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RE: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 05:23:16 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Santosh [mailto:santosh@student.unsw.edu.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 3:16 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
>
>
> In lugnet.loc.au, Shiri Dori writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes:
> > > In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> > > > In which case, maybe .org.ANZA [Australia and New-Zealand • Area] or similar?
> >
> > How'bout .org.oceania?
>
> Eeeegads, thats a good one!
>
> Incidendtly, as Oceania isn't given a place in the football
> world cup, the
> winner of oceania has to play the fifth placed Sth American
> team for the final
> place from Sth America. Ripped off i say!
>
>
> > > > > Either way, what i see as happening is, that the organisation
> > > > > will have a list
> > > > > of members, only those members can post to .org.* and it will
> > > > > be upto the
> > > > > organisations to maintain that list.
> > > >
> > > > Agreed
> >
> > Hmm. No one else can even post at all, not even *comment* on • what's going on
> > in your group? Maybe it's just me, but I like to read and • comment about what
> > other groups are doing... Think about the BrickFest for • example, many people
> > that weren't there and aren't in WAMALUG posted in • .org.us.wamalug, because
> > there were lots of things to share... it seems a bit too • much to completely
> > dis-allow other people posting, IMHO.
>
> Well i said that as i thought that .org. groups only allowed
> members to post,
> as it turns out I was wrong. I just went and checked some of the group
> charters. So i'm assuming that yes anyone can post into the
> group, though
> posting doesn't mean automatic membership :-)
I was working under the same assumption
>
> > > > > the logic i'm using is as follows
> > > > >
> > > > > *In org.au only members can post auction stuff
> > > >
> > > > Agreed
> >
> > This I see, definitely.
>
> So then if anyone can post into org.au(oceiania) then how is
> it possible to
> limit auction posts? This is an administrative nightmare for Todd if
> organisations start saying who can post, who can't post, who
> can read, who
> can't read, who's only allowed to see the third word in each
> line etc..
>
> But on the same note if you don't place some restrictions
> surely we'll get to
> a point where every auctioner and their dog will be posting
> auction notices
> into org.au even if it has nothing to do with the organisation.
>
> Hypothetical: someone in the US wants to auction an item and
> is willing to
> ship to Australia, can they post an auction notice into
> org.au ?? or does it
> belong in the general auction group?
>
> I think I'm asking more questions that solving (so please
> ignore this bit):
Agreed, but ignored. :)
>
> 1) should only members be allowed to post to org.au?
> 2) Should org.au be broken into org.au.auctions (for auctions),
> org.au.comments (for non-member comments)
2) org.au.market => members only
org.au => open to all [used as .loc.au is currently]
1) with answer to 2, not required...
>
> hmmm...
>
> Santosh
> (yay in 3 more hours i can leave for home...for SLEEP!)
[I'm hoping to leave in just under 2 :) ]
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
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