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(...) Undo. :) I was thinking of all the times on Usenet that I'd seen "followups to alt.dev.null" or "followups to /dev/null" used when someone made a flame or quip or other flippant statement and wanted to deflect replies to avoid a big debate or (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heck, with an 'unlimited length' option, the brief mode would be a *great* way to view an entire thread -- you would get to see most of the actual writing, with almost none of the quoting. You'd almost never need the quoting, because you'd (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ooh, cool. What an opportunity for Todd to realize some potential real bucks for his efforts. (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Than a trashbin? Well, quite a bit different I would hope, at least the participants would like to think so. What are you trying to say here? (...) I'm net savvy and I forget somewhere between 10 and 25 percent of the time. Setting followups (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) (nothing relevant) Sorry about that, folks. I didn't realize that a thread started in one group could contain messages that were entirely in another group. Thus, I replied in a way that will no doubt appear as a total SPLAT to admin readers. I (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I believe that I'm at 77 classes, built or almost built, at the moment. Boats - have 15 (1 is carried by the SES) Longboats - none yet, but I have some examples of how to make them. Cutters - want 20, have 19. Brigs - want 6, have 6, but two (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would expect a net-savvy person to be posting something which actually was worthwhile, and to chose an appropriate group. The concern of mine which brought this up is the recent tendency for discussions to get crossposted to a bunch of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, there's precedent in alt.dev.null [1]. But really, I can't think of very many things that couldn't either go to one of the .off-topic groups (not just .debate!) or just be left unsaid. [1] what fun! (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How different is .off-topic.debate from that already? How many net-savvy people who wanted to post a real reply would simply change the ng line prior to posting? What would newbies think when they posted a reply not knowing where they reply (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I was just thinking that everyonce in a while I post something which I don't expect any replies to, it would be neat if there was a lugnet.dev.null or lugnet.trashbin or something which we could set followups to. The group could either actually (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New newsgroups request: lugnet.org.it & lugnet.org.it.itlug
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(...) Okie dokie, these are up. --Todd (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Cool beans! I love this "ask for a feature to find out it's already been implemented" idea. :^D (...) That would be *most* cool. I really like the way the brief mode works, with the suppression of quoted text and all that. It'd be most cool to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi Todd, I performed a short survey and gathered positive feedbacks about this topic, so we are ready to proceed. Please consider this post an official request by ItLUG. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.org.it (group): Italy-based user groups, clubs, and (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) It actually does now (as of about 3-4 weeks ago) -- to make it go, sign in with your member ID+password and then fill out the forms (news posting setup, skip-filter, news-by-mail settings) and they'll be stored into your member record on the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Random suggestion: I wish that my filter and news-post-access settings would follow me around from computer to computer based on the lugnet ID and password. Random suggestion #2, which I think would actually be much more useful: I love the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Seems like the standard approach. Here's a wrinkle to think about. You allow multiple passwords. So are you going to generate a new one and leave the old one in force? What if I have 4 already? On the other hand, if you get rid of the old one, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) typically, i've seen it where: 1) you request a new password (giving a little bit of personal info, name, etc) 2) it's sent to your last known email address. this way, if someone tries to tamper, the new password is sent to your email (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It'd probably go something like this -- 1. You request a new password at some web page. 2. Server sends a short confirmation e-mail to your known e-mail address. 3. You receive the e-mail and click the hyperlink to bring up a webpage to (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Haven't set that up yet but I agree it's a good way to go. --Todd (26 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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