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  Newsgroup structure: some tough decisions
 
I'd like to kick off a discussion about the current state of the newsgroup structure here -- missing groups, unnecessary, groups, annoyingly or confusingly named groups, etc. The goal of this discussion is to come away with a list of practical (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate) !! 
 
  Re: Animefringe: Macross in the key of LEGO
 
(...) Actually (technically, that is), you didn't... The first message said "I go burned out..." and the second one said "I got burned out..." In other words, even though the web posting interface does some checks to weed out accidental duplicate (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: Change in e-mail address
 
(...) Thanks, Todd! (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: New Bulk Ordering Newsgroup?
 
(...) James, could you give some examples of non-marketplace bulk ordering topics? Do you mean things like selection, quantities, colors, wish lists, etc., or things like speculation, excitement, etc.? (...) Once upon a time there was a thread about (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  New newsgroup lugnet.build.ancient
 
lugnet.build.ancient has also now been added. New info below... (...) -> lugnet.build.ancient (group): Ancient settings: creations, ideas, architecture, peoples, history, etc. (...) news://lugnet.com/lu...ld.ancient or (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.announce)  
 
  Re: Change in e-mail address
 
(...) That's a setting in your newsreader...refer to its docs. To ask the LUGNET NNTP server to being accepting messages from you from a new or different address, simply fill out the news-posting setup form again with your new address: (URL) to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: HTML links via web interface?
 
(...) Figures..., I'm always a little slow out of the gate ;] Well thanx for cluing me in, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: Problem with followups
 
(...) Yup, it was sent in through the news-by-mail gateway. (...) It does map Reply-To: to Followup-To: and vice-versa, but it's possible that Alan said Reply-To-All or some other reply option which caused the Reply-To to be ignored when he (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Problem with followups
 
This reply to a post of mine: (URL) to have been posted from a mail reply. Does that properly handle followups or did Alan specifically crosspost back to lugnet.lego.direct? I guess I also need to try and write more clearly since Alan basically just (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: HTML links via web interface?
 
(...) The second one...with the enclosing <>. (...) It's just some magic code in the web interface (not in the NNTP server) when you view a message. The raw message still contains exactly what you typed -- it just gets displayed specially. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)


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