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In lugnet.admin.general, Mark D. McKean writes: [...] (...) Hi!! I haven't gone away. But I *am* deeply involved in a number of things, other than LEGO, right now that have sapped my energy and attention. I don't know how long it'll be before I'm (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) to provoke a flurry of correction posts, mind you). for example, I have trains.org as well as trains, and I also have off-topic.geek and off-topic.fun (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Frank is one of the Guide Admins. (...) (URL) Dan Boger dan@peeron.com (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Frank, what exactly is it that you are in charge of? Who is in charge of updates for the sidebars of particular sub-newsgroups? -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Ok, I just added this one. We should probably make it better known that db@lugnet.com is the best way to submit requests for data base updates. One thing for me is that it's easier to keep track of these. I've got a bunch of stuff I will be (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) That would be very helpfull. (...) Fortunately, on January 23th my provider decided to lift the ban again, possibly after evaluating the case by themselves, despite that the ORDB listing still exists. Postings made by me between 14th and 23th (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thats good to hear, but is there a way you can elobarate on this? Take my post from 4 months ago... (URL) there things we can do to help out? I thought the info I gave ther was what was needed, but with its lack of addition I am not sure. I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Most excellent question Hendotron! (URL) baldly going... (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) We're working to correct this problem. It is not my place, however, to elaborate on this. (...) Work is being done on the database on almost a daily basis. We don't always get to things in any particular order, but eventually, all updates will (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes. I believe several people who have offical standing are aware of the open relay problem and how serious it is and are trying to address it. It is not my place to give details of communications I may or may not have had without permission, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I'm getting concerned about the lack of response from anyone official regarding the open mail relay issue. Add to this the lack of updates to the database from recent requests (I supplied full info for a new set weeks ago, with offers of box scans (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Not certain if admin.general and .faq are right for this, so feel free to FUT somewhere if you deem it better. The participants in the Starship RPG have mentioned possibly estabishling a Lugnet newsgroup for our discussions. The message boards we (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) For the one auction a blue moon, I wouldn't worry about where the updates go. I'd much rather see a separate place for eBay auctions so that I can see the personally run auction when a blue moon occurs. Frank (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Personally, I think the standards have changed for auctions-- it used to be (in pre-ebay pre-bricklink days) that people would hold auctions themselves and bash newsgroups with repeated auction updates. I think this continuous post beating is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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On the main point - new e-mails can be kicked off. I think Dan Boger is able to do this. (...) This really sucks. Fortunately my ISP isn't blocking Lugnet. I have a real concern with how these databases are run. It seems that ORDB has reasonable (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's likely to get the needed change done sooner than looking to Suz for the work, I suspect. She's acknowledged the need for change and asked for help already. It's just been tough to get past the stage of agreeing and to the stage of (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I agree that there should be a discussion area for brickshops (even though BrickLink has its own forums). I would personally like to see a separate place for BrickLink adds though. I tend to skim them, and I'd love for it to be easy to find (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I also agree with Frank almost completely except for Larry's exception which I agree is correct. But, like Frank has stated many times, simply agreeing won't get us anywhere. Some fixes are in order. I guess since I hold the role of curator (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) FYI, Lugnet is *still* listed in ORDB DB. ------- Cheers Carlo Lugnet #24 (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) My apologies - it won't happen again. Jeff J (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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