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| Started by | Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> |
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| First post | 2021-04-10 18:04 -0600 |
| Last post | 2021-04-14 16:04 +0200 |
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Current profile Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2021-04-10 18:04 -0600
Re: Current profile "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-11 00:18 +0000
Re: Current profile dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2021-04-11 02:26 +0200
Re: Current profile Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-11 07:05 +0100
Re: Current profile Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-11 09:40 +0100
Re: Current profile WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-11 09:23 -0400
Re: Current profile Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-11 15:17 +0100
Re: Current profile Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-11 15:38 +0100
Re: Current profile [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-14 15:59 +0200
Re: Current profile [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-14 19:26 +0200
Re: Current profile [OT] Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-04-14 13:52 -0700
Re: Current profile [OT] WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-14 16:59 -0400
Re: Current profile [OT] Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-14 21:32 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-15 21:48 +0200
Re: Current profile [OT] Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-16 07:21 +0100
Re: Current profile [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-17 15:55 +0200
Re: Current profile [OT] WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-17 10:17 -0400
Re: Current profile [OT] Ken Whiton <kenwhiton@surfglobal.net.INVAL> - 2021-04-15 23:17 -0400
Re: Current profile [OT] Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2021-04-14 15:10 -0600
Re: Current profile [OT] Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-14 22:00 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-14 18:21 -0400
Re: Current profile [OT] "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-14 23:41 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-14 20:39 -0400
Re: Current profile [OT] "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-15 01:25 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] Sailfish <NIXCAPSsailfish@NIXCAPSunforgettable.com> - 2021-04-14 17:44 -0700
Re: Current profile [OT] Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-04-14 16:25 -0700
Re: Current profile [OT] Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2021-04-14 18:00 -0600
Re: Current profile [OT] "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-15 00:27 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-15 06:48 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] jeff Layman <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2021-04-15 16:14 +0100
Re: Current profile [OT] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-15 09:44 +0100
Re: Current profile [OT] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-15 09:53 +0100
Re: Current profile [OT] Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-15 12:19 +0100
Re: Current profile [OT] WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-15 08:04 -0400
Re: Current profile [OT] "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-15 13:01 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-15 13:59 +0100
Re: Current profile [OT] Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2021-04-15 23:32 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-04-15 16:39 -0700
Re: Current profile [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-15 21:44 +0200
Re: Current profile Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2021-04-15 08:11 +0000
Re: Current profile Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2021-04-11 11:30 -0600
Re: Current profile "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-14 16:04 +0200
Re: Current profile Ken Whiton <kenwhiton@surfglobal.net.INVAL> - 2021-04-15 15:26 -0400
Re: Current profile Sailfish <sailfish@unforgettable.com> - 2021-04-11 19:14 -0700
Re: Current profile Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-12 07:34 +0100
Re: Current profile Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-12 10:38 +0100
Re: Current profile Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> - 2021-04-12 15:08 +0100
Re: Current profile Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-12 15:49 +0100
Re: Current profile "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-12 17:29 +0000
Re: Current profile Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> - 2021-04-12 22:06 +0100
Re: Current profile "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-12 21:28 +0000
