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  • oxp: redirect - why?

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Martin Foster on Mon Sep 14 00:02:00 2020
    Hello Martin!

    Have you had occassion to use this feature:


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    º You can enter a stand-in address here, to which
    º messages meant for this newsgroup will be diverted.
    º This can be another newsgroup or a user address.
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    I don't quite understand WHY we would need this. At first I
    thought it was describing a kind of carbon-copy action. But
    this is an actual change of course for messages to take?

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    ../|ug

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to August Abolins on Mon Sep 14 07:48:05 2020
    Re: oxp: redirect - why?
    By: August Abolins to Martin Foster on Mon Sep 14 2020 00:02:00


    º You can enter a stand-in address here, to which
    º messages meant for this newsgroup will be diverted.
    º This can be another newsgroup or a user address.

    I don't quite understand WHY we would need this.

    think moderated newsgroups...

    At first I thought it was describing a kind of
    carbon-copy action. But this is an actual change of
    course for messages to take?

    in moderated newsgroups, all posts go directly to the moderators' email address(es) so they can approve (or not) the message... if they approve it, a specific control line is added to the message and it is then forwarded into
    the newsgroup as an approved message... messages not approved do not appear in the group at all...


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  • From Martin Foster@2:310/31.3 to August Abolins on Mon Sep 14 11:53:00 2020
    Hello August!

    *** Monday 14.09.20 at 00:02, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

    Have you had occassion to use this feature:


    [Via S)pecial, A)ccess when highlighting a message area.]

    Nope but I've just had a shuftie now and .....

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    º
    º You can enter a stand-in address here, to which
    º messages meant for this newsgroup will be diverted.
    º This can be another newsgroup or a user address.
    º

    I don't quite understand WHY we would need this.

    ..... me neither.

    At first I thought it was describing a kind of carbon-copy action.
    But this is an actual change of course for messages to take?

    Yes, it looks that way but what the implications would be is anyone's
    guess and I'm certainly not going to play about with it. You can, if you
    like though :-)))

    Regards,
    Martin

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