Re: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-040 - 828750

From: Jim Eshelman (newsgroups_at_aumha.org)
Date: 10/04/03 

Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 14:05:14 -0700

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> That said, cross-posting has the unfortunate effect of turning
> several discreet newsgroups into one big, incredibly redundant one.
> That can be a good thing, that can be a bad thing. I, personally,
> feel that X-Posting in this case is precisely proper. But it *might*
> be more acceptable in the current climate to use multiple posting to
> achieve the same effect.

I see what I think is Gary's point -- that PROPER cross-posting looks like
what the viruses are doing. But I wouldn't let them win on this one. CORRECT
cross-posting is the best way to do it unless you want people to develop a
real frustration of encountering the same post over and over dozens of
times. Ironically, though that isn't how the spammers do it, that may
actually give MORE of an impression that it's spam -- because the user sees
it dozens of times.

(Just realized that might be warped by my own perspective. Maybe the typical
user who would have these doubts doesn't visit dozens of newsgroups the way
I do <g>.)

The worst complaint here might be overcome by adding a phrase at the very
top to the effect of: "To confirm that this patch is authentically a
Microsoft patch, go get it at Windows Update." (Polished language left in
your able hands.) 

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