Why are my Files Cross Posted to the abme group & another group outside the abme groups counted against my weekly limit?
When a file is cross posted, each server files only one copy commonly in the group that receives the post first -, and uses the xrefeance message id to “link” it to the headers filed in the other groups listed. But, and it’s a big one – just because a.b.m.vcd is listed first does NOT mean that the server you’re using places the file in the allotted space of the vcd group, your server MAY have received it to abme or another group listed first and filed it there. Or the server, or one in between the poster and you, may not carry vcd, so at that point the routing switches to abme even though the cross link would continued to be carried. As there is no way of knowing for all the servers out there without manually polling them all, it was decided during the FAQ discussion to count the full posting against the poster agreed allotment.
