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If someone posts a link to a new MOC, would it be possible for replies to include the link, too? Maybe this is just me, but it vexes me when I see a "hey that's great" post, but the praise-post doesn't indicate the item being praised. For that (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A request for everyone, regarding a pet peeve
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Does the Lugnet news server have a bot that deletes posts every now and then? I see a lot of reply posts that no longer have the original posts. Besides entire threads disappearing! Why is that so? - Ram - "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A request for everyone, regarding a pet peeve
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Are you guys referring to the web interface or NNTP? I have not personally seen this problem via the website, but I have noticed that certain settings on my nntp will keep or NOT keep a certain number of messages in a newsgroup. For instance, my (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A request for everyone, regarding a pet peeve
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(...) I've noticed on occassion that a new reply is disconnected from the previous thread (the original thread is still there, but the new post shows up as the start of a second thread), and I've long wondered if it had something to do with the (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A request for everyone, regarding a pet peeve
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(...) Just for reference, the problem that Ram is describing is wholly separate from what I'm talking about. His question seems to involve the expiration of parts of a thread, while I'm referring to the omission of source-links in follow-up posts. (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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