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Subject:	Re: LUGNET in its Senior Years? (was Re: How to properly "announce" MOC's)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:03:42 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gereon Stein wrote:

still the breadth and depth especially of the LUGNET news area is unmatched and as far as I am concerned I would like to keep it that way. It remains to be sorted out how we could keep it so.

The web/email authentication system strikes me as an unnecessary obstacle to casual discussion. Before I obtained a Lugnet membership last year (inspired by the Great Brickshelf Crisis of ‘07), I often had difficulty posting messages. Sometimes I chose not bother after my initial attempts failed.

Is that system in place for compatibility with the Lugnet news-by-email option? My opinion is that a simpler login and posting mechanism would be nice.

Jim

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		Re: LUGNET in its Senior Years? (was Re: How to properly "announce" MOC's)
(...) Hi Jim, as a matter of fact, LUGNET members do not need to authenticate posts if they sign into the web interface and post from there (as I am doing right now). Only the news (NNTP) and mail interfaces require authentication even for (...) (16 years ago, 6-Jul-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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		Re: LUGNET in its Senior Years? (was Re: How to properly "announce" MOC's)
(...) We certainly don't. That's why René and I joined forces to continue to run LUGNET in the first place. Speaking purely for myself, I have found LUGNET a highly valuable resource ever since my personal darkage ended in 1999. There are lots of (...) (16 years ago, 6-Jul-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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