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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 03:53:14 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> "Jesse Long" <LongJR97@hotmail.com> writes:
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> > If it means you can crosspost, then definitely not. People would just
> > crosspost everything and we'd end up with all sorts of crap and flameage on
> > Lugnet.
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> It would mean the ability to crosspost to lugnet.* groups, yes -- but only
> for those people who have gone through the news posting setup at:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/
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> In other words, only the people who have succesfully crossed Larry's gate/
> barrier would be allowed to crosspost between RTL and lugnet.* groups. If
> they hadn't crossed the barrier (or passed the test, whatever), then the
> messages they attempt to crosspost would have to either be discarded by the
> server or truncated so that they only went into RTL.
Ok, then what happens if somebody who is approved cross posts to rtl and
a lugnet
group and it propagates out to the web and then someone on the web who
is not
approved does a reply without modifying the headers, what happens when
that article
gets to the lugnet server?
> > Other than that, would 99% percent of RTL'ers really be able to tell the
> > difference one way or the other?
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> Not directly, no... But the larger issue of whether RTL and LUGNET are
> perceived as separate or connected communities is what's at stake.
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> --Todd
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html
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 | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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| (...) When you say "to/on the web" you mean "to/on Usenet," right? What would have to happen is that the article would come back here with the same crossposting headers, and its Newsgroups line would have to be truncated so that it only wound up in (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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| On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 03:53:14 GMT, Paul Foster <pfoster@execpc.com> wrote: :Ok, then what happens if somebody who is approved cross posts to rtl and :a lugnet :group and it propagates out to the web and then someone on the web who :is not :approved (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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| (...) It would mean the ability to crosspost to lugnet.* groups, yes -- but only for those people who have gone through the news posting setup at: (URL) other words, only the people who have succesfully crossed Larry's gate/ barrier would be allowed (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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