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5 Aug 2024 20:18:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Web News Interface Posting Beta Test  
From: JRG
Date: 28 Jul 2002 10:43:03
Message: <web.3d44027b3cdabc8d6fae38ee0@news.povray.org>
Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
>Hello,
>
>The web news interface posting is now available for registered users of
>povray.org (see <http://www.povray.org/community/login/>) that have at least
>specified either a pseudonym or a public email address (which will appear in
>the "From:" line of the post).  Note that there will always be a slight
>delay between posting via the web interface and the post appearing on the
>news server.
>
>Right now posting of attachments is not supported by design.  It may be made
>available later if the plain message posting does not cause any problems.
>Further, canceling messages is not yet supported via the web interface.  We
>plan to make that facility available in the future as our time permits.
>Another limitation is that the web view does not support cross-posting at
>this time.
>
>As far as the supported character set is concerned, the form should only
>allow ISO-8859-1 characters in the text input fields but I do not know if
>all browsers really enforce this.  In any case, while ISO-8859-1 characters
>are supported, it is still strongly recommended to only use the common
>subset all people will be able to view - that implies ASCII characters -
>just like when using a regular news reader!
>
>    Thorsten
>
>____________________________________________________
>Thorsten Froehlich
>e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg
>
>I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.
>Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org
>

It works.

--
Jonathan


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