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Re: Todd, can we have an Arctic posting group?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 00:24:04 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes:
> Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
> > IF some sort of magic that let me read (and post) to one group instead of
> > the hyperdivisions could be devised, maybe. But it's not doable, think
> > about it!
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> I think it could be implemented on the server with a minimum of fuss.
> Assuming that all subgroups should be included in groups higher up (is this
> a good assumption?) it'd be easy to rewrite the Newsgroups line to
> automatically crosspost to the more general groups. So when posting, you'd
> pick the specific group, and it'd automatically be included in the more
> general.
yasure, then what happens when you start a thread posted to lugnet.foo.bar,
and it's automatically crossposted to lugnet.foo,lugnet.foo.bar, and then
when it gets too bar-esoteric, you set the followups to lugnet.foo.bar?
--Todd
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| (...) Yes, the whole thing is based on the assumption that higher-up newsgroups are more inclusive; that anything in lugnet.foo.* should be in lugnet.foo. That may not be the design of the current lugnet hierarchy. It _could_ be a design, though. (...) (27 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I think it could be implemented on the server with a minimum of fuss. Assuming that all subgroups should be included in groups higher up (is this a good assumption?) it'd be easy to rewrite the Newsgroups line to automatically crosspost to the (...) (27 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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