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(...) There's actually two problems which cause funny dated/timed messages. The one Lugnet has had from day 1 is that the poster's clock is incorrectly set. This usually results in messages having time stamps which are off by several hours, but if (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Two questions: (1) I'd like to update my membership info, but it's been so long I've forgotten how. How do I do that? (2) I forgot my password, what do I do? I didn't see any links to help pages, but maybe I'm just blind or something. thanks, (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) There is a time, in everyone's life, where your rules for governing your own life come back and bite you in the heinie. My thick skin aside... Bram didn't start this ruckus. Quoteth Larry " (...) " Constructive suggestion #1, from the above (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It would help if the server could "nag" people if their auth response was never received. An e-mail reminder could help in case the original auth request was deleted or never delivered. I've always wondered ever since the auth system was put (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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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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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That point is the first purely market oriented post. Even if it's a direct reply or followup to a post... Bram's followup to his original post was market related, pure and simple, and nothing else. (...) I'm not. I saw a lot of whinging by you (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Maybe that's the penalty you mention below? Someone who doesn't authorize a message right away runs the risk of having their message being not read as it gets inserted in it's proper place in line-perhaps after a week or so? Is that even (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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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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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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