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Re: New newsgroup for MOC announcements
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Date:
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Wed, 9 Jan 2002 01:12:27 GMT
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eric@=saynotospam=ericharshbarger.org
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Thanks. This was certainly needed. I have often used .announce to
mention new creations, but will now respectfully use .announce.moc
eric
Todd Lehman wrote:
>
> A new group/list for personal announcements of "MOC"s ("my own creations")
> has just been created, the purpose being to focus these types of announcements
> and offload them out of the main lugnet.announce group, which was never
> intended for announcements of MOCs. Compared to the main lugnet.announce
> group, lugnet.announce.moc is likely to experience relatively higher traffic.
>
> Feel free to crosspost to lugnet.announce.moc when you post also to a theme-
> specific group announcing a new creation. (When doing this, followups must
> directed away from the announcements group in order for your post to be
> accepted.)
>
> Now you can post about your latest and greatest to an announcements group
> without having to worry about whether or not you're breaking the group's
> charter. And you can have this new group delivered directly to your email
> inbox (see below) at your choice of intervals if you desire weekly, daily,
> or even hourly doses of great new stuff that people are building!
>
> Note: DO NOT post announcements of MOCs to the main lugnet.announce group.
>
> CHARTER/PURPOSE
> ===============
>
> lugnet.announce (group and hierarchy):
> General-interest announcements to the community (breaking news about
> products, releases, contests, events, and sites, etc.); also, important
> LUGNET information (new features, services, scheduled downtime, etc.);
> NOTE: the following are not appropriate: auction announcements,
> commercial advertisements, new-user introductions, questions, test-
> postings, and announcements of creations or "MOC"s.
>
> -> lugnet.announce.moc (group):
> Personal announcements of personal creations ("MOC"s). This is where
> you can tell everyone about your latest and greatest models, creations,
> minifig characters, etc. NOTE: do not post announcements of personal
> creations in the main lugnet.announce group.
>
> TO SUBSCRIBE
> ============
>
> To read via NNTP (netnews), point your newsreader here:
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> news://lugnet.com/lugnet.announce.moc
> or news://lugnet.com:1119/lugnet.announce.moc
> or news://lugnet.com:8000/lugnet.announce.moc
> or news://lugnet.com:8080/lugnet.announce.moc
>
> To read via HTTP (web interface), point your web browser here:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/announce/moc/
>
> To subscribe for SMTP delivery (e-mail), point your web browser here:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/news/mail/sub/?lugnet.announce.moc
>
> or here:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/news/mail/
>
> To register for posting to any LUGNET group (if you haven't yet done so),
> point your web browser here:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/
>
> --Todd
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Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org
"Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around
here... I'm going to bed." - Jackie-O (Parker Posey, THE HOUSE OF YES)
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