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Subject: 
Re: Allow posting & FUT to member email
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
Date: 
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 04:24:05 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, William R. Ward writes:
> In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > FUTs are, at the root, suggestions, not mandates. Proper ettiquette suggests
> > careful use of them, yes, but it is rude to prevent the responder from
> > setting FUT as he sees fit if he has good reason for doing so.
> 
> I agree completely.
> 
> But that's not the issue that started all this.  The request was, as the
> subject says, to "allow posting & FUT to member email".  This issue is solved
> by the use of "Followup-To: poster".

Well arguably it's not solved. No more or less than the problem of 2
termites in your house would be solved by blowing the entire house up,
anyway. (it's late, forgive my poor analogy, but the idea is that the fix
isn't a fix if it's worse than the problem)

But this being suggestions, I suggest we let it lie fallow for a while
rather than starting a new thread.



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  Re: Allow posting & FUT to member email
 
(...) The original question has been addressed: you can allow posting & FUT to member email. The fact that a bug in the LUGNET web interface has been brought to light doesn't change that. It's a new issue. --Bill. (24 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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  Re: Allow posting & FUT to member email
 
(...) I agree completely. But that's not the issue that started all this. The request was, as the subject says, to "allow posting & FUT to member email". This issue is solved by the use of "Followup-To: poster". However, a *new* issue has arisen as (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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