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(...) Is it time to put an end to this? Could Scott and Larry be banned from replying to each other for a trial period at least? just an idea, DaveL (25 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) If the discussion was around how the module had bearing on the activities of other clubs, yes, otherwise no. (...) See above (...) No. Unless you somehow could tie it into the activities or operations of clubs. It's not enough to just say (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New Building (brown)
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(...) lugnet.trains.org? National and local train clubs/organizations for LEGO® enthusiasts: group formation, founding, planning, announcements, etc.; inter-group coordination and planning; general ideas, thoughts, inspirations, insights, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's all well and good but the *post* is primarily about buildings. Review the trains.org charter. Review the building and building.arch charters. If everything that was tangentially related to train organisations was posted there it would (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would think that the authentication date would replace the authored date when publishing. Thanks for the (guess) explanation. -Rob. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Looking for pieces from Pirate ship #6289
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(...) my guess is that while he wrote it on 13-sep-01, he didn't reply to the auth message until 2 hours ago, when the message was posted. does that make sense? :) Dan (25 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The date on this message is 13-Sep-01 and shows up on the web interface between 14-Sep messages. It shows up as a 13-Sep message via NNTP. What's up? -Rob. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lugnet 'Unsuitable for viewing).
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(...) Now that the "Lugent" admin team has spoken, maybe you could ask a librarian? They'd be more likely to know what sort of filters are in place and what is likely to trigger them, since they presumably put the filters in place. I'd be interested (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lugnet 'Unsuitable for viewing).
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I can only assume that there's some site filtering going on there. Perhaps looking for a "news" subdomain? -Suz (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Lugnet 'Unsuitable for viewing).
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Hi, Could one of the members of the Lugent Admin team please explain to me why when I attempted to access the lugnet newsgroups on the web earlier today (via a terminal in a local public library) the site was apparently blocked as being 'unsuitable (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: My Mech
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(...) I think you shouldn't post sales announcements or links to sales pages in regular newsgroups. You've been instructed nicely not to do this, yet you continue. Please stop. Thanks. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (25 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Tree view not working
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(...) Oops, this was due to a change I made a few days ago...fixed now. Thanks for pointing this out, Susan. --Todd (25 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) it's not only you - broken for me with netscape 6.1... :/ Dan (25 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Maybe it's the Opera browser (win32 5.12 build 932), maybe not. LUGNET home page, bottom right corner, clicked on "Tree view" and got this: An internal server error occurred: no Perl sub at /usr/home/lugnet/pml/PML.pm line 977. :-( -- Susan Hoover (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Ok to post email
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We have been able to change the name thing so it shows my name. On Friday I went to posting setup and did the profile exactly the way it says on this end. I still cant post and haven't been gotten a permission email after 2 days. Am I to fault or (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: LUG / Train Club Meeting in Arkansas
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Followups to LUGNET.ORG I would like to add CARLUG and Midsouth LTC to the LUGMAP. To do so I need to know the region that you represent. Are both just Arkansas? or are they more broad. Also what does CAR stand for? C_entral AR_kansas? The LUGNET (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ar, lugnet.org.us.tennlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: It's almost like Mail Bombing...
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GI9ztw.9KG@lugnet.com... (...) so (...) mailers (...) Perhaps it could, if it is not already, be mentioned in the TOS. I just enrolled with a work related list which make this point: (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | New Newsgroup: lugnet.build.military
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This post is being made to announce the creation of a new newsgroup, lugnet.build.military. Until now, the appropriate venue for military models and miltary discussion (esp. as it pertains to LEGO) has been somewhat murky, with posts being (...) (25 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general) !
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| | Re: Strange server problems, please read and respond.
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(...) Warning, I am speculating without certain knowledge. I don't think those two things are related. I got one of those mails from that same server too after a post that included .space, it is probably a person who was subscribed to .space and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Strange server problems, please read and respond.
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Okay, yesterday I posted an article in space. The confirmation email took awhile to arrive but other than that it was fine, and I got a message that it was successfully. Then, I looked for responses today. There were none. Why you ask? Well, the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS WRONG WITH THIS SERVER?!
