Can I suggest addition to www interface of this news server ? I prefer reading
via news reader but sometimes some content I want show to my friends. I don't
want "double" electrons in the net and than I send only urls to povray news
interface. But if it is first url to news.povray.org for my friend then he is
redirected to configuration of interface. And my friend without my comment
thinks I send him url to configuration page. Could it be possible to add to
first configuration another redirection to first requested url ? I'm affraid
this problem specification is not clear :-(

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Try: http://news.povray.org

  Note that the protocol definition at the beginning of the URL is very
important (and way too overlooked nowadays). If you use 'news://' instead
of 'http://', you will end up in a completely different place.

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Warp wrote:
> 
>   Try: http://news.povray.org

That will not work. We have reasons why we want ALL visitors to visit the
introduction page on their first visit and I doubt it will be changed. Those
reasons are detailed in the text on the introduction page concerning cookies
and email protection.

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Ken Tyler

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Warp wrote in message <3b938faa@news.povray.org>...
>  Try: http://news.povray.org
>
>  Note that the protocol definition at the beginning of the URL is very
>important (and way too overlooked nowadays). If you use 'news://' instead
>of 'http://', you will end up in a completely different place.


you not understand, please read my post again.

I read via news:// (stupid Outlook underlined it) but I send to my friends
something like http://news.povray.org/povray.general/17887/ This is for example
link to html version of this thread. But if it is first visit at
http://news.povray.org/ for my friend than he is redirected to configuration
page and loses linked content. Without my comment he don't know that after
configuration he must call original link again. And without his answer I don't
know he saw wrong content. That's useless.

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Ken wrote in message <3B93999C.88B10CDC@pacbell.net>...
> We have reasons why we want ALL visitors to visit the
> introduction page on their first visit and I doubt it will be changed. Those
> reasons are detailed in the text on the introduction page concerning cookies
> and email protection.


That's ok. But if you use cookies why you can't store there original url and
back to it after introduction page ?

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Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba wrote:

> That's ok. But if you use cookies why you can't store there original url and
> back to it after introduction page ?
> 

I really don't know how difficult (or easy) that would be to do. I didn't
design the interface. It seems to me that it would be easier to simply
give your friends instructions on how it works the first time they use it
and then they will have no problems with it. I understand that it is a
minor inconvience but unless Thorsten steps in and says otherwise I doubt
that it will be changed in the near future. The team is very busy with
the beta release of 3.5 right now.

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Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba <abx### [at] abxartpl> wrote:
: you not understand

  Quite common in me... Sorry. :)

  But as Ken said, there are some protections in the news interface in order
to avoid misuse. These protections also avoid what you want to do.

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In article <3b938c0c@news.povray.org> , "Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba" 
<abx### [at] abxartpl> wrote:

> Can I suggest addition to www interface of this news server ? I prefer reading
> via news reader but sometimes some content I want show to my friends. I don't
> want "double" electrons in the net and than I send only urls to povray news
> interface. But if it is first url to news.povray.org for my friend then he is
> redirected to configuration of interface. And my friend without my comment
> thinks I send him url to configuration page. Could it be possible to add to
> first configuration another redirection to first requested url ? I'm affraid
> this problem specification is not clear :-(

I know what you mean.  It is a good idea and will eventually be added in the
near (=a few weeks or months) future as time permits.

    Thorsten

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