Crosspost

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  cross-post vi. [Usenet; very common] To post a single article
     simultaneously to several newsgroups. Distinguished from posting the
     article repeatedly, once to each newsgroup, which causes people to see
     it multiple times (which is very bad form). Gratuitous cross-posting
     without a Followup-To line directing responses to a single followup
     group is frowned upon, as it tends to cause {followup} articles to go to


     inappropriate newsgroups when people respond to various parts of the
     original posting.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  cross-post
       
          [{Usenet}] To post a single article simultaneously to several
          {newsgroup}s.  Distinguished from posting the article
          repeatedly, once to each newsgroup, which causes people to see
          it multiple times (which is very bad form).  Gratuitous
          cross-posting without a Followup-To line directing responses
          to a single followup group is frowned upon, as it tends to
          cause {followup} articles to go to inappropriate newsgroups
          when people respond to only one part of the original posting.
       
          [{Jargon File}]