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Subject: 
Re: .market.auction & crossposting
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:09:56 GMT
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Can messages with "FA:" at the start not just be filtered out. I think this
would stop 50% of offenders.

Scott A

Todd Lehman wrote:

> I'd like to improve the server's ability to automatically enforce the
> "no-auctions outside of auction groups" rule.  Obviously the server can
> never do a foolproof job at this, but I think it can do a bit better than
> what it is doing currently, which is nothing.
> 
> If .market.auction required that posts to it were not crossposted with any
> other groups, that would help.  But I've seen places where a discussion
> migrated from .market.auction to .market.theory -- so it really shouldn't
> prevent crossposting to -all- other groups.
> 
> Which groups would make sense to allow into the exceptions list?  I'm
> thinkin' a pretty skinny list:
> 
>    .market.theory
>    .admin.general
> 
> --Todd



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(...) Or, will it encourage them to not label their "FA" posts as such? (27 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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I'd like to improve the server's ability to automatically enforce the "no-auctions outside of auction groups" rule. Obviously the server can never do a foolproof job at this, but I think it can do a bit better than what it is doing currently, which (...) (27 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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