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Re: Bulk Lego Auctions
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 4 Jan 2002 19:14:33 GMT
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"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, William R. Ward wrote:
> > I don't know what the ratios are as to who uses the web vs. nntp
> > interfaces, but for people using nntp there is no easy way to access
> > the charter of a newsgroup.
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> I don't use the NNTP interface, but isn't the first message in each
> group it's charter? So if your newsreader supports it, you could just
> look at the first message, and see the charter?
Yes, unless the charter was revised in a later message.
I made this suggestion earlier, but I think it got lost in the noise
so I'll repeat it: what if the confirmation e-mail contained text
asking the user to make sure the message complies with the charter(s)
for the group(s) being posted to, and include a link to the charter
that they can click on to view it?
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| (...) This was a good suggestion, and needs to be expanded to the web interface: On the page for posting a message, there could be either the entire text of the charter for the group being posted/replied to, or at least a link to it. To cover (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I don't use the NNTP interface, but isn't the first message in each group it's charter? So if your newsreader supports it, you could just look at the first message, and see the charter? Also, if you're trying to look up the charter, I don't (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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