Edward Reid wrote:
> Even doing it manually, I always found updating the server to be far
> easier than posting manually. Paste it into an email, address it
> ("faq-server" is an alias in my address book), type UPDATE
> diabetes/faq/part1 <password>, and send. No worry about getting the
> headers right, because the static ones are already in the document and
> the FAQ server takes care of the dynamic ones. To force a posting takes
> a single FORCE diabetes/faq/part1 <password> command (that posts all
> five linked parts automatically).
With MacSOUP you don't have to type anything at all. Just select the
newsgroups you post to... everything else is set up once and for all,
headers included.
Anyway, it looks like the other maintainer is now wishing to hand over
the FAQ to me completely, so the matter of posting it may yet become
moot anyway.
> Or something like that. Long ago I set up an AppleScript to drive
> Eudora to send all five parts for me. Double-click on the script and
> I'm done. Hard to get much easier. You're welcome to the script if you
> want it (I noticed the "User-Agent: MacSOUP" in your headers).
Thank you. If I ever start using the FAQ server, I will certainly
consider your kind offer.
> As I've pointed out repeatedly here, immediate posting of changes is
> seldom warranted or worth the trouble, even though I completely
> understand the urge to get it out there right away. Get over it.
I'm not worried about it unduly. The FAQ is posted once a month, no
matter what. I do like the flexibility of manual posting and, as I
said, with MacSOUP it's no trouble at all.
> In any case, PLEASE do not ask the moderators to spend ANY time
> catering to your quirks on this matter. They have a system that works
> perfectly well in this respect, and have far more important things to
> spend their time on.
I know *I* have far more important things to spend my time on than
having to read this kind of uncalled for 'advice'. I never asked the
moderators to do anything at all - I asked a perfectly reasonable
question and expressed my gratitude for the answer I received.
Victor
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