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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Anders Isaksson wrote:
> Scott Wardlaw wrote:
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> > There are two types of memberships here...which is also very
> > confusing! As I remember it was fairly easy to become a regular
> > member, but that did not allow posting. A membership that allowed
> > you to post was a different and more difficult process.
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> You remember totally wrong. Anyone, member of lugnet or not, can/could sign
> up for posting.
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> The only difference is that 'real' (paying) members don't have to reply to
> the confirmation email for each post they do. Which isn't a hassle at all,
> at least not for me, reading lugnet through my newsreader/mail client.
Except that, for most, the web interface is the way they use LUGNET. In
addition, I use a separate email client and newsreader so I'm sure there are
others like me. The bottom line is that I feel that the authentication emails
are an undo burden placed upon the system so that a relative minority can
continue to use NNTP. The moment you start adding steps to the posting process
that, most new users, if they perceive these steps complicated/unnecessary, will
give up to go somewhere else.
-Orion
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| (...) The authentication emails have NOTHING whatsoever to do with NNTP. A properly configured NNTP server uses usernames and passwords for authentication. (And lazy b******s circumvent the authentication emails with an intelligent autoreplier.) So (...) (14 years ago, 2-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) You remember totally wrong. Anyone, member of lugnet or not, can/could sign up for posting. The only difference is that 'real' (paying) members don't have to reply to the confirmation email for each post they do. Which isn't a hassle at all, (...) (14 years ago, 31-Oct-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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