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(...) Ben is 100% correct here. No real harm done, but if this is really a US-only thing, then the discussion should migrate there. An initial announcement crossposting to .general and .loc.us probably ought to be tolerated if it has followups set (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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That's what I thought... <puts on flame retardant suit> Why then did you post to .general [being for general interest] and not to .loc.us [for items of specific interest to US residents as opposed to the rest of the world]? After all...if I started (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: News Server just lost all of my News-By-Mail settings?!?
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Ah, good reason. My ISP had a lot of difficulties this past week with their mail server. They appear to be stable for the last couple of days... I'll go and put back in my groups, I guess. -Andy Lynch (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: News Server just lost all of my News-By-Mail settings?!?
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(...) Lemme check... OK, I see your email address was in a list of about 20 "dead" email address that I cleaned out a couple of hours ago because they had all been sending back tons of rejections. Most of the time when this happens, an email account (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, I just realized that I haven't received any Lugnet mail for a couple of hours, and when I checked news.lugnet.com, I saw some messages that I should have received. I went to check to see if I was subscribed to the groups that I was seeing (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Web interface "ignore user"
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(...) Your points are valid. Mostly I was asking to see if it was easy. However I would posit that the functionality of being able to filter, sort, omit and in general slice and dice content as you like is very powerful and does fit the charter. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: LUGNET Memberships
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G23324.HEu@lugnet.com... (...) presumably (...) would (...) people (...) Well, Todd, I don't think anything is necessary, but it's your choice. Here's what I would suggest: Eliminate the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Unless there's evidence of a lot of demand, my response in your position would be "Use a newsreader for reading, and use the web interface for searching". Far from ideal, yes, but: a. It's available now, b. It allows people who want the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Reducing fussiness in automated password appraisal
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(...) I'd say level 2 is too easy. My current password doesn't fail until level 8. And one I'm playing with, trying to get the pattern down in my head and with my fingers, gets an outstanding even at level 12. (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would suggest putting the following parts (marked by * *) in bold or in red. a. "Your *real-life* name will appear automatically ...." b. "In other words, *you must not conceal your real-life name* or *your real e- mail address* from other (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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