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Re: LUGNET getting too complex?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:49:05 GMT
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 06:08:37 GMT "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote
concerning 'Re: LUGNET getting too complex?':
> In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger writes:
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> > 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.
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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.
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> My alternate newsreader, Gravity v2.20, is much more powerful and allows me to
> create customized rules. One of my custom rules marks cross-posted messages as
> read but leaves the follow-ups alone so that I can read them in the goup that
> they are in. This works fine for me.
you are correct, I'm not sure all newsreaders do it, but from my
(limited) experience, it's a common feature. I haven't actually seen
a setting that does it, it just suddenly marks messages as read, after
I read them in x-posted groups.
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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?
I'm almost certain that it sends each message once and once alone.
Back in the day (oh, about a month ago) when i was subscribed to abour
40 groups, I never got the same message twice.
:)
Dan
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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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