From ncr-sd!hp-sdd!ucsdhub!ucsd!ames!mailrus!purdue!spaf Thu Jul 28 15:42:54 PDT 1988 Original-from: Gene Spafford (spaf@cs.purdue.edu) [Most recent change: 26 July 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] A number of moderated groups exist on the net. These are groups which usually have one or more individuals (acting as editors and/or moderators) who must approve articles before they are published to the net. In general, these groups fall into one of five categories: 1) Groups with postings of an informative nature not suited to discussion and always originating from the same (very small) group of posters. Groups within this category include news.lists, news.announce.newusers, and comp.mail.maps. 2) Groups derived from regular groups with such a high volume that it is hard for the average reader to keep up. The moderated versions of these groups are an attempt to provide a lower volume and higher quality version of the same forum. Examples of this category include news.announce and comp.unix. 3) Groups derived from regular groups which have often been abused. That is, the regular groups often received postings of items which were not germane to the stated topic of the group (or sometimes even within the realm of politeness for the net). This also includes groups suffering from an annoying number of duplicate postings and innappropriate followups. Moderated groups in this category include comp.sources.unix. 4) Groups designed to serve also as direct feedback to an off-the-net group. The discussion in comp.std.mumps is an example of this. 5) Groups which are gatewayed into the Usenet from an Arpa Internet mailing list. These groups are moderated by someone on the Internet side but are shared with the Usenet population. Submissions mailed to the proper addresses, given below, will appear in both the group on Usenet, and the Internet list. This includes some groups in the "inet" distribution which are listed here for completeness: comp.ai.vision, comp.lang.clu and rec.mag.fsfnet. To post to a moderated group, write your article and mail it to the listed SUBMISSION address. The moderator will then do the actual posting of the article. The news software on the Usenet will not allow direct posting to moderated newsgroups, nor will it forward unauthorized articles to other sites. The only way to post to a moderated group is to mail it to the moderator. If you are running 2.11 news or later, your news software will automatically mail your article to the moderator if you attempt to post it. Thus, posting to a moderated newsgroup should appear the same as posting to any other group (except you don't see the posting right away). Depending on the newsgroup involved, if the moderator feels that your article is inappropriate for the group, s/he will return the article to you with a suggestion for other newsgroups in which to post it, and/or an explanation of why it is not appropriate for the moderated group. You may still post such articles to the regular groups as you currently do, if such groups exist. If you have questions or complaints about the way a moderated group is run, contact the moderator by mail. Alternatively, you can send mail to the mailing list "moderators@att.att.COM" and it will be rebroadcast to all of the current Usenet-only newsgroup moderators. Below is a list of the current moderated groups and the moderators of those groups. Included in that list are the addresses to use if you have questions of comments about the groups. After that is given a list of addresses for submissions of articles to those groups. If your site is running 2.10.2 or 2.10.3 news, these addresses can be used to build the "moderators" file so that "postnews" can automatically mail an article to the correct moderator. If your system is running 2.11 news, posting to moderated newsgroups is done by mailing your submission to well-defined aliases at a nearby well-connected site. The mail path to that site should be in your news library, in the file "mailpaths" -- there is no need to update a moderators file. Information on how to construct the paths in the "mailpaths" file are posted monthly in a companion article. If you are NOT running 2.11 news, you are *STRONGLY* advised to upgrade to it so as to take advantage of this feature, as well as the numerous bug fixes and other enhancements. The addresses below are given in Internet/domain form. If a site has an Internet address, that is given in the list, otherwise a UUCP pseudo-domain address is given. If you are a UUCP-only site, you can mail to an ARPA (EDU, GOV, etc.)-only site by mailing through the gateways using a uucp-style path, e.g.: ...!{clyde,decuac,mcnc,ucsd,uw-beaver,watmath}!site.arpa!address Gene Spafford 26 July 1988 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Group Moderator or Coordinator Requests, Comments, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------ comp.ai.digest Kenneth Laws ailist-request@stripe.sri.com comp.ai.nlang-know-rep Brad Miller nl-kr-request@cs.rochester.edu comp.ai.vision Tod Levitt vision-list-request@ads.com comp.binaries.amiga Matt Bradburn, Brent Woods, & Pat White amiga-binaries-request@j.cc.purdue.edu comp.binaries.atari.st Steven Grimm atari-binaries@ssyx.ucsc.edu comp.binaries.hypercard Jan L. 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Neumann risks-request@csl.sri.com comp.simulation Paul A. Fishwick simulation-request@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu comp.society Dave Taylor comp-soc-request@hplabs.hp.com comp.society.women Trish Roberts comp-women-request@cs.purdue.edu comp.sources.amiga Matt Bradburn, Brent Woods, & Pat White amiga-sources-request@j.cc.purdue.edu comp.sources.atari.st Steven Grimm atari-sources@ssyx.ucsc.edu comp.sources.games Bill Randle games-request@saab.cna.tek.com comp.sources.mac Roger Long macintosh-request@felix.uucp comp.sources.misc Brandon S. Allbery sources-misc-request@ncoast.uucp comp.sources.unix Rich Salz rsalz@uunet.uu.net comp.std.mumps Hokey std-mumps-request@plus5.com comp.std.unix John S. 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"*Hobbit*" Walker security-request@rutgers.edu news.announce.conferences Dennis Page denny@mcmi.uucp news.announce.important Mark Horton announce@stargate.com news.announce.newusers Gene Spafford spaf@purdue.edu news.lists Rick Adams, Brian Reid & Gene Spafford news-lists-request@cs.purdue.edu rec.arts.movies.reviews Evelyn C. Leeper movies-request@mtgzy.att.com rec.guns James Anderson james.anderson@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu rec.humor.funny Brad Templeton funny-request@looking.uucp rec.mag.fsfnet David Liscomb csdave@maine.bitnet rec.mag.otherrealms Chuq Von Rospach fanzine@plaid.sun.com rec.music.gaffa Doug Alan love-hounds-request@eddie.mit.edu sci.med.aids Dan Greening aids-request@cs.ucla.edu sci.nanotech J. 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