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Re: Posting to Lugnet Was: US dollars. Which bank should I rob?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Date:
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001 04:07:50 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes:
> This will be even worse for those of us who connect and post with our little
> PDA's, which aren't even capable of going to a website, just to hit
> 'confirm'. I do ALL of my lugnet reading and posting via email, often with
> my little Newton while on the road, and this is going to suck.
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> I can't see why this same confirmation system needs to apply to email
> postings as well, since it's much harder to spoof an email, and can be
> easily back-tracked to confirm identity.
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> A third system, which I'd prefer, would be to electronically 'sign' our
> postings. These could be checked by lugnet using our public key, and
> seamlessly confirm our identity, without having to load that web browser.
Dave,
You should post these concerns & ideas to .admin.nntp as well. The more
feedback Todd gets, the more likely we will end up with a reasonable
solution. I'm unhappy with the new system, and I post using the web 99% of
the time!
ROSCO
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