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Subject: 
Re: Very strange server behavior today
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:58:40 GMT
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Gereon "Jerry" Stein wrote:
Your mention of FTX in posts and the issues this generates for NNTP
access have some ideas coming to my mind, though... ;)

One solution would be an FTX enabled news reader. There is no reason why a
news reader could not process the FTX. Another thing a customized Lugnet
newsreader could do is post via the web interface. I don't think it would be
too tricky to get the login cookie to authenticate. This would then provide
a solution that would be much better than any pure web interface. Of course
it would only be available to those who can install software on their
system, but that probably wouldn't affect most NNTP users (I doubt anyone is
using NNTP from a public terminal for example).

Frank



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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)

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