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Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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lugnet.faq
Date: 
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:29:57 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, "Robert Munafo" <munafo@gcctech.com> writes:

[...]
<P>When the formatting looks good, submit your FAQ item to the LUGNET group
lugnet.faq. The message will be automatically processed by a LUGNET computer
program. The LUGNET program creates a FAQ answer database entry by starting
with the following text:</P>
[...]

Robert, I haven't looked closely yet at the rest of your post, but the above
paragraph is only correct if it's in the future.  :)  That is, there's no
program yet that goes and collects things from the group.  It might not
actually even end up working that way; perhaps instead items will be
submitted to a web page script (where a bit of checking can be done) and
then the item would be auto-posted to the .faq group by the server.  It's
still up in the air.

--Todd



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  Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
 
(...) Yeah, I realized that. I just wrote it that way to help point out how abysmally incomprehensible it was before. A better approach would be to write the answer in a way that takes into account the fact that there is no automatic processing yet (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)

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  [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
 
(...) Here's my attempt at a more understandable answer: Subject: How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 1 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-06 Revision: Jeremy Sproat, 1999-05-10 Revision: Robert (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)

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