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Subject:	Re: Change in handling of real names on LUGNET web pages?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.suggestions
Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:05:06 GMT
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Gereon "Jerry" Stein wrote: > Please note that whatever steps we will take, these will only be > applicable to _registered_ users (as other users may have posting > permissions but do not have a profile to change their settings in to > begin with). To put it that way, if you post as an unregistered user, > we won't be able to do much about your privacy. Also - apart from > emergencies or offense - we will not meddle with the contents of > posts, so before hitting the "Post" button, it may be useful to have > some brains kick in... I think you know what I mean ;) Would this affect NNTP reading? Frank

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		Re: Change in handling of real names on LUGNET web pages?
(...) No, because the news server is unaware of membership and profiles. That's why posting through NNTP always requires the email authentication process. However, individuals' names and profile data are not an issue with NNTP anyway - apparently (...) (18 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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		Change in handling of real names on LUGNET web pages?
Hi all, recently we receive quite a number of requests from individual users to have their real names and/or profile pages removed from search engine result pages. We realize that some of you probably would rather not see their names on such pages (...) (18 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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