Re: FAQ Posting problem

Randy Webb wrote:
> VK said the following on 4/29/2006 9:13 AM:
> > That would be a highly unwise decision because say comp.lang.javascript
> > currently has 3460 active Gougle Groups subscribers,
>
> 3460 in c.l.j or in all Usenet Groups?

In c.l.j *only* - I gave some links to look at - against 200 last
summer and ~1000 last December.

> But, I tend to agree with John, the people who post/answer from Google
> Groups tend to follow the "I am using Google, so I don't know what the
> F@#$K you are talking about, it shows what I am replying to up above,
> why should I quote it?" mentality.

Well, actually Google has a rather nice summary article at
<http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12348&topic=250>
anyone can reach from the main Google News page. It seems to me that
it's a demonization of Google to think that people using Google will
skip on reading netiquette by their very nature :-), but news arents'
users will read all recommendations first. In either case it's a
question of good will and free time.

> And, to date, I have not seen anyone that answers from Google Groups
> that the answers they give tend to be ones you would want to keep track
> of or read/follow the advice. Witness: electrician. (I will refrain from
> using you in that example).

It's good to know that there is at least someone to overpass VK's
evelness :-)

> I have one and am willing to share it if it would work with what Jim has
> now. But, it requires authentication and that is the problem Jim has now
> is that his software won't do the authentication part.

The authentication part was already posted in this thread (look
around). I can add the meat on the sceleton. Just keep in your mind
that a regular news gateway from ISP doesn't do any good. I have one
myself - but these gateways do not have NNTP login/pass authentication.
You are authenticated automatically and seemlessly by the fact of using
your ISP connection (so it goes within the global authentication you
make on Internet connect).

If you have a real account to give up: thus login/pass to connect by
NNTP protocol to another server, - then you have coffee and I do sugar
:-)
Received on Mon May 1 05:27:04 2006