 | | Restricting posts: (was: Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s))
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Also sprach Matthew Miller: : PS: nuther random suggestion for todd -- the news server at bu is set up so : that it will only accept posts with more new content than quoted stuff. : seems like a good idea. Todd, I would discourage this practice for (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Restricting posts: (was: Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s))
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(...) Agreed 100%. It's too bad, BTW, that newsserver error messages back to the user can only be pass/fail. It would be nice to say, "Hey, are you aware that your post is 90% quoted and 10% new? You might consider snipping a bit more quoted stuff," (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I suppose you're right; I'll put up with just whining about it and hopefully people will notice and stop doing it. :) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Also sprach Matthew Miller: : I suppose you're right; I'll put up with just whining about it and hopefully : people will notice and stop doing it. :) I don't think they'll quit doing it, I just think that that trying to stop them won't solve (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Restricting posts: (was: Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s))
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(...) Well, I'm not sure about usenet clients, but on the fidonet, wehre I first started, the editors such as GoldEd and MBM etc. have this option builtin. In fact, I would go so far as to say that for newbies, thisd option should be mandatory. :) (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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