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Re: Strategy/algorithm for Followup-To field in non-discussion groups
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:47:59 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.%StopSpam%org
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > 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...
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 behavior like
this is implemented.
An alternative to rejecting posts which don't have the Followup-To group in
the Newsgroups line is to add it automatically. This is more transparent,
which is generally good, but has the side-effect of putting posts somewhere
other than what the author specified, which could be confusing. (Although,
since they did choose the followup group, that might not be much of a
problem .)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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