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Re: Another suggestion
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Thu, 12 Oct 2000 05:48:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford writes:
> > Todd,
> > Just another little idea - it'd be nice, when posting using the web form, if
> > you're signed in it puts in your name & e-mail as defaults in the • appropriate
> > fields. Can this be done?
> 
> Yes, it can.  It's not very nice & easy to set up, but here's how you do it:
> 1. Sign in - http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/sign-in/
> 2. Fill out the new setup form - http://news.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/
>   This saves your info in a "virtual cookie" in your member record on the
>   server, rather than a dedicated cookie.
> 3. Now whenever you're signed in, that info will appear when posting.
> 
> I'll make it smoother in the future, but that's how you do it for now.
> Basically, just be signed-in with your member-id before filling out the
> news-posting setup form, and then it remembers the stuff right on the server.
> Same with news-by-mail setup and the top-level newsgroup filter thingie.

Works great. Thanks, Todd. Doesn't seem too horendously difficult 8?) Only time
I use the web form is when I'm on site, a lot of places stop NNTP at the
firewall 8?(

Regards,

ROSCO



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