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Hello Todd, hello everybody, (...) ^^^...^^^ Or if someone is using Outlook Express, which unfortunately defaults to email response when hitting "reply" in the toolbar ... :-( I have been following the discussion about inline authentication for a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I'm comfortable with *suggesting* that you switch. I don't see "should consider" as a sweeping statment that is dictating anything to you or not. You know what? I participate in a LOT of communities that *only* offer a web interface. People (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, it took only 12 minutes to send a post, wait for email, click, and wait to see if the post made it... AndersI (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GF7qJ4.6BM@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) Perhaps the (logged in) ones using the web interface should keep quite a while, to give the mail and NNTP (and slow modems in general) users (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) But still - for me it seems simply to verify the password, username, and the name email to what lugnet have in databases. Sonnich (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:GF8KyH.H8w@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) area) (...) sign (...) are (...) area so (...) I would love this. I am a paid up Lugnet member (no pack yet, guess there's a backlog), and I love (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) Now I like this idea. There should be some real benefits to membership and this could be one if it can be worked out. I realize Todd might not like this because it could be considered exclusionary but I also think $10 is a pretty low price to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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I just thought of something. Todd, do you have any stats on NNTP usage? Can you tell how many members vs non-members use NNTP? If the number of non-members using NNTP is low, maybe just make NNTP a "privilege" of membership. I'm against the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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I agree that it is time consumeing, as someone else wrote - I too write them offline and then dail in and send them. It is cheaper and gives one time to think about the answer. I also saves money. Now, there is a simple way around this - in Outlook (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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I just thought I would throw in my 2 cents in support of the changes even though most of my thoughts have been covered. I will try and keep this to what hasn't been said (or at least I havn't seen posted yet). (...) First let me begin by saying I am (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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