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| | | On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:54:15 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) wrote: :I'm thinking really hard on this, but I'm not sure there is any _clean_ :solution other than allowing at-will cross-posting between RTL and :lugnet groups. : :This is (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) But when a lugnet'er posts a follow-up to one of those messages, the follow-up will go to those lugnet.* groups. Technically, I don't think it's a problem, but it will fragment threads. And if the original message had other Usenet groups, the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:05:54 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) wrote: :If lugnet.com is changed to ignore invalid/unrecognized entries in the :Newsgroups header, then someone could use lugnet to post to any Usenet :ng, as long as the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) I just installed a second copy of Free Agent for lugnet. It doesn't take up that much hard drive space, and it's a lot easier to manage. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) I wouldn't want there to be 'lugnet.com' in the 'Path' of outgoing articles to groups that people here don't monitor regularly. In other words, the risk of someone accidentally or intentionally peeving off other ng's by one or two mischevious (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 15:49:15 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote: :I wouldn't want there to be 'lugnet.com' in the 'Path' of outgoing articles :to groups that people here don't monitor regularly. In other words, the :risk of someone (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Fred M. Sloniker
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| | | | | (...) Agent has instructions for installing multiple instances... look under "How to Configure Agent for Multiple Users and Servers". I use three copies of Agent: one for Usenet, one for Lugnet, and one for Furnet. You have to move some files around (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | (...) What version are you using? I'm using Free Agent 1.0, and I can't find these instructions... :( Jasper (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | (...) I'm not absolutely positive about this, but I thought only Agent could handle multiple servers with the different ini files and dirs, not Free Agent? Probably wrong, though. (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | | | | (...) That might be it... I now have it set up something like this .I just installed it to two different directories - that seems to work. Since I had a agent/data directory of 90 megs or so, I figured 500k extra worth of agent.exe isn't too big a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Wouter van Wageningen
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| | | | | | | | (...) Im running FreeAgent 1.11/32 and I have 3 news servers configured. Just make new directories under the agent directory and create a shortcut for each server you want to reach. In the properties of these shortcuts, you leave the program (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well there you go. Figured I was wrong. I remember this from when I used Free Agent. Now I just use Linux to read news. (1) 1. Well, technically I use slrn on my Linux box, but since all I have time to do with Linux nowadays while I'm working (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Terry Keller
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| | | | | | (...) I'm using Free Agent 1.11/32. The instructions for doing it _are_ in the docs, though it is pretty vague and hard to find. The instruction in my version are under Help | How To section. Then at the bottom is the "FAQ's" selection. In that you (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Terry Keller
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| | | | (...) There is a _much_ easier way. :-) Make two subdirectories in your agent directory. One for Lugnet and one for your standard news. Then make two shortcuts to start Agent. In each one, edit the shortcut properties to change the "Start In" (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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