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Re: CFD: lugnet.test
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 11 Oct 1998 05:24:01 GMT
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Todd Lehman writes:
> Informal call for dicussion...
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> lugnet.test
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> Posts of the type "this is just a test" seem to be on the increase. It's been
> suggested before -- should a lugnet.test newsgroup be created?
Yes. I am one of the big violators here. I use admin since there doesn't seem
to be a test group any more.
> * If it did exist, would newbies understand that they should use IT and NOT
> other groups for testing out their browser?
news newbies might not, but news savvy LUGNET newbies would.
> * Would/should newbies get flamed for posting test messages in non-test
> groups?
Yes.
> * If it did exist, would people [incorrectly] use it for non-test messages?
> Or would people have the common sense not to do that?
Who cares. As long as they didn't care if they didn't get responses, it's OK. I
post jokes to test groups sometimes.
> * Should follow-ups automatically be force-set to the special value 'poster'?
Maybe. Can you elaborate?
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| (...) 'poster' is a special value for the 'Followup-To' header field. If an article contains Followup-To: poster then when someone posts a follow-up message, the follow-up message is e-mailed to the original poster (as given by the 'From' header (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Informal call for dicussion... lugnet.test ===...=== Posts of the type "this is just a test" seem to be on the increase. It's been suggested before -- should a lugnet.test newsgroup be created? * If it did exist, would newbies understand that they (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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