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Got this intermittently starting last nite. Is there anything that users should be doing to avoid putting loads on the system? Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help (doubt there is but...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: heh someone here has a virus.
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(...) probably one of the recent outlook viruses - they send to everyone in your address book... So people reading Lugnet via outlook will have everyone's names... At least they can't post messages with viruses :) FUT off-topic.geek - If you want to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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few people emailed me " i has sent you this to hear your advice" most names were from this fodum. if you see that email dnt open attachment and delete the email. no im not angry at all in fact im thinking its funny because its first time i got email (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lugnet Membership Wait Time
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(...) -Suz (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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About how long is it? I was just wondering since I sent my check and such about a week ago. Thanks -- Chef/Dan/Bubba Bear ICQ:84584424 AIM: DaGlassAWasta (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Hey, a little help here.....
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(...) The most glaring problem was the fact that the Exploriens link simply did not show on the screen but now it appears on the screen and thank you for fixing the problem, Todd. Jesse Long P.S. I am fixing to make some major purchases soon from (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Hey, a little help here.....
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(...) On this page here?-- (URL) Please fix the broken link, Todd. I'm not sure what was wrong -- it worked for me -- but in any case I updated all the links there to be of the newer format, e.g., (URL) of the older format, e.g., (URL) the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Whoa. Take a chill, go read the TOS again, and consider cleaning up your attitude. Mladen did come on a bit strongly, but dang man, you've really exposed your inner child with this tantrum. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.admin.general)
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(Eric speaking in George W. Bush's voice, from SNL skit) "I'm a uniter, not a divider." Seriously, I'd like to see both of the groups closer too. Mecha and spacecraft are both futurist vehicles that are sometimes, in very odd situations, hard to (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hey Guys, This is interesting because when I post a blurb about a new Mech I feel the Space guys would dig it too. Plus once I remember someone complained that they had to constantly; "thumb thru all these Build.Mecha posts in order to read the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oooh, good idea! Very good idea! I like, very much. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Tuesday, 1:00 PM (PDT)
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(...) Yeah, the Web interface sems to be humming along just fine now...truly just a temporary hiccup then. Thanks. (25 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) so it took about 1 minute to get the auth, and less than another to make it back to me... guess it cleared up? (25 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) nope - but maybe the server is experiencing high load for some reason... :/ Dan (sent at 16:29 EDT, not counting auth) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Case in point: I made this post ((URL) a half-hour ago via the web interface. Normally, these messages show up on the main news page within one minute (two minutes during heavy traffic). After about 15 minutes, it still hadn't shown up on the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) what kind of lag? I'm not seeing any problems, NNTP or web? Dan (25 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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It seems to me that LUGNET via the Web interface has a case of the hiccups. Am I crazy, or is there an intermittent lag of upwards of 40 minutes happening? Matt (25 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Newest Members
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Well, I've kind of written off the membership package; I'm #423, and I've still not recieved the package, but it really doesn't bother me much, because I get so much out of LUGNET that I should really be busy upping my voluntary contribution level (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Logging in?
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Thanks Suz. Works like a champ! Keep up the great work, guys. Eric (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Bug, or feature
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(...) It's a bug. It's actually serving static pre-generated data, so that's why the icon never changes. Simplest thing, I'll just remove the icon so it's not wrong. Better solution would be to make the header dynamic and keep the rest of the page (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It's conceivable. It was designed to work in a variety of situations. There is quite a bit of LUGNET-specific stuff, though. I never got it all as separated cleanly as I'd wanted to. (...) Well, it's not actually for sale or license...although (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thanks, Benjamin. I moved recently to a new place, which took a toll on me (physically and emotionally) and also don't yet have a reliable Internet connection at home, so my online time has been spotty lately. There have been some other life (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi, I apologize for the lack of communication and delays in processing. Todd did in fact take a little time off and I'm filling in. In future, please feel free to mail me at suz@lugnet.com to get my direct attention. -Suz (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I agree with Ben. I'm amazed that Todd is able to take care of this site. I would loose my mind trying to what he does. Each day this site grows bigger and bigger, and that takes more and more time. While I understand your frustration, you (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) that (...) Seconded. I also noticed that when I joined I went through a process of joining Pay Pal because they would pay five dollars towards the membership fee. When I update my member profile, I see that I still owe $5. Has anyone else (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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This may sound a little harsh, but I don't think some of you really understand what it takes to maintain a board in general, and a world-wide based board like this in particular.... I don't want to speak on behalf of Todd Lehman, but I am quite sure (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm not sure, but the last update took well over a month. There is a break in time between member #1105 and #1106 (May 25 to July 4). And after #1106 there are MANY members that "joined" on July 4. I applied for a membership on June 6 and it (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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How often does the newest members bit on the LUGNET home page get updated? Thanks Carl (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) I haven't changed my opinion - didn't like it to start with and still don't - but I'll put up with it in order to be rid of the spoofer(s). I'm posting less because of it. (I read via newsreader and it adds (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I really liked the PGP option, but that never seemed to go