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Re: L-cad is getting irritating!
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 21 Jan 1999 21:37:01 GMT
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BTW, gating l-cad to lugnet won't solve the server choking problem. If
anything, it will make it worse. But that won't bother those of us on
the lugnet side of things, will it?
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."
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> Then, for the next 12-24 hours I get no L-Cad messages.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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| (...) Only depends on whether the current ml server is ditched or not, right? Bill Katz has offered several times to move the list to his safe & stable ml server. (...) Nope. --Todd (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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