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Re: The LEGO Company is invited to post everywhere!
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:59:59 GMT
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"Todd Lehman" <todd@lugnet.com> writes:
> In lugnet.lego, Rob Hendrix writes:
> > Can all messages from anyone with a lego.com address be automatically
> > crossposted to .lego so we don't have to go searching for posts in every
> > group?
>
> Hrm... In order for this to happen, the lugnet.lego newsgroup would have
> to be added to the 'Newsgroup:' header on an official @lego.com post (if
> it's not already included explicitly by the poster) -- so that the post
> would actually appear in the group -- and that's not a problem per se, but
> then what happens when someone replies to the post? Every reply would then
> go into the .lego newsgroup. To avoid that, the 'Followup-To:' header could
> be set or munged as well to remove .lego from the list, but the 'Followup-To'
> header doesn't guarantee anything -- it's only a suggestion to the newsreader
> application.
>
> Perhaps some other kind of constructed index would serve the purpose?
> For example, what if there were a webpage you could go to and see all
> the @lego.com messages? Of what if you could specify arbitrary criteria
> by which certain messages would automatically be selected and brought to
> your attention?
I think that both of these are good ideas. Maybe a lugnet.index.*
hierarchy? Where all messages are magically appearing based on some
criteria?
I don't think user-level support is necessary and the UI would be a
mess to put together. But certain system-wide index groups, like the
lego.com or lugnet.com ones, might not be a bad idea.
This could be a way to monetize Lugnet: charge money to have an index
set up. For example the Bricksmiths might get one...
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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