A comment on the merge

[G of Borg]

I think the merge is great, but I don't like
the fact that my account in the web interface
shows as 'Guest'. I was one of the first users
of the SuSE forums under Novell and I'm reduced
to status of 'Guest'...I feel special.

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[deltaflyer44]

i *believe* this is a by-product of using nntp to view/post in the forum ( i may be wrong )

Andy

[69_rs_ss]

Check out this FAQ, especially the NNTP user ID portion. It will show you what you need in order for your posts not to show up as guest.

[Chris Cox]

On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 15:21 +0000, G of Borg wrote:
> I think the merge is great, but I don't like
> the fact that my account in the web interface
> shows as 'Guest'. I was one of the first users
> of the SuSE forums under Novell and I'm reduced
> to status of 'Guest'...I feel special.
>

All of us who post via nntp are Guest.... the
price we pay for posting as the good Lord intended.

[G of Borg]

> All of us who post via nntp are Guest.... the
> price we pay for posting as the good Lord intended.

Well basically you have to register your online alias
with Novell so that your newsreader account matches what
is in v-bulletin which Sounds like is hooked in with Novell's
directory. Since I already have a Novell account,
but I don't want to use that ID for posting sounds like,
as I read it, I'd have to register a new account so I don't
appear as guest.

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[Chris Cox]

On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 16:00 +0000, G of Borg wrote:
> > All of us who post via nntp are Guest.... the
> > price we pay for posting as the good Lord intended.
>
> Well basically you have to register your online alias
> with Novell so that your newsreader account matches what
> is in v-bulletin which Sounds like is hooked in with Novell's
> directory. Since I already have a Novell account,
> but I don't want to use that ID for posting sounds like,
> as I read it, I'd have to register a new account so I don't
> appear as guest.
>

nntp addy's are harvetable of course... so most of us
post with a shrouded id.

[GofBorg]

> nntp addy's are harvetable of course... so most of us
> post with a shrouded id.

Yes. So register your shrouded ID and it should work...
This is what I am trying, but although the post appears to me
in NNTP, I can't see it at all in the web interface. Do you
see my Test thread?

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[GofBorg]

>> nntp addy's are harvetable of course... so most of us
>> post with a shrouded id.
>
> Yes. So register your shrouded ID and it should work...
> This is what I am trying, but although the post appears to me
> in NNTP, I can't see it at all in the web interface. Do you
> see my Test thread?
>
Ah. It just appeared. I notice the timestamps are whacked?
Says it's 4:12 pm. Must be GMT.

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[GofBorg]

FWIW, You can set your timezone in the Account options
of the web interface.

[GofBorg]

Looks like that is the workaround. Create a new account at forums.opensuse.org with your current alias you've been using on the
former Novell forum. Seems to be working for me anyway.