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| (...) Ok, but AFAIK there aren't any lug newsgroups right now. There should at least be newsgroups for LUGs and LTCs made under the appropriate heirarchy. lugnet.org.us.gmltc lugnet.org.us.gmlug lugnet.org.us.nelug lugnet.org.us.wamalug etc... -Tim (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) And one that I (really!) would not like to see implemented, for two reasons. 1. automatic crossposting is, in general, a bad idea, as has been discussed here at length before. Too easy to get unintended results, too hard to maintain the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) One problem that I see with that is then people on those loc-groups who don't want to see org-info get it anyway, and threads are spread over multiple groups messily. I think the newsgroups for LUGs idea is cool though :) Richard (26 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) My dad and I have both been using that word for years :) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) I like this idea as well, and had thought of it. I agree, it is a great idea. Oh, and I like that new word,"automagically" :) Ryan (26 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| I have an idea (which may or may not have been thought of, posted before) that I feel would greatly aid LUGs and their members. Could LUGNET add newsgroups for all the LUGs who want them and have them automagically crosspost to the regional groups (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Web Hosting Questions?
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| I used Freeservers {www.freeservers.com} and you get your own domain name whatyouwant.8m.com ). They have different endings than 8m, but it is the shortest. There are no charges if you choose 20mb and ads. The ads are at the tops of pages. If you (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| They just changed servers the past week, so they were down a bit. But I think I'm going to change and find someone else to host the domain soon. I really wasn't happy with the support I got while the servers where down. It seems when ever I ask the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| James J. Trobaugh wrote in message ... (...) includes (...) I took a look at these folks a few weeks back and it looked like a good deal. Now they seem to have disappeared ... anyone know what happened? Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| Hi, I work on the Lego Challenge, a very small LEGO news site. Lately, our traffic has slowed down, so we are anouncing it on Lugnet. This will be the sister site of KIDLUG as well, (URL) Please stop by! Thanks! (26 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.org)
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| Hi, I'm Aaron Bergman, I also will be working on KIDLUG, which was announced by Alex Kaiser earlier. In one or two years, we will be hosting in Connecticut, the LUGFest Convention. For a small fee, LUG's will be able to set up booths and if we can (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.org)
| | | | | Re: Web Hosting Questions?
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| (...) Looked, couldn't find any current OpenSRS places -- should be some in a few weeks. But check out <URL:(URL). (27 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) And as I said the last time you said this, a ref to one would be greatly appreciated, I have some names I want to get registered. Not to give you a hard time but just saying there are doesn't carry quite the convincatory(1) power that (...) (27 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) That's no longer true -- there are now alternate registrars who charge less. (27 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) No matter who sets up your domain, you'll still have to pay internic $35 a year to keep your domain registered (your first bill will be $70 for the first 2 years). As for site hosting, I've found Interland (www.interland.net) to be about as (...) (27 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| PNLTC is hosted by a local web hosting service for free in exchange for their name and URL on our site and we also add their name to our flyers handed out at shows. I hooked up with them by searching for local hosting service (on yahoo) and just (...) (27 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) Not sure yet. I'm in the process of getting it set up myself, so the answer might be "me" in a couple of weeks, but I'm really busy with holiday goings-on right now. I know that joker.com in Germany offers registrations for about USD 18/year, (...) (27 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| Can you provide a pointer to someone that is using this to provide registration. While I (quoting from the splash page) have "sufficient development skills" to write an interface, I don't have the time. I'd rather buy names from someone that has. (...) (27 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Web Hosting Questions?
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| (...) Domain names don't necessarily cost that much anymore. Check out <URL:(URL) for $13/year domain registrations. (27 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| Robin, The NGLTC is using www.truehosting.com for only $9.99 a month, that includes 50 meg, plus 10 email alias, and some other regular goodies. jt Robin Werner wrote in message ... (...) cost (...) maybe (...) best (...) pop-up (...) time (...) and (...) (27 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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