From:
Dan Randow
Date:
2007 Jan 29 23:21 UTC
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John,
In "About the Public Discussion group"
http://demosite.onlinegroups.net/r/post/600015
you wrote:
> I noticed a mistake just as I posted. No
> editing facility.
>
> "Sometimes what I expect
> and what I'm getting don't quite match,"
If I understand you correctly, yes there is no way of editing a post
once you've posted it. This is a feature, not a bug. One of our key
goals is to work equally well via email and the Web. Once you have made
a post, many group members are likely to have received it via email. If
the archive of that post on the Web is then changed, the integrity of
the archive is compromised. You can, of course edit your post, and
re-post it, in which case the group members is notified of the change.
From:
John Veitch
Date:
2007 Jan 29 23:54 UTC
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Hello Dan
I respect the effort to keep the integrity of the postings.
Personally I just need to READ my POSTS ALOUD to myself before sending
them and after I've used the spell checker.
Discipline is all that's required.
John
Dan Randow wrote:
> John,
>
> In "About the Public Discussion group"
>
> http://demosite.onlinegroups.net/r/post/600015
>
> you wrote:
>
> > I noticed a mistake just as I posted. No
> > editing facility.
> >
> > "Sometimes what I expect
> > and what I'm getting don't quite match,"
>
> If I understand you correctly, yes there is no way of editing a post
> once you've posted it. This is a feature, not a bug. One of our key
> goals is to work equally well via email and the Web. Once you have
> made a post, many group members are likely to have received it via
> email. If the archive of that post on the Web is then changed, the
> integrity of the archive is compromised. You can, of course edit your
> post, and re-post it, in which case the group members is notified of
> the change.
>
> Dan
>
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