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Subject: 
Re: Some Running Thoughts about THROWBOTS
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 06:13:29 GMT
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Also sprach Matthew Miller:
: Well, actually, no it doesn't. Todd came up with a pretty impressive bunch
: o' reasons why cross-posting between rtl and lugnet wouldn't be allowed.

It really doesn't matter to me.  I was able to set up an alias for tin
configured to access lugnet in about 30 seconds.  I only raised the
issue becasue I understand that there are are people who have difficulty
configuring their newsreaders to access different servers.  Personally I
feel this is a symptom of their failure to adopt the One True OS, but
that's a religious issue:)  If Todd began hosting rtl, whether he
allowed crossposting or not, I would probably move rtl to the same setup
as lugnet, just to logically separate my reading, but again, it really
makes no difference to me.  This is strictly a 'helping others' issue:)

/ _ _ / _ _                   I am a heterosexual Anglo-Saxon male and
()(-(//((-/                      the root cause of all human suffering.
============= Jim Baker -- Weather Weasel Extraordinaire ==============



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  Re: Some Running Thoughts about THROWBOTS
 
(...) I have NS configured just fine to read both places with only one installation and one copy of the executables, I can move between them at will. I am against hosting RTL here unless cross posting problems can be solved and cross posting is (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Some Running Thoughts about THROWBOTS
 
(...) Well, actually, no it doesn't. Todd came up with a pretty impressive bunch o' reasons why cross-posting between rtl and lugnet wouldn't be allowed. (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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