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(...) relax, if there are any prollems todd'll let you know meanwhile, post 'em in lugnet.admin.general :-) -p (25 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Confusion, help?
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What you need to do is look at your newsreader, which by the headers reads Outlook Express, and then reregister yourself as a new identity within the newsreader. You might also need to register yourself as a new user within your Windows operating (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Confusion, help?
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Reposted from Friday and cross-posted to geek ---...--- -- Ok so I was nicely asked to make it so that the from thing had MY name and not my husbands. Well we tried and the option is either grayed out and unchangeable or when other ways were tried (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Confusion re: market.brickshops (was Re: New Brickbay shop- McBricks)
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(...) Definitely confusing. If it is for discussion of brickshops, I wonder why we need another group, or does that kind of discussion not really fit lugnet.market.theory. I would dearly love to see lugnet.market.brickshops be the place to announce (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Confusion re: market.brickshops (was Re: New Brickbay shop- McBricks)
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(...) I agree with Larry. Here's how the charter is worded: *** lugnet.market.brickshops (group): Discussions and informational postings related to personal online LEGO-related "shops" and third-party buyer/seller services (BrickBay, etc.) *** And (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Another possible thread bug
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G'day folks, If you use the web interface to browse through lugnet.space, this post: (URL) chronologically before the post it is in reply to. Now I know we're all used to temporal anomalies in .space, but this is a little too weird :] I have noticed (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New Brickbay shop- McBricks
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(...) Let me take back what I said, above. I re-read both charters carefully and I think unless there is a charter change, posting sales announcements or new shop openings may actually be off charter for market.brickshops. Not a LOT off charter, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Total confusion, help?
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Ok so I was nicely asked to make it so that the from thing had MY name and not my husbands. Well we tried and the option is either grayed out and unchangeable or when other ways were tried our system shut down and we were locked out of the computers (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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BTW, here's an example of a superseded article: news://lugnet.com/<m...de.uio.no> (Normally, I would have superseded my original article to add this comment, but now that it doesn't work, I'll post a followup in stead...) Fredrik (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) Well then never mind, I'm all wet and I have no idea why it stopped working. Sounds like a bug rather than an intended policy change. (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) No, that is not true. Superseding is technically mostly the same as canceling and reposting the article. The new article gets a new Message-ID and a new article number. It's not like editing an article at all. I've used Supersedes on LUGNET a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) Speculating: I suspect it was a policy change because the effect of Supersede on the historical record is that you changed a particular article at the very point in the thread where it previously was, which is in effect an edit. Mail (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) I used to be able to use Supersedes to change my articles, but I haven't been able to do that anymore. I don't know if it is a policy change or a bug. Superseding is more or less the same as canceling an article and posting a new one, but it (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) This is an unfortunate side effect of the "no edit, only cancel" policy here... but this side effect is, I think, massively drowned out by the positive effects of not being able to revise your words in a way that makes replies inconsistent. (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) I canceled my original post about Fibblesnork because, in it, I had typed the URL, causing a link to the site, which I did not want. All within a short amount of time: there was one follow up, I e-mailed the poster notifying him I wanted to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Mech
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(...) Actually, you're not supposed to post sales announcements in any group but .market.buy-sell-trade, per the TOS. While it's true, he didn't spell out "for sale," the post was soon after a sales announcement in b-s-t, so I think the intent was (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: The Original Jesse Long
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(...) Welcome back! I just got caught up on rtl and came here to make sure all was well. For the record, I'm still against the banning of the other Jesse, even if it does cause Jesse Long Confusion. ;) best LFB (25 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Emergency! Everyone, please read this.
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Hi, Yes that is my real name :-) I received your update request on the 24th of July, and updated your (and other's) links on the 31st. This was sent off to be changed on the Main site. I suspect that is slipped through the email cracks. I am (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) If we are talking bugs here in the lugnet.robotics area that mailing list went nuts and duplicated messages already on the list. I started getting these "you posted via the mailing list, see all these other ways of posting". I've never used (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Emergency! Everyone, please read this.