Re: Current profile Mint User <mint@aio3.org> - 2021-04-12 22:48 +0100
Re: Current profile "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-12 23:12 +0000
Re: Current profile WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-12 18:28 -0400
Re: Current profile "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-13 12:05 +0000
Re: Current profile Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-13 07:25 +0100
Re: Current profile Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-13 06:29 +0000
Re: Current profile Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-13 08:38 +0100
Re: Current profile Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-06-04 07:02 +0100
Re: Current profile Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2021-06-04 18:27 +0000
Re: Current profile SIMON <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2021-06-04 19:55 +0100
Re: Current profile Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-06-04 20:37 +0100
Re: Current profile "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-06-05 16:15 +0000
Re: Current profile [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-04-14 16:04 +0200
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| From | Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> |
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| Date | 2021-04-10 18:04 -0600 |
| Subject | Current profile |
| Message-ID | <s4tedv$3f0$1@dont-email.me> |
In a running copy of FF, how do I tell what profile it's using? -- Jeff Barnett
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| From | "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> |
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| Date | 2021-04-11 00:18 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <s4tf7v$coi$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #159 |
Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> wrote: >In a running copy of FF, how do I tell what profile it's using? about:profiles
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| From | dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> |
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| Date | 2021-04-11 02:26 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <gbs9khxjm4.ln2@spock.lan> |
| In reply to | #159 |
On 4/11/21 2:04 AM, Jeff Barnett wrote: > In a running copy of FF, how do I tell what profile it's using? Go to about:profiles
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| From | Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2021-04-11 07:05 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <591b5a589bdave@triffid.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #159 |
In article <s4th25$jeb$1@news.mixmin.net>,
Manu Raju <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> " 3 5 v x V . k 9 \ > U u / i
> r X 8 d p _ 1 w u % u b K } `
> @ @ 2 > - } r { U f W " $ ? /
> @ 0 G C 6 < K C Z Y o : > r #
> r ` l V = { C X " j } Z ` { 9
> ] - X g b f ; ( g D r { V c <
> c T ) R r t 4 K # 1 z U F W 6
> ` h E A y b ` U 1 : W Y % 2 H
> } k r c ' I R / * B J ` V V f
> 2 s O Q b + W 6 g W $ } v 8 ;
> < / 9 Y 2 0 ` ` P k . Z < | P
> # + | I ) b * Q N = G U , , $
> I Y t l ' ; G z E V O 3 | d T
> O < 7 8 U v " N / V 3 \ i < h
> X U T L B S c M v 5 Y . X p X
> P + k w l + > q U , H + e 7 r
> ] [ _ Z | w ] P C " i l ? # z
> i H \ U ' ( o p M ] : a } A w
> H | 6 $ V { L { r _ p X H u $
This arrived on my NewsIn box today, I have no idea what it is or why... ?
Is this some new kind of Suduko, or maybe an alien creature trying to
contact the earth?
Dave
Perhaps we need Mr Ilias after all, to Control the Horizontal and the
vertical...
D.
--
Dave Triffid
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| From | Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> |
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| Date | 2021-04-11 09:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <idfqvcFtafsU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #164 |
Dave wrote:
> Manu Raju <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> " 3 5 v x V . k 9 \ > U u / i
>> r X 8 d p _ 1 w u % u b K } `
>> @ @ 2 > - } r { U f W " $ ? /
>> @ 0 G C 6 < K C Z Y o : > r #
>> r ` l V = { C X " j } Z ` { 9
>> ] - X g b f ; ( g D r { V c <
>> c T ) R r t 4 K # 1 z U F W 6
>> ` h E A y b ` U 1 : W Y % 2 H
>> } k r c ' I R / * B J ` V V f
>> 2 s O Q b + W 6 g W $ } v 8 ;
>> < / 9 Y 2 0 ` ` P k . Z < | P
>> # + | I ) b * Q N = G U , , $
>> I Y t l ' ; G z E V O 3 | d T
>> O < 7 8 U v " N / V 3 \ i < h
>> X U T L B S c M v 5 Y . X p X
>> P + k w l + > q U , H + e 7 r
>> ] [ _ Z | w ] P C " i l ? # z
>> i H \ U ' ( o p M ] : a } A w
>> H | 6 $ V { L { r _ p X H u $
>
> This arrived on my NewsIn box today, I have no idea what it is or why... ?
> Is this some new kind of Suduko, or maybe an alien creature trying to
> contact the earth?
Seems like "Good Guy" has a new nym ...
