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Re: Dear NNTP users,
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:47:59 GMT
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Allan Johansen wrote:

NNTP is, to me, an outdated technology that should simply be allowed to die
out.

I disagree strongly!

What protocol exists, which can replace NNTP and which has all the same benefits
as NNTP.

It is cumbersome (especially with the extra checks that Lugnet demand
before allowing user to post) and, quite frankly, not particularly
user-friendly.

NNTP is _not_ cumbersome.  (but the Lugnet NNTP server is practically unusable
to me)

I agree that Lugnet doesn't use NNTP very well.  One of the main benefits of
NNTP is that it distributes the data efficiently over all the participating
servers, but Lugnet does not support that.  The two step authentication process
also seems like an unneccesary burden.  Why can't we simply sign our messages
and handle the authentication that way?

The only reason why I use NNTP (via Outlook) is that the Lugnet
web-interface is, I'm sorry to say, rather poor and confusing.

The Lugnet web interface is the best web-based discussion system I've ever seen.

Play well,

Jacob
--
Jacob's LEGO cars:
                http://lego.jacob-sparre.dk/Transport/Biler/



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  Re: Dear NNTP users,
 
It seems that I'm no only one here who doesn't like NNTP. I'll try to explain. NNTP is, to me, an outdated technology that should simply be allowed to die out. It is cumbersome (especially with the extra checks that Lugnet demand before allowing (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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