anywhere. Allowing e-mail replies helped a lot - though it wouldn't be hard to cook something up with Procmail and Perl to get around it. Sooner or later, someone will probably do (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Roger that! It's been a few weeks now since it was introduced and we had a flurry of discussion. Are there folks who have changed their opinions significantly one way or the other? (I like it better than ever, but that's not a significant (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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agreed. i dont like faked id posts -- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' "John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in message news:GG9CJK.AFH@lugnet.com... (...) want (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I've used both the e-mail and the web URL to confirm my posts. In both cases it has worked flawlessly. I'm very glad to be rid of the MadHatter and his antics. This small inconvenience is well worth the benefits. John Hansen (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) If using the web interface for posting, this is true. (...) yes, we'll mail you. stay tuned. -Suz (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) No problem. Done. (URL) added a "suggest a link" there too, for ease in future. -Suz (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hello, I hope this is the right place for this... Do I read correctly somewhere that if you login to Lugnet, your posts appear automatically again? i.e. You don't need to confirm them. If so, I would love to take advantage of this! Which leads to my (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Request for a link
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Todd, Would it be possible to add a link on the RCX/NQC page to my webpage for RcxCC version 3.2 (my revision to Mark Overmars original RcxCC). I've had a few people email me asking where it can be found and invariably they had looked for a link (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I've had no problem with it, perhaps because i'm logged in via the web interface as well? I like the new confirmation thingy, I wouldn't ever want any more impersonations. :/ (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I've tried posting three messages in the new system since confirmation was required. The first two I did by clicking the confirmation URL and choosing the "post now" option on the web page. Neither posts ever showed up. Only the email-reply option (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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(...) It looked (to me) like it was veering off into class warfare, that is, bashing sellers for making a profit. That, in my opinion, is .debate fodder. However I was wrong about that veer and I have said so already. (25 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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(...) WARNING! Compartmentalized Dork-dom ahead! ;] Larry, I'm not sure why you're so convinced this isn't a .general topic. The discussion was about general "market goings-on" for LEGO. By its "charter", lugnet.off-topic.debate is for non-LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Bug, or feature
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Todd, Just noticed something and I'm not sure whether it's a bug, or a feature. I am currently logged in. The icon in the upper right is grey and says "sign out". That seems to be the case on most pages with the exception of the member pages. (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Newsgroup request for MAALFD
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Wow, this shows how long I've been away from Lugnet. I was just thinking that it would be nice if we had this newsgroup because I have had like no Lego motivation lately and haven't even been checking other fire related websites for updates which is (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Possible New Group?
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I was wondering if there could be a new newsgroup added for discusions about military topics and such. As far as I know, us military fans don't really have anywhere to post new models/ideas/discussions to except .build, or .space if it's futristic. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: How much to licence Lugnet technology?
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In lugnet.admin.general, Alex Farlie writes: <snip> I know Todd had at one point thought that he might release the underlying tech, but I suspect (speculate, guess, seem to recall, made up statements, take your pick) that the code at this point is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | How much to licence Lugnet technology?
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Hi, Whilst this is perhaps off-topic in relation to matters Lego, I felt here was the best place to post. My question is : Would the underlying techonolgy setup used for Lugnet be suitable for another (non-Lego) related disscussion server? How much (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Link to MLCAD Homepage on MLCAD Group Page
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(...) Thanks for making us aware. I've updated the link. -Suz (25 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Link to MLCAD Homepage on MLCAD Group Page
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Todd, The link to the MLCad Home Page on the MLCad NewsGroup Page is no longer correct... (although it IS still pointing people to the new page, for now ) The new link is (URL) Lynch (25 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Simplified News-by-Mail signup (was: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company)
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(...) Very very delayed reply (boy oh boy)... But point in case - I don't subscribe to any groups. I read them on the web - I like it better that way! -Shiri (25 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Randomly generated acronyms (was: Re: The commonfolk's FAQ)
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(...) Or maybe on each parent group page, so that would be 52 places. Personally I only go into about 10 of those, so it wouldn't be so bad. KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (25 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Randomly generated acronyms (was: Re: The commonfolk's FAQ)
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(...) Yeah.... plus, people wouldn't encounter acronyms directly on the front page anyway! It's the newsgroups where they appear frequently. Still, I'd get kinda annoyed if there was an acronym on every news page. Maybe on the news' front page? (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: The commonfolk's FAQ
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(...) That's sounds pretty cool. I would go even farther and have a randomly selected acronym appear on any newsgroup page on LUGNET, say at the top or something. It would be just like the taglines that used to appear on BBS's in "The Old Days". By (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: The commonfolk's FAQ
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Hi Eric! Don't apologize for getting off-track - I was just confused whether you misread my post, or I misread yours. ;-) (...) Wow! I like that. Once it got coded, it would be no extra work to post it "every week" or whatever. I think that *in (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: The commonfolk's FAQ
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Crossposted to admin.general (...) <snip> While I can't take credit for Duane's great idea this is even better than what I was thinking. I was thinking just a post with an allready defined Acronym once a week to keep the visability of the page up in (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Weird error trying to load lugnet main page?