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(...) I've updated the links on my page ((URL) to the new location. I have a problem, though. The LUGNET links page ((URL) still points to my old xoom.com/nbci.com site where the references to the fibblesnork domain remain. I e-mailed Linc Smith (is (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) OK, I think I see the confusion now...there are two threads, similar but differrent. Suzanne started a first one and then canceled her message, and then started a new one about a half hour later. So what you saw that looked like it disappeared (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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[nb.: Scroll WAYYYY down to the end for the .admin.general item] (...) Thanks! I'm glad it has the approval of the ABS-grognards among us. :) I was warned, however, that building that ship served as an official gauntlet-dropping for you at next (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) I thought that too...but even that, or re-confirming the message via e-mail (if I'm understanding that right, haven't used it myself...it seems like a message can be confirmed more than once...I've seen several instances where someone confirms (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible problem/bug
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(...) I haven't seen this, and it doesn't sound probable. Perhaps Rico's clock was set incorrectly on his newsreader's machine? That could confuse the date display. (...) I see one -- which Suzanne posted and cancelled herself and reposted. Which do (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Possible problem/bug
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Suz & Todd, Have you seen messages, sometimes several hours old, jumping up the newsgroup hierarchy in the last day or so? Maybe I'm completely off my rocker, but I believe I've seen this happen at least three times now, in different groups and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Emergency! Everyone, please read this.
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Any links on your webpages that point to ANY page at *Fibblesnork* should please be removed ASAP!! The domain name has apparently changed hands.. from what was Todd Lehman's personal website to one with **adult content** (at one click in). This may (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people) !!
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| | Re: MOC: Enterprise, NX-01
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(...) Sorry about going acronym on ya there, not very helpful I know. FUT = "Follow-Up To". When you made your original post, you set it up like this: Newsgroups: lugnet.announce Follow-up: lugnet.build,lugnet....c.us.ny.ny The problem with this is (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New Brickbay shop- McBricks
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(...) Which would be probably 98% of LUGNET at this point, I betcha. Easy fix, though. Crosspost b-s-t with FUT set to brickstores and explain that it's a new group and it is the place to be for this sort of jammin' action. ++Lar (25 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New Brickbay shop- McBricks
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(...) Hi Cary, I just figured since the market.brickshops group was fairly new that not a lot of people were familiar with it yet and I guess I was right =). My other reason would be for it (the announcement) to reach the widest audience while still (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New Brickbay shop- McBricks
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This is the first mention of market.brickstores that I've seen. It does not appear to have been publicised much. It seems weird to me, for these reasons: 1) I didn't see any announcement in buy-sell-trade about the new brickstores group, let alone (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New Brickbay shop- McBricks
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Cary Clark wrote in message ... (...) Except for the people who don't even know market.brickshops exists (like me), or who are used to seeing BB-related messages in b-s-t. Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New Brickbay shop- McBricks
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(...) <snip> Thanks for announcing your store, Nathan. I think market.brickshops is exactly the right group to announce any BrickBay-related news. But why crosspost to buy-sell-trade? Maybe I'm off-base (which is why I cross-posted to admin.general (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Lost messages Tues evening?
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I posted a message on Tuesday evening which never appeared, even though I definitely did reply to the authorisation email and clicked the correct box to post (it's in my Sent folder). I also noticed a distinct dearth of messages from other people (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: The Original Jesse Long
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I'm back! Thanks for the help, all. I don't know what happened, but I'm back. Later, The Original Jesse Long Rob Doucette <lego@nospam.doucettenet.com> wrote in message news:GIFHJ5.Jz0@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | The Original Jesse Long
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I think more than one Jesse Long is being blocked: (URL) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: It's almost like Mail Bombing...
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(...) people who set their broken vacation/autoresponders, they reply to mail that is marked as "bulk". Not much we can do about it, except perhaps have Suz unsubscribe them until they get back... :/ Dan (25 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: It's almost like Mail Bombing...
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(...) The groups gated to mailing lists are the worst for this. (for example lugnet.robotics) There is not much to do about undeliverable mail as a person but I have a canned note saved that suggests that people ought to turn off their subscriptions (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | It's almost like Mail Bombing...
