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Re: New newsgroup for MOC announcements
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Wed, 9 Jan 2002 01:40:47 GMT
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Same here, thanks Todd.
jt
In lugnet.admin.nntp, Eric Harshbarger writes:
>
> Thanks. This was certainly needed. I have often used .announce to
> mention new creations, but will now respectfully use .announce.moc
>
> eric
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> 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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