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Subject: 
Re: New newsgroup for MOC announcements
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.nntp
Date: 
Wed, 9 Jan 2002 01:12:27 GMT
Reply-To: 
[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:
> 
>     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:
> 
>    http://news.lugnet.com/announce/moc/
> 
> To subscribe for SMTP delivery (e-mail), point your web browser here:
> 
>    http://news.lugnet.com/news/mail/sub/?lugnet.announce.moc
> 
> or here:
> 
>    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:
> 
>    http://news.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/
> 
> --Todd

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"Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around
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  Re: New newsgroup for MOC announcements
 
Same here, thanks Todd. jt (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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