Re: [Pan-users] Choosing Your Posting Server (Was: 1.0 or not?)

[Steve Davies]

On 7/25/06, Charles Kerr <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 4.  Thanks for getting the per-group posting-profile thing pre-1.0. =8^)
> > Might it be possible to make the posting server a function of the posting
> > profile? It's not a big issue for me presently as my groups are
> > server-exclusive where it counts, but several have requested a way to
> > control what server gets used for posting (posting using the wrong one
> > can be embarrassing or even dangerous, particularly for things like posts
> > to to the net-abuse groups from servers using unmunged nntp-posting-host
> > -- talk about an expressway to cracker-target!),
> >  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348667
>
> Anyway, I agree that this needs to make it into 1.0.
>
> Adding it to the posting profile makes sense, except
> for error-handling:

My 2 cents....

> (1) how should Pan handle it when the posting server
> doesn't have all the groups listed in the new post's
> Newsgroups: header?

I assume that the server will inform you of this fact when you send it
the headers. Basically I say log it and carry on :) If you get the
opportunity, then perhaps the offering a dialog box to say:

1) Cancel posting entirely
2) Continue - Send to reduced list of newsgroups
3) Let me edit the posting again please.

> (2) how should Pan handle it when the user deletes
> the news server specified as the posting server
> in the profile?

New dialog "Sorry, that server is used in...."

> Bonus points if the answers to these questions don't
> involve any complicated new GUI pieces. :)

Like I say, just my 2c. I think the above is reasonably uncomplicated
which is usually a bonus.

Steve