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Re: Posting Dates
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:24:26 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Rob Doucette wrote:
> > 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.
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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"...
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> > Can the NNTP posting date be changed to reflect the authorized date?
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> it can, but should it? I think the date the message was written is the
> date that should appear on it. the authorize date shouldn't matter...
I view the dates differently. In the authentication scenario, the authorize
date is the date when the poster made a conscious decision to share their
message with the community, the message's birthday. The date they wrote and
submitted the post can be interpreted as the date of message conception.
Nobody celebrates conception day... well maybe just the one time ;-)
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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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