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Subject: 
Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp
Date: 
Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:56:16 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Eric Joslin writes:
Frank said:
Interestingly, TLC employees aren't even allowed to post in the .admin
groups, so if they have a question about posting, they have to ask over
in lugnet.lego.direct or whatever.

Or they can email the admins.

Yes indeed. Of course it doesn't work 100% reliably (1), leaves no trace,
and provides no opportunity for anyone else to comment, offer workarounds,
etc. where that would be a helpful thing to do.

Seriously... this blocking of posts to .admin groups HAS to be an oversight
and will soon be corrected. Or else I'm more confused than Lorbaat thinks I am.

1 - Todd is very busy and has said that he sometimes loses mail. My personal
statistics show that his response rate to my mail is well south of 50%
lately. I ascribe that all to lost mail, of course, as the alternative would
be that he's deliberately ignoring things like cancel requests, attempts to
give money to LUGNET(tm), and so on. I can't imagine that's the case.

++Lar



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  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) "That Larry guy, he just keeps trying to give money, I wish he'd go away." ;^) I've noticed the lost mail thing too, and the response rate. I remember he once said that he prioritized messages and replied to those, and still some got lost (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) They can answer the question. They just can't answer it in a fan forum. Which *is* a good thing, because when you see it there will be no doubt that it is 100% Official LEGO position. (...) No, I am saying that I would prefer to see fans only (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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