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Whenever I post to some groups I get hit with a barrage of "Out of the office" and "Undeliverable Mail" replies to my personal mail box. This is VERY annoying. Is there any way we can do something about this? Dean -- Dean Husby LUGNET Member #320 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lazy web posting
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(...) Sure, initially, but it'll fulfil *your* (sort of) wish. And when the page is to your liking, you can always ask the administrator (or curator) of .admin to put a link to it on the admin main page. I was just saying if you (or anyone) perceive (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lazy web posting
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(...) Fail to see what good that would do the random shlub who shows up at the front door of LUGNET and wants to do administrativeish things. He won't know me from Adam and thus any pages I create won't be of any help to him (or her) ++Lar (25 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lazy web posting
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(...) It can be anywhere you like, but I'd suggest somewhere like www.lugnet.com/admin/~5/ 8?) ROSCO (25 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lazy web posting
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You're all geniuses, I say. I didn't find the box to check to save the info as a cookie, but other than that, it worked fine. Thanks Cary (...) ... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lazy web posting
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(...) You don't have to be logged in as a member. Just go through the posting setup process, and check the flag to save the info as a cookie. (It's been awhile, things may have changed (but I don't think they have)) Steve (25 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lazy web posting
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(...) (URL) probably ought to be linked from the front page. In fact I sort of wish there was a page of "handy links to various things that you are likely to want to do that are administrativeish". Heck, maybe there is, but I don't know where it is. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lazy web posting
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(...) yah, that all would be nice... actually, it _is_ nice :) I think that if you're logged in, you can run through the news setup again (or some sort of setup), and it'll remember all these things you mentioned. When I go to post on the web, I get (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Lazy web posting
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Maybe this already exists, but I'd like to be even more lazy when posting using the web interface. Currently, I always get the "Before you post" page, to which I respond "Yes", then I get the message composition page, where I check a box again (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Posting Frequency, was Re: Et in Arcadia Lego - new MOCs
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(...) I haven't been posting as much lately due to the increased noise in the group. It's getting better, but there has been a lot of non-space related posting going on. I usually just post via the web and stay logged on. No problems with (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Et in Arcadia Lego - new MOCs
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(...) Yep. Basically the authentication thingy has cut way down on the number of "make a 'gee that's a nice MOC' comment" posts that I make. Now, I generally don't post unless I feel like I have something important (?) enough to say that it (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Et in Arcadia Lego - new MOCs
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(...) This too crossed my mind, however - 1) i'm far too lazy to go look 2) my apathy is great. :) I would be inclined to say that it's more of a global slump - I would hope that people who thought strongly enough about the issue would have (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Et in Arcadia Lego - new MOCs
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(...) Yep. That. I switched over to Web posting while in Europe; I stayed on it now that I'm back, even though I'm not on the T3 pipe (droooool) anymore. (...) I'd have to agree with Jennifer--although maybe it does make the difference when talking (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Et in Arcadia Lego - new MOCs
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(...) "And then I realized that not making sense not to, the message posting could not not NOT make sense, so I didn't not post it." :) Sorry, just being...goofy. I wouldn't have posted this message, but... (...) I think it has a lot more to do with (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Et in Arcadia Lego - new MOCs
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(...) This has been proposed before - however, authuntication is not so much about protecting the users, it's more about protecting the community. Even if you don't care that someone is posting in your name, when that allows people who have been (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Et in Arcadia Lego - new MOCs
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Maybe there could be some kind of user preference thing where you choose whether you want to authenticate messages or something? Though I don't know much about the Usenet network, so I really don't know how difficult it'd be to program that... (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Posting frequency...
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well, 2 things 1) we have to trust Todd that if the auth hurts the site, he'll remove it. If it drives away posts then its not worth having, merely because someone once forged a few messages. (so what anyway? its ez enough to find out that they are (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Posting frequency...
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(...) I believe that people have looked through here: (URL) found that there hasn't been any drop in posting frequency. I've not graphed it out myself or anything. Besides... hasn't this been in place since... oh... May or June or something? I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Posting frequency...
