Moderated Newsgroup Mechanics

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2 total messages Started by Jeremy Butler Wed, 27 Apr 1994 17:02

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Author: Jeremy Butler
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 17:02

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I'm still in the process of deciding whether to bring SCREEN-L to b.l.screen-l.

One option I'm considering is creating b.l.screen-l as a *moderated* newsgroup 
even though SCREEN-L is an *un*moderated LISTSERV.

Here's my question re the mechanics of moderating:

If someone is a newsgroup's moderator he/she receives articles for the 
newsgroup through e-mail, correct?  Does he/she then *e-mail* the postings to 
the newsgroup or does he/she have to connect with Usenet and *post* the 
articles through that (awkward, for me) process?

Thanks for the clarification.

--Jeremy Butler
jbutler@bamanet.ua.edu

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 Jeremy Butler                              jbutler@bamanet.ua.edu
 Associate Professor                          jbutler@UA1VM.ua.edu
 Telecommunication & Film Dept  *  Univ. of Alabama  *  Tuscaloosa
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Re: Moderated Newsgroup Mechanics

#1326

Author: Jim McIntosh
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 18:12

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In article <jbutler.21.000C09F3@bamanet.ua.edu>, jbutler@bamanet.ua.edu (Jeremy Butler) says:
>If someone is a newsgroup's moderator he/she receives articles for the 
>newsgroup through e-mail, correct?  Does he/she then *e-mail* the postings to 
>the newsgroup or does he/she have to connect with Usenet and *post* the 
>articles through that (awkward, for me) process?

The moderator would have to post the article (with the necessary
approved header) back to the newsgroup. In your case, though, the
same effect could be accomplished by mailing the post (with you as
Sender and the original writer as From) to the mailing list. It
would be distributed to the subscribers -- which includes the gateway.
The gateway would then put the article in the newsgroup with the
appropriate headers.

Jim McIntosh (jim@american.edu)
The American University
Washington, DC USA 20016-8019

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