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David Arnon <arnon@NOSPAMsilicon-value.com> wrote in message news:GAsMA6.8CH@lugnet.com... (...) posting (...) exactly (...) Keep on postin'!!! We'll let you know if you do anything "un-toward"!! As for the technic / bionicle thing, I'm pretty much (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have little experience with news group and common Internet rules and I've been reading LUGNET only using the web interface [1]. Maybe someone with more knowledge will disagree, but at least to me the whole group hierarchy carries also an (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) It may also have been a misreading of this statement: (...) I've got some very mixed feelings about the April Fools jokes. This has been kicked off by the current business with the supposed NGLTC highway cleanup sign. One thing I'm really (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Hmm... how about fixing it when you come in via a particular newsgroup listing (where the context is clear) but leaving the current behaviour when you come in from a search, for example, or from the top post list, or whenever the context isn't (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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[Posted only to .admin.nntp] David Arnon <arnon@NOSPAMsilicon-value.com> wrote in message news:GAs9IA.33w@lugnet.com... (...) Manhattan I (...) lugnet.loc.us (...) You should choose the groups you think pertain most to the post. If you think all (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Right... so users promise that the info they give about themselves is true, but not that information in particular posts is. Since we're coming up on April, I guess I think that's a good thing! (even though I am convinced I have "sucker" taped (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Mabie what needs to happen is that lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny.man and possibly lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny even should disappear altogether. The whole loc heriachy needs a rethink IMHO. (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) But what I'd really like is the look of (URL) on the top and left side of the page but with (URL) for the messages (brief, technic ONLY, no subgroups). And have some way to get this look when I'm at (URL) and click on "Technic" group. I am (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Are you saying that when I wanted some info on the LEGO stores in Manhattan I should have posted to: lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny.man, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us ? I'm not an expert on the posting rules... What will be the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) _and_ (...) post (...) I'm (...) is (...) I usually only read the technic news group so if I understand correctly skipping the bionicle, roborider and slizer sub group will be equivalent to the "view plain" option of the technic group which I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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David Arnon <arnon@NOSPAMsilicon-value.com> wrote in message news:GAs7xK.Mus@lugnet.com... (...) appear (...) and (...) _and_ (...) post (...) group (...) I'm (...) choice is (...) Unfortunately, the whole newsgroup system (not just Lugnet's (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) You might want to have a look at the "skip filter" mechanism (URL) see if adding -.bionicle to your skip-filter does the trick for you. (I'm not promising that it will solve your problem, but it might make things a bit less annoying.) --Todd (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Same here! I even posted about it a while ago. (...) all (...) "View (...) That's true, I've used that option for a while but I had the feeling I'm missing something - If someone posts something that deals with bionicles _and_ in technic (and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) It could probably go in either, but since this is news-related, I'm more comfortable with it being in the .nntp group. If you're talking about the TLC filter, that's pretty much entirely and .nntp thing. (...) Ya, it's a quirk (and I find it (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) No, the LUGNET newsgroups aren't syndicated, sorry. (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Is thier a way to set up Lugnet in AOL's internal newsgroup feature? Rick (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I'm not aware of anything in the TOS/T&C[1] about this either. Alex may be thinking of the news-posting setup form[2], where there is a checkbox that says: "I swear that all the information I am submitting on this page is correct and that I am (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I'm curious where this statement is, I can't find it. Frank (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) It's issues like this which are why I end up always coming back to using a news reader as my primary reading tool. When I do browse posts through the web interface, I always open the post in another window, so I can return to the original list (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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A new newsgroup for LEGO®/Harry Potter® has been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> lugnet.harrypotter (group): LEGO®/Harry Potter®: products (information, opinions, reviews, licensing issues, etc.); building (settings, contexts, characters, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.harrypotter)
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