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"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Go5DH7.In2@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Dan Boger writes:
> > if it bothers you that much, why don't you just post via the web interface?
> > no verification there?
>
> I don't know about that Steven, but this one would rather read in a
> newsreader. Unfortunately, this means that to start a reply on the web
> requires going through the process of:
>
> Press [H] to display the headers (I'm using Forte Agent).
> Select'n'Copy the message id.
> Open a browser.
> Type in the url http://news.lugnet.com/[newsgroup]?n=[messageid]
> Hit Enter
> Wait while the message (and all the accompanying web-iage) is retrieved
> Hit Reply
>
> This isn't brain surgery, and you even memorize it after awhile. But it's a
> lot harder than just clicking the Reply button.
>
> Not that I want verification to go away. But it's a pain to read with a
> newsreader, and reply via the web.
>
> Steve
I use Outlook Express to read LUGNET as I personally find the web interface
painful to use. The verification process is realtively simple. If I want
to reply to a message, I hit the "Reply" button in OE just like I always
have. Once my message is composed and sent I check for new mail in Outlook
where I almost always have a confirmation e-mail from the LUGNET server. I
reply to it with an "X" in the box and I am done. No need to invoke the
LUGNET web interface for anything.
It is one extra step that I didn't used to have to do but I am more than
willing to do that to keep NNTP access to LUGNET. If it went to an only web
interface I doubt I would post very much if at all.
Now if only I could convince Dan Jezik to support NNTP for the Brickbay
forum ... ;-)
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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