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(...) I think it is outrageous to completely ignore someone's input because you don't like them. Larry has told me that I am a "button pusher" and that my "opinion carries less and less weight with [him] over time" Disagree with the admins once, and (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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(...) Just to let you know, this feeling is not limited to NELUG. In fact it is an international concern. If Larry were not an admin I wouldn't care, but he *is* and admin and therefore it affects LUGNET significantly. Unfortunatly there is no (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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I have been around LUGNET since the beginning. I don't really post much, hell, I don't think I've posted in over a year. But I do have an opinion on this subject..and here it is (probably ban worthy...but who cares, all the infighting here makes it (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !!
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(...) Ok - but that doesn't change my point. It's out of YOUR control if Yahoo accepts messages from Larry's server. You'd have no way of knowing if it does or doesn't until you actually are sent one. On the other hand, you KNOW that mail from (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) For the sake of accuracy, the server at Larry's end was working fine. Due to address similarities to popular SPAMmer addresses, Yahoo dropped the email. This is accruate, right Larry? Kevin (20 years ago, 24-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) While using a "From: ...@lugnet.com" address can help with spam filter issues, I don't think it would have helped in this case, since the problem sounds like it was an actual inability of Larry's mail server to deliver mail to Kevin's. Setting (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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No offense taken, Lenny. My day job for the last seven years has been "administering" an e-commerce web site that encompasses several hundred different organizations and handles anywhere from 5 to 7 billion US dollars in transactions each year. I (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes if it's already set up, I would suggest that it be required. Then you could even have something in the posting info somewhere (or the ToU? Both?) saying "All official Lugnet emails will come from a @lugnet.com address, so we advise you to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's definitely the preferred method; in fact, I had some problems sending and receiving using my LUGNET admin email address, but those have been straightened out. While it's preferred, I don't believe that it's absolutely required, but (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well to be pedantic, there were 2 statements in your sentence, Kevin's response could have been referring to either (or both). (...) Which brings up another point - do official mails come from the @lugnet.com addresses, or from your private (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Certainly I think they should look at it. In fact I would be surprised if they haven't already. (...) I certainly believe anything that isn't posted here or pertaining to Lugnet business should not be actionable here. But I haven't yet formed (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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I've been accused of taking this quote out of context. LUGNET is not a democracy. Here are all the contexts I found this quote used. Short of providing the entire text, I'll provide reasonable context. If more context is desired, I'll be happy to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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(...) The question was not directed at me, but I can give *my* perception of the situation. "No-one bothered to comment in public on the offense" This means that other people, reading just the groups, not having insight into private e-mails, other (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, to clarify, in your opinion, are you saying this particular clause of the ToU should not be enforced at all? Or just not in this particular case with respect to this particular post? If not at all, why not? It's really a hot button with (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) so why not here??? (...) can this be discussed now and here? please. (...) YOU guys are/were heavy handed. IMO. The other approach is the one that tony so eloquently described. LESS is more. That's a serious question. It's easy to say that the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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(...) Yes Larry it is EASY! I KNOW what ~I~ would do. walk away! ignore it. IF this is what you did, then good for you. if not...... (shrug) more of the same-ol' same-ol' i guess. The ToU and its enfocement should be more about the "spirit" then the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> Time to induce a little levity... (URL) to bring it a little back to the community--remember the badger at BF'04? :) Dave K (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not going to reply in detail (although there is stuff I agree with and stuff I disagree with...) Instead, I'm going to ask you how *you* would handle a particular post, as an exercise. (URL) a post that flogs. There is nothing in that post (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm sure there are many ways to define this, but what I mean is being so strict about following the minutiae of rules and regulations that enforcement becomes/is perceived as becoming overbearing, personal rather than professional, punitive, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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