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Subject: 
Re: Forum shift
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:37:11 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> 
> > 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 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 yes, Lugnet doesn't work optimally, but why don't we try to fix the small
> bugs in Lugnet, instead of switching to a much worse system?  Or is there a
> clearly spelled out policy from the Lugnet administrators, which declares that
> nothing can be changed?

People have been asking for change for years with no visible effort being put
into this. I'm tired of waiting. Maybe you can try?

-Orion



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Forum shift
 
(...) That's a fair request. I'll get in touch with our friendly system administrators. Play well, Jacob (16 years ago, 2-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general)

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  Re: Forum shift
 
(...) 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 (...) (16 years ago, 2-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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