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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Øyvind Steinnes writes:
>
> "Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> wrote in message
> > At the risk of sounding elitist, I point out that the "citizens" of Lugnet
> > are arguably the paying members. As a member who posts exclusively via • the
> > web interface, I have no knowledge of the difficult verifications I keep
> > hearing about. Few of us would hesitate to drop $10 on a night at the
> > movies (or whatever), so I think the $10 to be a member here is very
> > reasonable. Is this problem indeed something members encounter?
>
> I am a member and still have to verify my post.
> It is not dificult to do that, so i dont think it is a big problem.
> But It would be nice if we could have a system where non-paying members or
> non-members have to ferify their post, and those who have paid can skip this
> verifying.
Such a system is in place. It's commonly referred to as the web interface.
> Only problem I see with the verifying post is that the answer to a post can
> be delayed some hours, since I not always remember to verify my post the
> minute after I have posted them....
Yet another reason to use the web interface.
> > If the verification problem is something that even members get when not
> > using the interface that I do, then I argue that maybe the web interface • is
> > your solution if you really don't like the system, and who among us • doesn't
> > have a web browser available half the time anyway?
>
> I am not using the web-interface. Why? Well I have got used to do this
> trough the news reader in Microsoft Outlook Express (I know that this is not
> a good news reader/editor but I do not need more fancy stuff).
What turned me off from newsreaders was the inability to track threads that
cross from one
newsgroup to another. Perhaps things have changed significantly since I last
used a newsreader,
but I tend to doubt that.
>
> Regards
> Øyvind Steinnes
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=1983
-Dave
http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=524
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