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Subject:	Re: Strategy/algorithm for Followup-To field in non-discussion groups
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:13:39 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes: > Q: should messages be required to be crossposted to the group to which > Followup-To is set? That way, people who don't subscribe to the announce > group but do subscribe to the relevant discussion area will see the original > message. Aha, good, yes, probably, hmm... --Todd

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		Re: Strategy/algorithm for Followup-To field in non-discussion groups
(...) Of course, this isn't a good idea for something like the .dat group being discussed for the cad folks. I haven't looked into this, but can you customize the error message returned when a posting fails? That seems important if non-standard (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: Strategy/algorithm for Followup-To field in non-discussion groups
(...) I'd go with no. If I post a model to lcad.dat I would not expect to see that model appear in any other group. That is, the model post itself is different in kind from its followups. -Lar ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: Strategy/algorithm for Followup-To field in non-discussion groups
(...) Looks right. Q: should messages be required to be crossposted to the group to which Followup-To is set? That way, people who don't subscribe to the announce group but do subscribe to the relevant discussion area will see the original message. (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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