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The last thing I updated was some security-related stuff but that was downloaded and installed by Windows Update - I have Windows 98 installed here. -- Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Weird error trying to load lugnet main page?
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(...) I often have this problem on the start-up page when I first start IE (my start-up page isn't Lugnet though), but after that no problems. I think it's more likely to be a client (ie IE) problem. Have you installed or updated anything on the PC (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Weird error trying to load lugnet main page?
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I have a URL: that reads for lugnet like this: (URL) have to click refresh in my browser before the page will load or IE5 brings back a 'page cannot be found' error. This also happens as often as not, IE it's intermittent. What is happening and what (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | What is going on
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Lugnet said I was not allowed to post to lugnet.general in an earlier post. Someone please explain to me how I would not be allowed to post to lugnet.general? Here is the infamous red words you get when you screw up... Results: Your message was not (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Multiple E-mail Authentication ??
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(...) I had assumed that the mail went to the email shown as your email identifier as controlled by the cookie you set when you set up a particular machine for posting. I have not actually tried this so I am guessing. But try setting your home (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Multiple E-mail Authentication ??
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(...) Shaun, I don't know if this helps but you can set up multiple posting accounts with LUGNET. You would fill out the setup on each computer and use the appropriate E-mail that would come to that computer. This way each computer has a cookie on (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Multiple E-mail Authentication ??
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Hi All, I apologize if this has already been covered - if so, if some kind soul could point me to the appropriate article, it would be greatly appreciated. If it hasn't come up before ... here we go: What is the easiest way to allow for post (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi Todd, Just noticed that Marlon's Lego Page gets another nomination the week after it wins! I mean it's a great site, but I think that's a bit much!! 8?) ROSCO (25 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | E-Mail Authentication Error? (Was: Find your Birthday Buddy)
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Todd, I replied to the authentication e-mail message on this one with an 'x' in the (...) option, and it seems to have been posted anyway. FYI. I realized that I had replied to all instead of where the follow ups were set to, so I changed my mind (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Todd, can I have my password.
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(...) Like Shiri said, it was in your membership packet (which many of us have never received). Also, it would have been in the email you received after your payment was received. The email I received had the subject 'Membership Activation'. (25 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Passwords, Membership, and so forth
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Uh....me four (or five or six) on needing my password Todd (member 912). I'd like to now try out the web interface to see if it is easier than the email authentification stuff (not that I mind that either), but seeing as I haven't used my pw since (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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(...) Sorry, I meant where it was the user's fault. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Are that many people really glad about the security stuff?
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(...) Ummm...will I do? Larry responded nicely to your post. Believe me, there are probably many sarcastic remarks being withheld on his part, in order for him to respond civily to you (and for me as well). To pick apart the message wouldn't be (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Are that many people really glad about the security stuff?
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Do me a fav, would you mind picking a part the rest of the message instead of acting like some wisecrack. I wouldn't mind hearing your reasons too. That is of course, unless you have nothing to back you besides a few angry LUGNET users who got out (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Are that many people really glad about the security stuff?
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(...) Me, for one... (...) I think so. Maybe we need to see if Kev will do a new Brickshelf poll... I bet we'd get an overwhelming positive vote. But maybe not. FUT admin.general (or should it have been NNTP??) as this is not really a .general (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Todd, can I have my password.
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(...) Behind the membership card on your packet, if you ever got one!! -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: UKLTC has arrived
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(...) I know that this reply is late in coming, but had I asked this community if there was a 'need' for a ELTC, I would've received a response identical to my first announcement of ELTC. It took Sam's UKLTC to bring about a measure of response. We (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Todd, can I have my password.
