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RE: I'm back...
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 27 May 2001 16:30:11 GMT
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<bram@po.cwru(AvoidSpam).edu>
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Mike Stanley writes:
> Why not do this:
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> Shut off posting by mail completely. Let people read, but not post.
Hey! What about those of us who use email to read and post? Makes it
easier to keep a record of all your posts. It does look like it might be
difficult to authenticate email posts, though.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Well, I'd say you could switch. And I'd rank the inconvenience to the (probably small number of) people who do post via email as much less significant than the increased security and authenticity the LUGNET community as a whole would gain. (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Is the usual method easy to fake out, then? By "the usual method" I mean the system we used back when I was an undergraduate, where every post to an all-campus distribution list would cause an automated response to the originating e-mail, (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Why not do this: Shut off posting by mail completely. Let people read, but not post. Require authentication via nntp same as web (this should be simple - in fact it should be a toggle to turn it on, then an option to pull the username & (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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