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Re: LUGNET getting too complex?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000 02:53:25 GMT
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Michael Hopkins wrote:
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> In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes:
> > You forgot to mention that you set the followups to lugnet.general - just so
> > that anyone else replying to the original doesn't wonder where their post got
> > to :)
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> Yet another good point. Even though I was trying to be careful, I made an easy
> mistake that demonstrates the danger of our current pidgeonholing scheme that
> winds up only confusing people.
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> This is not a criticism of Todd at all, I think he is doing an excellent job. I
> just wanted to make an observation that I don't spend as much time "cruising
> lugnet" anymore because the crosspostings are getting out of control.
while this is a workaround and not a solution to the problem you're
pointing out, is to read lugnet either with NNTP or through the
news-by-mail. Both will only show you a message once, no matter how
many groups it's crossposted to.
:)
Dan
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: LUGNET getting too complex?
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| (...) Whoa, you lost me here. Not all newsreaders are created equal. For example, I just checked MSOE v4.72 and could not locate any settings to exclude cross-posted messages--have looked for this a few times before, too. My alternate newsreader, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: LUGNET getting too complex?
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| (...) Or to use the web-interface's filtering mechanism to match the groups you want to read, and then read everything from the root, so all the messages are mashed together in a single stream. Definitely not a solution for every occasion, but it (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: LUGNET getting too complex?
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| (...) I imagine that when Todd gets around to making the web site able to keep track of which messages you've read, this feature will be available there too. But I don't think that's going to be available for a while. :( (This is one of many reasons (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: LUGNET getting too complex?
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| (...) Yet another good point. Even though I was trying to be careful, I made an easy mistake that demonstrates the danger of our current pidgeonholing scheme that winds up only confusing people. This is not a criticism of Todd at all, I think he is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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