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| From | WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> |
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| Date | 2021-04-11 09:23 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <%KCcI.23237$8T8.19036@fx48.iad> |
| In reply to | #164 |
On 4/11/21 2:05 AM, Dave wrote:
> In article <s4th25$jeb$1@news.mixmin.net>,
> Manu Raju <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> " 3 5 v x V . k 9 \ > U u / i
>> r X 8 d p _ 1 w u % u b K } `
>> @ @ 2 > - } r { U f W " $ ? /
>> @ 0 G C 6 < K C Z Y o : > r #
>> r ` l V = { C X " j } Z ` { 9
>> ] - X g b f ; ( g D r { V c <
>> c T ) R r t 4 K # 1 z U F W 6
>> ` h E A y b ` U 1 : W Y % 2 H
>> } k r c ' I R / * B J ` V V f
>> 2 s O Q b + W 6 g W $ } v 8 ;
>> < / 9 Y 2 0 ` ` P k . Z < | P
>> # + | I ) b * Q N = G U , , $
>> I Y t l ' ; G z E V O 3 | d T
>> O < 7 8 U v " N / V 3 \ i < h
>> X U T L B S c M v 5 Y . X p X
>> P + k w l + > q U , H + e 7 r
>> ] [ _ Z | w ] P C " i l ? # z
>> i H \ U ' ( o p M ] : a } A w
>> H | 6 $ V { L { r _ p X H u $
>
> This arrived on my NewsIn box today, I have no idea what it is or why... ?
>
> Is this some new kind of Suduko, or maybe an alien creature trying to
> contact the earth?
>
> Dave
>
> Perhaps we need Mr Ilias after all, to Control the Horizontal and the
> vertical...
>
> D.
>
Or a better newsreader?
No problem with it when I allowed remote content in my Thunderbird 78.9.1.
--
OS: Fedora 33 Workstation - Gnome Desktop
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/get-involved/
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| From | Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2021-04-11 15:17 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <591b876650dave@triffid.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #169 |
In article <%KCcI.23237$8T8.19036@fx48.iad>,
WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> wrote:
> On 4/11/21 2:05 AM, Dave wrote:
> > In article <s4th25$jeb$1@news.mixmin.net>,
> > Manu Raju <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >> " 3 5 v x V . k 9 \ > U u / i
> >> r X 8 d p _ 1 w u % u b K } `
> >> @ @ 2 > - } r { U f W " $ ? /
> >> @ 0 G C 6 < K C Z Y o : > r #
> >> r ` l V = { C X " j } Z ` { 9
> >> ] - X g b f ; ( g D r { V c <
> >> c T ) R r t 4 K # 1 z U F W 6
> >> ` h E A y b ` U 1 : W Y % 2 H
> >> } k r c ' I R / * B J ` V V f
> >> 2 s O Q b + W 6 g W $ } v 8 ;
> >> < / 9 Y 2 0 ` ` P k . Z < | P
> >> # + | I ) b * Q N = G U , , $
> >> I Y t l ' ; G z E V O 3 | d T
> >> O < 7 8 U v " N / V 3 \ i < h
> >> X U T L B S c M v 5 Y . X p X
> >> P + k w l + > q U , H + e 7 r
> >> ] [ _ Z | w ] P C " i l ? # z
> >> i H \ U ' ( o p M ] : a } A w
> >> H | 6 $ V { L { r _ p X H u $
> >
> > This arrived on my NewsIn box today, I have no idea what it is or
> > why... ?
> >
> > Is this some new kind of Suduko, or maybe an alien creature trying to
> > contact the earth?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Perhaps we need Mr Ilias after all, to Control the Horizontal and the
> > vertical...
> >
> > D.
> >
> Or a better newsreader?
> No problem with it when I allowed remote content in my Thunderbird 78.9.1.
Newsreader is not the problem, the problem is the writer of the posting.
I don't allow Html or remote content...
