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Re: Very strange server behavior today
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:49:37 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz wrote:
> No web based forum has yet to provide the flexibility to keep track of what
> I have read and what I have not read (and what I want to remember to
> re-read - so I mark it unread again) that a news reader provides. Plus, a
> news reader lets me decide which forums to keep track of.
I agree that NNTP is the best way, but I haven't used NNTP for a long time.
Ever since FTX was allowed in posts, it's been pretty useless because you can't
see the images and other FTX enhanced aspects of messages through NNTP or email.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Very strange server behavior today
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| (...) You are certainly right, however using NNTP to get your awareness raised for new developments in your favorite newsgroup (or boards, as forum jargon would put it) could be quite helpful. I find myself using this means at least for some groups (...) (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Very strange server behavior today
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| (...) I've solved the read vs. unread issue by reading LUGNET via RSS & Google reader. There's not enough traffic on LUGNET to prevent me from reading it via RSS now (the traffic has dramatically dropped since Peeron introduced the RSS feed). And I (...) (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Very strange server behavior today
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| (...) Oh, please no. The web interface has no way to keep track of read posts other than your browser's memory of visited URLs. No web based forum has yet to provide the flexibility to keep track of what I have read and what I have not read (and (...) (16 years ago, 22-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
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