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Re: Posting Dates
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:04:13 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Matthew Gerber writes:
In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger writes:
In lugnet.admin.general, Rob Doucette wrote:
I thought this NNTP date posted/approved thing was corrected.

I don't see it as broken. The date of a message is the date it was
composed. The date it was posted is unimportant, imo.

That would only be true if the message somehow just showed up where it
belonged in line. If it posts as a new message 28 days later, it is highly
confusing. This instance has proven that. Besides, it is a disservice to the
users to have their messages lag a month behind the intended date...think of
it as a customer service issue.

This is a very rare occurance, but it is a known problem. Is there a solution?

Oops...ought to clarify for readers that this is a web interface problem.
Obviously those having the messages delivered via newsgroup or e-mail would
not see this as a new message...it would just show up by date where it
belongs in their e-mail/news reader. In the web interface a message is
posted in-line as new regardless of when it was intended to be posted.

Matt



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(...) ?? Wouldn't it show up in their mail on the day it actually got posted rather than the day it was sent, queued up and was intended to be posted? A mail interface person who didn't closely check the date on the mail, or a newsreader person (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) That would only be true if the message somehow just showed up where it belonged in line. If it posts as a new message 28 days later, it is highly confusing. This instance has proven that. Besides, it is a disservice to the users to have their (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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