Dave
--
Dave Triffid
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| From | Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> |
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| Date | 2021-04-11 15:38 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <idgfuiF2qu8U2@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #169 |
WaltS48 wrote: > No problem with it when I allowed remote content in my Thunderbird 78.9.1. View/MessageBodyAs/PlainText
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| From | "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> |
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| Date | 2021-04-14 15:59 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <idoaprFj35eU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #169 |
On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:23:07 -0400, WaltS48 wrote: > Or a better newsreader? > > No problem with it when I allowed remote content in my Thunderbird 78.9.1. So you think TB is a better newsreader? That's cute. -- s|b
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| From | "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> |
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| Date | 2021-04-14 19:26 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <idomtdFlfvkU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #200 |
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:21:06 -0400, WaltS48 wrote: > Replaced Pan on my systems ages ago. Pan isn't that bad. I've used it a couple of times on a Linux OS. Why have you replaced it? It's been said that it's the best alternative to Agent on Linux. (I've learned it isn't since Agent can run under Wine.) > What can't I do if I have to post and read plain text? Nothing. You can even type /italic/, *bold* and _underlined_ if you want. BTW why are you posting this in html? It doesn't add any value to your posting and it isn't wanted here. -- s|b
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| From | Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-04-14 13:52 -0700 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <idp2vtFnp2bU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #204 |
On 4/14/2021 1:43 PM, WaltS48 wrote: > On 4/14/21 1:26 PM, s|b wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:21:06 -0400, WaltS48 wrote: >> >>> Replaced Pan on my systems ages ago. >> Pan isn't that bad. I've used it a couple of times on a Linux OS. Why >> have you replaced it? It's been said that it's the best alternative to >> Agent on Linux. (I've learned it isn't since Agent can run under Wine.) >> >>> What can't I do if I have to post and read plain text? >> Nothing. You can even type /italic/, *bold* and _underlined_ if you >> want. BTW why are you posting this in html? It doesn't add any value to >> your posting and it isn't wanted here. >> > Why */_type it when I can just select the _/*items in the toolbar. > > I posted in both wanted and not wanted. > > Where is the restriction noted? I did not see any FAQ for this or any > comp.software group like I can find for the a.b.p.scenic group I am > subscribed to. As far as I know, there is no restriction. But there is a convention not to post in html in any newsgroup. Html messages are a nuisance. Violate such a convention and you will soon find yourself killfiled by most people in the newsgroup. -- Ken
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| From | WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> |
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| Date | 2021-04-14 16:59 -0400 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <jJIdI.479$0g3.65@fx06.iad> |
| In reply to | #205 |
On 4/14/21 4:52 PM, Ken Blake wrote: > On 4/14/2021 1:43 PM, WaltS48 wrote: >> On 4/14/21 1:26 PM, s|b wrote: >>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:21:06 -0400, WaltS48 wrote: >>> >>>> Replaced Pan on my systems ages ago. >>> Pan isn't that bad. I've used it a couple of times on a Linux OS. Why >>> have you replaced it? It's been said that it's the best alternative to >>> Agent on Linux. (I've learned it isn't since Agent can run under Wine.) >>>> What can't I do if I have to post and read plain text? >>> Nothing. You can even type /italic/, *bold* and _underlined_ if you >>> want. BTW why are you posting this in html? It doesn't add any value to >>> your posting and it isn't wanted here. >>> >> Why */_type it when I can just select the _/*items in the toolbar. >> >> I posted in both wanted and not wanted. >> >> Where is the restriction noted? I did not see any FAQ for this or any >> comp.software group like I can find for the a.b.p.scenic group I am >> subscribed to. > > > As far as I know, there is no restriction. But there is a convention > not to post in html in any newsgroup. Html messages are a nuisance. > Violate such a convention and you will soon find yourself killfiled by > most people in the newsgroup. > > As the moderator of the m.s.firefox newsgroup pointed out somewhere. It didn't matter in the groups he moderated as long as support was given. Also I don't have to see the */_ in the posts. -- OS: Fedora 33 Workstation - Gnome Desktop https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/get-involved/
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| From | Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> |
