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    Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch —Todd Lehman
   (...) Undo. :) I was thinking of all the times on Usenet that I'd seen "followups to alt.dev.null" or "followups to /dev/null" used when someone made a flame or quip or other flippant statement and wanted to deflect replies to avoid a big debate or (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch —Frank Filz
   (...) I'm trying to set followups on this one to junk. I don't think Netscape will let me post it though... Nope, didn't work. (...) Ok, let's try "poster" (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch —Frank Filz
     (...) Ok, that worked. That would keep people from replying using the web interface (from Netscape, it brings up a compose window, and then I need to manually show the newsgroups field and clear the e-mail). (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch —Matthew Miller
   (...) Yeah, already tried that. I think it's actually the server rejecting the post. (...) Works, but slrn (at least) gives me the choice of ignoring your preference. ("Send me replies directly" is often considered tacky. There's situations where (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

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