Re: What happened to this grooup?

"Kevin Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> > And even that example isn't as flexible as the NNTP standard which at
the
> > very least allows access to a variety of news readers, along with a more
> > responsive interface, and the ability to respond to posts offline.
>
> Which Lugnet supports.  Does any other community website do that?  It's
> certainly very uncommon.

>From what I've seen, you have to post your message, then wait for it to
arrive via email, then approve it, etc.

What a pain.

They could just reqire a username and password for NNTP access - instead of
their crackpot authentication scheme for every email.


> I thought it was pretty clear from context that I meant Lugnet itself is
> archived, esp. since I said "unlike most web forums."  Most web forums,
> esp. those centered on something like a hobby, eventually expire the
> vast majority of the posted messages.

It's clearly better than Yahoo Groups, if that's what you're saying.


> I don't like the privatization of public discussion very much either
> (though it has its pluses, notably content control), but Lugnet is one
> of the premiere examples out there.

It is true that Lugnet is the best run of any private discussion forum I've
ever seen.  By fixing a few minor issues in the TOS and with NNTP
functionality, I'd have to drop all objection to it.