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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 14:10:03 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.[antispam]org
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> Sure it's doable. It's not necessarily cxompatible with the RFCs, but
> it is doable.
It's probably _not_ against the RFCs. It's not an NNTP protocol level thing,
and this is a private server, not Usenet, so there really isn't anything
that applies. Todd tries to stick to the Usenet conventions, but "strays" in
a lot of areas. (Authentication, for example.)
> One obvious problem is going to be group "lugnet". Not so much to
> regulars who know what to do, but to newbies, that hefty chunk of
> downloading could put them off altogether.
That's easy enough -- make the rule not work on top-level groups. Or, to be
more general, make it not work on non-existant groups, and don't create
group "lugnet".
I'm not convinced that this is a good idea either. BUT: if it's going to be
done to the web interface, it should certainly be done for straight NNTP
too. Otherwise, the two views of LUGnet will be really different, leading to
all sorts of badness.
Also, I like it because it allows the concept of splitting things to be
taken really far without balkanizing discussion.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Oh, absolutely. I'm not saying Todd should necessarily stick to the intent and letter of the RFCs always, I just think it's a good idea to do so. Helps prevent incompatibilities. (...) Good idea. Actually, I also think it may be a good idea to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Todd, can we have an Arctic posting group?
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| (...) Sure it's doable. It's not necessarily cxompatible with the RFCs, but it is doable. Simply have every request for .space conflate .space.* into one newsgroup, and have everything posted to it automatically be crossposted to all subgroups. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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