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(...) We'll see how many people are as excited about all of this as we are. :) I don't get the sense there will be any kind of momentous en masse movement from RTL to here, and this wasn't really designed as to be a replacement for RTL anyway... (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It might be a while. Some people don't want to change their habits. And others can't, due to firewall issues. (Todd - the web interface would certainly help here!) And, although Todd is (well as far as I can tell) a good person and doing this (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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I am anxiously anticipating having the rest of rtl start using LUGNET's newsgroups. I think it will be very exciting once everyone gets onboard! When is the announcement planned? (the weekend might be good because fewer people read and everyone (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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[Follow-ups set to lugnet.admin.general] Well, the operation took longer than I'd hoped, but it was a success. The new hierarchy is in effect, all 489 human-posted articles were preserved with their original message IDs, timestamps, and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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The Quick Summary ===...=== All lugnet.com newsgroups are being renamed. You will need to unsubscribe from all the groups and add them again. The Explanation ===...=== When we assigned names to groups, we thought it would be friendly (and less (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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[follow-up set to lugnet.general] I am about to install a filter on the newsserver which inserts people's real names into the NNTP header block when they post (for the people whose names are known so far) in case they forget to include their full (...) (26 years ago, 30-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Greetings to All, I think that this is *really* nice... Todd and Suz, once again, you've 'out done' yourselves..... delicious! Now as Carolyn says... "Back to building!" **Maria** (26 years ago, 30-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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I just got a chance to glance through this - I am too busy building ;) Anyway thanks for the opportunity to be part of this, I really like the idea. -- A A ( o o ) Carolyn (URL) ~ < (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Hrm.... Follow-ups don't seem to be working. It never gave me the option to post to build.trains only (...) clubs.trains.pnltc does not appear to be deleted from the newserver. I'm still getting it when I refresh my groups list. Sarah Heacock (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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(...) In late-August and through early-to-mid-September there was an "alpha" test of this newsserver. I think there was also a first "beta" and that this is technically the second "beta." In any case, Mike was very helpful and that's why he's proud. (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Eh???????? (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) It was sheer luck on my part....I caught the e-mail announcement just before going to bed. I think I must have received it seconds after it was sent! ___...___ nospam.richard.dee@virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Sight: (URL) Instant Messenger: (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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[follow-ups set to build.trains] (...) I misunderstood what SteveB said earlier today, and we talked more in e-mail. PNLTC doesn't want to have its own specific newsgroup after all, so clubs.trains.pnltc is off the list again. However, Steve says (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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[follow-up set to lugnet.general] (...) Interesting...works fine for me in IE3, NS3, NS4. Maybe I have an HTML syntax error that IE4 is sensitive to. Hrm, I give up -- Doctor HTML v5 (URL) says the HTML code is fine. IE4 bug? (...) It doesn't (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) appearing in my browser (IE 4) Did you never implement the table? [I don't even get anything resembling the black and red dots you mentioned] (...) I hope announce is still around... Is this set to follow up to lugnet.general? Or to announce? (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Since you've switched the fibblesnork and pause sites to lugnet I've noticed that those sites respond much more quickly than before lugnet. So, I'm just curious about the geek stuff. How big is lugnet's pipe to the rest of the world? What are the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) We wouldn't have it any other way, Jesse. :) -- Unofficial listing of weekly Lego Shop at Home phone specials (URL) (S@H USA) / 800-267-5346 ext 222 (S@H Canada) www.auczilla.com - World's Largest Online Selection of LEGO Pieces (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message <3610288e.19277510@l...et.com>... (...) Hey, this is the first time I've even been a beta-tester. I'll take what I can get. I suppose I'm the token rabble-rouser in the beta group... Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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[follow-ups set to clubs.trains.pnltc] It wasn't clear a week ago whether or not the PNLTC folks would want their own ng here, but we reserved the clubs.* hierarchy for things like that in case they did. Steve Barile wrote in tonight and said (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Promising is an understatement. :) This project will probably end up making dreams come true for lots of people. -- Unofficial listing of weekly Lego Shop at Home phone specials (URL) (S@H USA) / 800-267-5346 ext 222 (S@H Canada) (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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