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Re: LUGNET getting too complex?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000 06:15:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Kevin Salm writes:
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> As for receiving Lugnet messages via SMTP I cannot comment about cross-posted
> messages; I only receive a handful of groups this way and they are groups
> that do not often have cross-posted messages. But my thinking is that one
> copy of a message is sent via email for each group that I am signed up for,
> regardless to whether I will receive multiple copies of the same post from
> different groups. I could be wrong on this. Anyone know for sure?
It doesn't send you multiple copies of crossposted articles via e-mail. It's
smart enough to know that if you're subscribed to both A and B, and someone
crossposts to both A and B, to send you only one copy rather than two. (Of
course in digest mode, all bets are off. :)
--Todd
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| (...) cross-posted (...) Okay, something about Digest mode is what I was thinking, but I could not get my brain to connect to my fingertips on this one. I do not receive any groups using delayed digest mode any more, so just was not totally sure. It (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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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, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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