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Re: Posting Dates
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:35:04 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Matthew Gerber wrote:
> > 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.
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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.
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> so you think if it inserted itself with all the read messages, it'd be
> less confusing? I know I'd never see it, now will anyone who reads
> through the web interface...
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> > 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.
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> naw - it's not the server's fault that whoever it is sat on the
> authuntication for a month... The only way we could fix that on the
> server side is to expire articles... say, if you don't auth it within a
> week, it's thrown away. Is that a better solution? I'm not sure. it sure
> will save space on the server though.
I like this suggestion. If the message isn't dispositioned within 5 days (I
like 3 better) send the entire text of the message back to the sender via
e-mail and remove it from the server. The message could easily be reposted
via newsreader if necessary by the user.
Can the NNTP posting date be changed to reflect the authorized date?
-Rob.
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| (...) nod, interesting... or send a reminder, saying "if you don't authorize this post in the next 2 days, it will be deleted"... (...) it can, but should it? I think the date the message was written is the date that should appear on it. the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) so you think if it inserted itself with all the read messages, it'd be less confusing? I know I'd never see it, now will anyone who reads through the web interface... (...) naw - it's not the server's fault that whoever it is sat on the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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