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| Date | 2021-04-14 21:32 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <s57n24$a3i$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #206 |
On 14 Apr 2021 16:59:59 -0400 WaltS48 wrote: >As the moderator of the m.s.firefox newsgroup pointed out somewhere. > >It didn't matter in the groups he moderated as long as support was given. > The m.s groups were also mailing lists, so of course they accepted html - and top posting. Many posters were unaware of the newsgroups' existance. -- (Remove numerics from email address)
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| From | "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> |
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| Date | 2021-04-15 21:48 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <idrjjbF876rU2@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #206 |
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:59:59 -0400, WaltS48 wrote: > As the moderator of the m.s.firefox newsgroup pointed out somewhere. What's mozilla.* go to do with this? We're in alt.*. If you run a private newsserver and create private newsgroups, then you can post all the html you want in those groups. -- s|b
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| From | Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2021-04-16 07:21 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <591deef134dave@triffid.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #239 |
In article <idrjjbF876rU2@mid.individual.net>, s|b <me@privacy.invalid> wrote: > What's mozilla.* go to do with this? We're in alt.*. If you run a > private newsserver and create private newsgroups, then you can post all > the html you want in those groups. We may be in an alt. newsgroup on a private server, but someone has to pay the bill for the equipment, purchased or leased and run it. TANSTAAFL. Maybe, just out of common courtesy to the bill payer we could abide by the small set of rules required. There's far, far to much Me Me Me around these days, what about a bit of community Us Us Us. :-) Back when I was young, it was called Common Courtesy but there doesn't seem to be much of it about now... :-( Dave -- Dave Triffid
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| From | "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> |
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| Date | 2021-04-17 15:55 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <ie07mcF52viU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #251 |
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:21:19 +0100, Dave wrote: > We may be in an alt. newsgroup on a private server, but someone has to pay > the bill for the equipment, purchased or leased and run it. TANSTAAFL. NIN requires a paid account. Each year, I (have to) pay them 10 euro. I also use ES and Aioe as (free) backup servers. > Maybe, just out of common courtesy to the bill payer we could abide by the > small set of rules required. The bill payer doesn't make all the rules. Some Usenet rules simply are. -- s|b
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| From | WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> |
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| Date | 2021-04-17 10:17 -0400 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <J5CeI.8401$Y87.327@fx08.iad> |
| In reply to | #272 |
On 4/17/21 9:55 AM, s|b wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:21:19 +0100, Dave wrote: > >> We may be in an alt. newsgroup on a private server, but someone has to pay >> the bill for the equipment, purchased or leased and run it. TANSTAAFL. > > NIN requires a paid account. Each year, I (have to) pay them 10 euro. I > also use ES and Aioe as (free) backup servers. > >> Maybe, just out of common courtesy to the bill payer we could abide by the >> small set of rules required. > > The bill payer doesn't make all the rules. Some Usenet rules simply are. > Do you come to a complete stop at a stop sign and wait 3 seconds which is the rule, or do you just roll through it like so many drivers? What about making a right turn on red when there is a sign "No Right Turn on Red"? Cross the street when the sign says "Don't Walk". I could probably think of a lot mores rules that simply are, and not followed by some. Like wearing a face mask. -- OS: Fedora 33 Workstation - Gnome Desktop https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/get-involved/
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| From | Ken Whiton <kenwhiton@surfglobal.net.INVAL> |
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| Date | 2021-04-15 23:17 -0400 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <s5avjc01jv3@news2.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #206 |
*-* On Wed, 14 Apr 2021, at 16:59:59 -0400,
*-* In Article <jJIdI.479$0g3.65@fx06.iad>,
*-* WaltS48 wrote
*-* About Re: Current profile [OT]
> On 4/14/21 4:52 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
>> On 4/14/2021 1:43 PM, WaltS48 wrote:
>>> On 4/14/21 1:26 PM, s|b wrote:
[ ... ]
>>>> BTW why are you posting this in html? It doesn't add
>>>> any value to your posting and it isn't wanted here.
>>> Why */_type it when I can just select the _/*items in the toolbar.
[ ... ]
>> there is a convention
>> not to post in html in any newsgroup. Html messages are a nuisance.
[ ... ]
> Also I don't have to see the */_ in the posts.
