "Follow-up" is like
"Reply-to"; it specifies a single group as the destination for replies. If
you specify more than one newsgroup, do specify a single follow-up group.
Read the "Mini-FAQ" post from David Alex Lamb, and the links to which it
points. It explains how to use these newsgroups. It reposts every four or
five days, so there's no excuse not to read it.
--
Lew