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(...) Oh yeah, good point, I forgot about summer and vacationing being a factor, but I still think that there has been a slight decrease in posting frequency due to the authentication, we'll just have to wait a while and see what happens I geuss. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Et in Arcadia Lego - new MOCs
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(...) AFAIK there has not been a drop in traffic, at least, not a significant one. I think that we also need to keep in mind that it's summer (at least here in the US) and a lot of people are taking vacations... and that not everyone uses the SMTP (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I've noticed this alot too, I've noticed that alot of people have slowed down or even stopped replying to other's creation's probably due to the fact of the authentication. Some people probably figure 'why should I waste the extra time replying to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.general)
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I'm not trying to derail Paul's thread or anything but I have noticed less posts from certain regulars as well. I'm still posting but I feel I've dropped a bit. I actually almost didn't post this message and then figured that it didn't make any (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ya, this is somewhat of a loophole (but a known one, and mentioned when the authentication mechanism was announced) and it needs closing. On the other hand, if someone were to try this, their Member ID would appear in the NNTP headers of the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) And just to really confuse everyone, you can set follow-ups to groups you're not posting to (though Lugnet may have some restrictions on combinations I think?). However this is usually considered bat "netiquette". And yes, Outlook Express (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Its not at all confusing. I figure I'd do follow ups to the LUCNY group as its new and its in our area. Cross posted to LUCNY because I mentioned it. :) -- Nicole widow of Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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(...) Well, as in you're not logged in because you are either not a member, you're not accepting cookies, or something else. (...) Oh? So PGP authorization is currently in effect for members who have uploaded their PGP key and post with NNTP/SMTP? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ignore this if it is at all confusing... but if you use the web interface that should be OK, you can post to several groups and set FUT to more than one but less than all of them. Not sure about Outlook Express or how it works so that could be (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) but if you're a member, and you're posting via the web, LUGNET already knows who you are... no need for pgp there... unless you mean as a way to post without being logged in? (...) heh, why make users choose? if you're a member, you _can_ (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yep. I guess the question I have is, to what extent can they be tied into the various interfaces? For NNTP and email, I'd imagine they're fairly easy. For web, it'd be more difficult I assume. (...) I guess my inclination (in a perfect world) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) nod - that does make sense. I know Jennifer and I still don't use the web interface, but we're special :) (...) since anyone can become a member, if a malicious user wanted to spoof Suz, for instance, all he had to do is fork out $10... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm willing to bet that the distribution of posting has shifted toward the Web interface since the authentication has gone into effect. At least among LUGNET *members*. (...) If members are spoofing posts, there's a real problem. I'd think (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Any progress on a decision about lugnet.market.brickshops? I noticed that recently a few experienced members have advertised their shops in lugnet.market.shopping. The shopping subgroup doesn't specifically exclude this. I have gotten used to the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I figured it out. I had more than one group in the follow up to space. -- Nicole widow of Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D." <arcanamachi@netzero.net> wrote in message news:GHyoAH.14z@lugnet.com... (...) list (...) 0x800CCCA9 (...) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Every thing is correct just like you have here. All I do is click on a list of subscribed groups. -- Nicole widow of Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:200108121448.f7...ron.com... (...) exist.', (...) prefix? (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It seems the server claims you were posting to bad groups. I assume you had '.'s in your groups when you posted? and had a 'lugnet.' prefix? 'lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.org.us.luncy'... also, notice that the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Now when trying to post we get this: Outlook Express could not post your message. Subject 'New website', Account: 'lugnet.com', Server: 'lugnet.com', Protocol: NNTP, Server Response: '441 Your message is addressed to a group which does not exist.', (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I don't like to write "me too" posts, but I think it's worth saying again in this case. I find myself in exactly the same situation as LFB - my rate of posting (and reading, for that matter) has increased since I switched to the web interface (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You can have a look at some very basic info here: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'll speak as one of the opposite: The verification thing has actually made my rate of posting go *up*. I now log in, read, and post back at will. Before I was still trying to cling to NNTP, which I don't find as intuitive anymore. I may be in (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) LUGNET is not a democracy but I would vote AGAINST this in every single group I use or view (or whatever the metric was) This has been discussed at great length and I at least am convinced that the small inconvenience is worth not having (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I know I've slowed down greatly. It's a pain to bang off a quick message now. I've seen several postings of "By all This is the last post I'll be posting but I'll still be reading" type of post. The traffic to the robotics areas seems like (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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