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(...) Ummm...me three, Todd? Where was this password in the first place? -- Hop-Frog (not jesting) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible bug with "Reply"-button
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(...) It's not a bug, but actually a (little-known) feature of the NNTP protocol/ format: If the Followup-To header is set to "poster", then your newsreader is supposed to direct replies to the poster rather than to a newsgroup. -- Todd S. Lehman | (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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(...) Did NNTP posting have this problem? Todd put a nifty little fix in for web dups a few months back. Great stuff... ++Lar (25 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Reply button test, Mark II
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(...) Hunh. Exactly the same as FUT: lugnet.off-topic.test,poster It appears that it will accept "poster" as an argument in the FUT field, but will only process it as a mailto: command if it's by itself. Hunh. (25 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible bug with "Reply"-button
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(...) Neat. I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature. If you look at the message header, you'll notice that "Followup-To:" is set for "poster", which turns the reply button into a "mailto:" command. Presumably that's something that Daniel has (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Possible bug with "Reply"-button
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Hello Todd, With posting (URL) from Daniel Staudt I've encountered the following problem: When I click on the "Reply"- button it does a "Relply to poster via private e-mail message" instead of the normal "Post a public reply to this message". This (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Todd, can I have my password.
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(...) uh... me too please, todd. (perhaps we need lugnet.password.forgot!? ;-) thanks. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GF497x.Gz7@lugnet.com... (...) double (...) TESTING to see if crossposting works with newsreader-generated messages. __Kevin Salm__ (25 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | E-mail authentication during posting
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Nice job. It looks like you have solved the security problem and the double posting one in a single swoop. Keep up the good work. Scott A (25 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Wishlist/WIBNI department
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Or alternatively - give an option, stored in a cookie or membership info or some'n, to let people choose what size thread they would want to suppress. Maybe one person thinks 50 posts in a threads is way too much and takes too much time to load? And (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Wishlist/WIBNI department
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(...) I've wished for such a thing myself. If it was well done, it might do more to wean me from NNTP. Frank (25 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Certain groups get large threads... Right now the thread display is all or nothing. When the thread gets over a certain size (I think it is 100) you get this instead of the thread tree: 166 Messages in This Thread: (Inline display suppressed due to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: UKLTC has arrived
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(...) Hehe, now that you mention it, that is kinda funny. And then Yahoo is used to schedule IRC meetngs... ;] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) lol, go John... Josh (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) lol You mean he is using *LUGNet* to use Yahoo to find people;-) Maybe you're right; wasn't my impression, though. -John (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Maybe I misunderstood his intentions, but I gathered that his intention was to form a physical club in the corporeal <sp?> world. But to get there he is finding people by using Yahoo. KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Scheduled downtime Wednesday, June 13 a.m.
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Really? I never noticed! Your good! Wanna new job? Never mind were laying people off left and right. Again, your good! :) -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "LUGNET Admin" <todd@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:GEw1qG.7zn@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: The Problem (was Re: Eeek! I've been multiply moultoned!)
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(...) Ross, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. -- Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com> (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Todd, (et al) I'm worried about a technical solution to authentication problem. In fact, I'm a bit worried about whether we're solving the right problem at all. To me it seems the problem is not enforcing a ban on individuals, it's more a case (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Todd, can I have my password.
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I cant log in without my password and i lost the slip of paper that had the password on it. Please email it to me!!!...!!! Rick (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sounds great Todd. I should have known you were already toying with it... Thanks. -Duane (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, the skip-filter feature is really for blanket-masking of large numbers of groups rather than a case-by-case subscription feature, which is why it's text-based (pattern matching in this case), and a special advantage of that approach is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Scheduled downtime Wednesday, June 13 a.m.
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(...) This occurred this morning. Downtime of the webserver and newsserver was approximately 14 minutes, beginning at approximately 10:16 EST and ending approximately 10:30. -- Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com> (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, Would you be able to simplify the skip filter settings screen when you get a chance? I was wondering if you could go with a check box or radio button next to the groups that you would/wouldn't like to subscribe to. Although the current method (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Eeek! I've been multiply moultoned!
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(...) I'm still here, and I'm working to resolve the issue. Clearly we need a workable mechanism for authenticating email addresses. I've got some ideas and have spoken with people off-line about these. It won't be pretty. I've been generally quiet (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Scheduled downtime Wednesday, June 13 a.m.
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The lugnet.com server will be taken off-line briefly tomorrow morning for routine maintenance as it is moved a different server rack. The outage should last about an hour. -- Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com> (25 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: UKLTC has arrived
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(...) I guess I'm not really looking for an argument here, but just to point out that we *already* have "multiple groups on different things" right here on LUGNet-- that's kinda the whole point of the LUGNet NGs, isn't it (as opposed to 1 noisy (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Eeek! I've been multiply moultoned!
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Unless I am missing something, I am starting to think Todd has been quiet on this for too long. Is there some sort of plan to exclude or bring Matthew back for good? Clearly the current state of affairs cannot continue indefinitely without doing (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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