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The Thursday 2008-03-13 at 10:22 -0600, Kim Groneman wrote:
I understand it is possible to force requirement of a login/pass for nntp posting. That method could make moderation and spam fighting easier, no?
It is possible, but it's a manual process.
Ah :-(
The forums at http://forums.novell.com has had almost 10,000 registrations since February 11th and the cost/beneft to handle that isn't there. The Novell forums have been running with NNTP since 1994 and there is no significant problem with moderation & spam fighting. NNTP posts have a user ID and an IP address and can be handled almost as easily as a web forum post. Keep in mind we're not talking about feeding USENET here. There is no tie in from the Novell NNTP servers to USENET.
Ok. As long as you get running both the web forum and nntp interfaces simultaneously, that will be good. For instance, I won't participate on a web forum, but I might on an nntp one. If both are joined, each user will choose the one they prefer and get answers from both.
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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