I don't see them in my Thunderbird ... because I have this in my
userContent.css file:
/* Remove the *,/,_ characters for bold, italic, and underline from
text messages/posts */
.moz-txt-star > .moz-txt-tag { display: none; }
.moz-txt-slash > .moz-txt-tag { display: none; }
.moz-txt-underscore > .moz-txt-tag { display: none; }
[Cross-posted and follow-up set to alt.comp.software.thunderbird]
Ken Whiton
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| From | Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> |
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| Date | 2021-04-14 15:10 -0600 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <s57lnm$ves$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #205 |
On 4/14/2021 2:52 PM, Ken Blake wrote: > On 4/14/2021 1:43 PM, WaltS48 wrote: >> On 4/14/21 1:26 PM, s|b wrote: >>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:21:06 -0400, WaltS48 wrote: >>> >>>> Replaced Pan on my systems ages ago. >>> Pan isn't that bad. I've used it a couple of times on a Linux OS. Why >>> have you replaced it? It's been said that it's the best alternative to >>> Agent on Linux. (I've learned it isn't since Agent can run under Wine.) >>>> What can't I do if I have to post and read plain text? >>> Nothing. You can even type /italic/, *bold* and _underlined_ if you >>> want. BTW why are you posting this in html? It doesn't add any value to >>> your posting and it isn't wanted here. >>> >> Why */_type it when I can just select the _/*items in the toolbar. >> >> I posted in both wanted and not wanted. >> >> Where is the restriction noted? I did not see any FAQ for this or any >> comp.software group like I can find for the a.b.p.scenic group I am >> subscribed to. > > > As far as I know, there is no restriction. But there is a convention not > to post in html in any newsgroup. Html messages are a nuisance. Violate > such a convention and you will soon find yourself killfiled by most > people in the newsgroup. What you say is indeed the common (and I believe, accurate) view of traditional newsgroup rules. However, I have always mused about whether this makes sense in groups dealing with products that deploy HTML, e.g., TB and FF groups. How much easier is it to present a problem in HTML if it is involved with that problem? HTML seems to always be discussed as if it were some sort of demon with the devil close by. If that is so, why are those who feel that way using products that support that evil? It's silliness in most cases particularly since the same evil spotters are supposedly using those products as users. Discussions in math and physics groups are castrated trying to express simple equations in TeX or LaTeX or, worse, in plain text. HTML is a technology that has made the internet more interesting. If it allows some bad stuff to be smuggled in, then try to improve the representation rather than ban its use. -- Jeff Barnett
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| From | Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> |
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| Date | 2021-04-14 22:00 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Current profile [OT] |
| Message-ID | <s57omg$ouc$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #207 |
On 14 Apr 2021 15:10:12 -0600 Jeff Barnett wrote: >[On 4/14/2021 2:52 PM, Ken Blake wrote:] >> On 4/14/2021 1:43 PM, WaltS48 wrote: >>> On 4/14/21 1:26 PM, s|b wrote: >>>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:21:06 -0400, WaltS48 wrote: >>>> >>>>> Replaced Pan on my systems ages ago. >>>> Pan isn't that bad. I used Pan for several years when I stopped using SeaMonkey. It has a decent scoring system and sub-thread handling. It was fine, but a year or two ago on my xfce system it became buggy - the GUI part. Wouldn't stay the same size - went off the edge of the display. I still use it occasionally. I've also tried XPN, knode, and sylpheed among GUI clients but generally use tin on Linux and SFOS. > >What you say is indeed the common (and I believe, accurate) view of >traditional newsgroup rules. However, I have always mused about whether >this makes sense in groups dealing with products that deploy HTML, e.g., >TB and FF groups. How much easier is it to present a problem in HTML if >it is involved with that problem? > But some newsreaders cannot read html. It's not a requirement of an NNTP client. I'm only seeing and responding to the plain text. So it may be easier to present the problem, but some readers will find it difficult to understand. Usernet is a plain text system. If you want or need to use html, use a forum. I like usernet - but I'm happy to use forums too. -- (Remove numerics from email address)
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