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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:35:56 GMT
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janssenjasper@hotmail[stopspammers].com
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On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:05:54 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve
Bliss) wrote:
:If lugnet.com is changed to ignore invalid/unrecognized entries in the
:Newsgroups header, then someone could use lugnet to post to any Usenet
:ng, as long as the article was cross-posted to RTL.
Hmm.. might be a nice feauture. I use Agent, and I have to change my
newserver settings in preferences every time I change between lugnet
and standard news - This isn't too bad for getting the messages, but
it kinda sucks for posting them :)
Jasper
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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| (...) I wouldn't want there to be 'lugnet.com' in the 'Path' of outgoing articles to groups that people here don't monitor regularly. In other words, the risk of someone accidentally or intentionally peeving off other ng's by one or two mischevious (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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| (...) Agent has instructions for installing multiple instances... look under "How to Configure Agent for Multiple Users and Servers". I use three copies of Agent: one for Usenet, one for Lugnet, and one for Furnet. You have to move some files around (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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| (...) There is a _much_ easier way. :-) Make two subdirectories in your agent directory. One for Lugnet and one for your standard news. Then make two shortcuts to start Agent. In each one, edit the shortcut properties to change the "Start In" (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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| (...) But when a lugnet'er posts a follow-up to one of those messages, the follow-up will go to those lugnet.* groups. Technically, I don't think it's a problem, but it will fragment threads. And if the original message had other Usenet groups, the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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