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(...) (Tim Courtney was just added to this list, IIRC) (...) Notification is *always* helpful. It may bring attention to something we overlooked. (I overlook things sometimes...) It will also validate that we're taking appropriate action. Depending (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Followup-To, ex post facto
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(...) Thank you, Todd. I can think of a number of occasions in the past few months where this would have made lugnet a much more pleasant place to be. (...) Should we notify you guys if we think a thread needs guidance, or just assume that you guys (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Followup-To, ex post facto, or theory and practice of forceFUTting
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(...) a FEW questions/comments. 1) This isn't a perfect fix, mail and nntp posters are not going to see the changes. 2) posts aren't moved, only the FUT is forced. Questions: Consider this thread: (URL) just forceFUTed the whole thread to (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) By the way - does it actually move the posts, or just sets the FUT on them? From what I can see, posts that were "corrected" are still in their original newsgroups? Also, I guess a blank O-FUT header signifies that there was no original FUT, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) This is a great addition to the community. It's better than your typical moderation, which kills the discussion entirely. Hopefully people will have an easier time ignoring discussions they don't want to see, because they will be moved to the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: test of FUT override
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(...) Hmmmm - shouldn't it be X-Original-Followup-To? Would it send out notifications to test.bar, after the FUT's updated? Or does the post silently appear? Of course, this doesn't affect mail/news readers, but I don't think you can do anything (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.test.bar, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Followup-To, ex post facto
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(...) <snip> Thanks, Todd, this feature is most welcome. I've found the upswing in FUT "corralling" somewhat off-putting (to the point that I've limited my participation with Lugnet). Now, hopefully we can spend less time talking about meta-data and (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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I have implemented a web interface feature which allows an news admin* to apply a slight change to a news article: If for some reason the 'Followup-To' header on a post was set incorrectly, or was left empty when it should have been set, this can (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) Yes. And people complaining about people complaining about people complaining about colors. :) --Todd (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Hopefully, this applies to people complaining about people complaining about colors, not just people complaining about colors. (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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This is a friendly reminder that the newsgroup lugnet.color exists for discussions about LEGO color issues... (URL) for rants and complaints about color issues. lugnet.general isn't the right place. Please do your best -not- to start or participate (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: lugnet.parts hierarchy (was Re: New Group Suggestions
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(...) This issue has been raised again within the transition group. I have no update for you but I do think it's a good idea. (20 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: lugnet.parts hierarchy (was Re: New Group Suggestions
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(...) Any news of progress in creating the lugnet.parts newsgroup? Having spoken to Jake, he suggested I post some of my modified parts online, and I need somewhere to post links to the pictures! Mark (20 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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All, Inspired by (URL) Dan's post> from earlier today about the new LUGNET RSS feed, I created a Building Instructions Portal Latest Updates feed. (URL) And while I'm on the subject of updates, I've recently implemented (URL) BlogFusion> on the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I've expanded the Peeron Sidebars idea to include an RSS feed of new posts. Not sure if it's going to be as useful as the LUGNET sidebar, but it was easy to code. The new feed can be found here: (URL) the old sidebars can still be found here: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek) !
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| | Something different: Your "Real Name"
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Briktrak.com wrote: [...] (...) Dear Richard, could you do us a favour and change the real name part of your mail address to your real name? The mail address you use to post your posts under is listed as "Briktrak.com (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ Here. (...) Well, I'm reading this through the NNTP (i.e. "News" or "UseNet") side of things, and the realname-part of his mail address is "BrikTrak.com" instead of his real name (as the fieldname implies). Most newsreaders use this (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Top secret project - we need your help
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(...) Could you clarify what you mean by that? When I look at the post in web view this is what I see on the header: - start - Subject: Re: Top secret project - we need your help Author: Richard Morton Newsgroups: lugnet.lego, lugnet.color Date: (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: MichLUG to display at the Motor City Comic Con - Castle & Space - May 14-16
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(...) To draw the lurkers out. We have gotten some new members over the years from people coming to shows and getting drawn in. In at least one case it was because they saw a post on LUGNET. Spotlighting the post moves it up on the front page, (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.colour
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(...) Spell v.t./i. (p.t. spelt) give in their correct sequence the letters that form (a word); produce as a result (URL) OED> 'The definitive record of the English language' hmmm, spelled, *leafs through pages.....* not in there! ;P tim (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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