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Re: L-cad is getting irritating!
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 21 Jan 1999 18:19:31 GMT
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Last is mostly my fault. I fired off a *bunch* of replies to various
messages, instead of compiling them into just a few messages.
I think I would be most happy if Todd would be willing to create a new
ng for L-CAD. lugnet.cad.l-cad *sounds* redundant, but it wouldn't
actually *be* redundant.
Steve
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:20:50 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
<john_vanzwieten@msn.com> wrote:
> Twice this week now I've gotten a message that:
> "The distribution of your message dated Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:02:47 -0600
> with
> subject "Re: LDAO 2.0.1, et al" has been postponed because the daily message
> limit for the L-CAD list (50) has been exceeded. No action is required from
> you; your message will be reprocessed automatically once the list owner
> releases the list."
>
> Then, for the next 12-24 hours I get no L-Cad messages.
>
> Since when is there a daily message limit? Why? This is so irritating, as
> it usually happens when I have a burning question for listers. I know we
> went through this discussion before, but perhaps it's now time to give up on
> L-Cad and stick with lugnet.cad. Now that lugnet.cad can be accessed via
> newsreader, web-interface, or e-mail, I really don't see the downside to
> this anymore.
>
> Actually, the one downside I see is that we can't send binaries to lugnet,
> but plenty of people complain about binaries on L-Cad, so perhaps this isn't
> such a problem.
>
> The upside includes: (1)no more "message limit" or other service
> disruptions--Lugnet has proved very reliable and fast. (2)multiple avenues
> of access--I couldn't respond to L-Cad questions over the weekend because I
> was away from e-mail, but I could post to lugnet.dat via a newsreader.
> (3)defragmentation of the L-Cad community--why have to check two separate
> sources for info? Why have to post announcements, models, etc. to two
> places (and wonder if people will be ticked off by the double-posting)? Why
> wonder if the person who can answer your question is more likely to read
> L-cad or lugnet.cad? (4)advantages of newsgroups for those who choose to
> view it that way: threading, archiving, etc.
>
> I also think that a more thriving lugnet.cad will be better at bringing new
> blood into the community. If we can draw in several new part authors and a
> programmer or two, the whole community benefits.
>
> What do you others think? (And don't bother posting this on L-cad yet, it's
> still down!)
>
> -John Van
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>
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| (...) I agree. I haven't been following the discussions concerning this on the lugnet.admin.general ng lately, though. There's so many words there, like. But count me in as a supporter of the ng. This needs to be discussed on the L-CAD list, of (...) (28 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| Twice this week now I've gotten a message that: "The distribution of your message dated Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:02:47 -0600 with subject "Re: LDAO 2.0.1, et al" has been postponed because the daily message limit for the L-CAD list (50) has been (...) (28 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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