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Subject: 
Re: Interface changes coming today
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 19:11:33 GMT
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1) This is to test my new options. To see what they look like

2) is this for ALL people posting to lugnet? or only those posting
from the web?

On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 20:13:33 GMT, admin@lugnet.com (Todd Lehman)
wrote:

2.  Filling out a form at the /news/post/setup/ page will be a requirement
   before posting.  (Not each time, of course -- only once.)

   The reasons for this are:

   a.  To formalize and assist in the administration of 'From:' lines.
       (See the recent threads in lugnet.admin.general for more info.)

   b.  To have a cleaner unified setup in one location (instead of spread
       across the old post.cgi and the old save.cgi).


These changes are not in place as of this posting, but are ready to be moved
into place incrementally today (hopefully within the next hour).

Thoughout the day today, you will still be able to post as you normally do
now, but you should fill out this form as soon as possible...

  http://www.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/

...so that when the From-line validation is turned on tomorrow, your posts
won't be rejected.



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  Re: Interface changes coming today
 
(...) Yes, this will be for ALL people posting to lugnet.* newsgorups -- whether they use an external newsreader or the web interface. It's not necessary for everyone to have their info stored in a web browser cookie -- that's totally optional and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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