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Re: Forum shift
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:28:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> In lugnet.general, David Gregory wrote:
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> > As of just a few days ago, I've been a LUGNET member for 10 years. In that time
> > I've posted hundreds of messages, and I've never once had to use any kind of
> > "authentication email." I'm not sure what you're doing wrong to get something
> > like that. I'm guessing maybe you're not logged in?
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> Does your username and password also work for a NNTP connection to Lugnet?
> (That would be new - but very helpful - to me.) Or are you talking about the
> web interface?
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> Play well,
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> Jacob
I've never used the NNTP. When I click on it, I see the same messages that I
see on LUGNET through a browser (including ones I've posted [through a browser
interface]). Is there any kind of advantage to using the NNTP instead of the
web interface?
David
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) I would have expected your browser to launch a general purpose NNTP client such as Gnus, Pan, Thunderbird or Outlook. (...) If the only newsgroups you read are those on Lugnet, then the only benefit to using a general purpose NNTP client would (...) (16 years ago, 31-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Forum shift
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| (...) I used to use NNTP for Lugnet, and for several other groups as well, but I gave up using it for Lugnet long ago (soon after the auth emails were implemented I believe) and over the last couple of years, all the groups I used it for have moved (...) (16 years ago, 1-Nov-10, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Forum shift
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| (...) (Keep in mind that I'm a very old fogey who has been using NNTP stuff for decades.) The advantage to me is that I don't have to use a web browser to do it. :-) I run my browser with Javascript turned off virtually all the time. So, I tend to (...) (16 years ago, 2-Nov-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Forum shift
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| (...) Does your username and password also work for a NNTP connection to Lugnet? (That would be new - but very helpful - to me.) Or are you talking about the web interface? Play well, Jacob (16 years ago, 30-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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