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- From sparkyfs!hercules!apple!agate!shelby!snorkelwacker!bu.edu!purdue!spaf Fri Oct 5 08:40:07 PDT 1990
-
- Original-from: Gene Spafford (spaf@cs.purdue.edu)
- [Most recent change: 3 Oct 1990 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
- inappropriate 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 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@purdue.edu" 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 you are a
- UUCP-only site, you can mail to an Internet (EDU, GOV, etc.)-only site
- by mailing through the gateways using a uucp-style path, e.g.:
- ...!{mcnc,rutgers,ucsd,uunet,uw-beaver,watmath}!site.domain!address
-
- Gene Spafford
- 4 October 1990
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- Group
- Moderator or Coordinator Requests, Comments, etc.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
- Christopher Welty nl-kr-request@cs.rpi.edu
- comp.ai.shells
- Bernd Bachmann shellreq@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de
- comp.ai.vision
- Tod Levitt vision-list-request@ads.com
- comp.archives
- Edward Vielmetti archives@math.lsa.umich.edu
- comp.binaries.amiga
- Tad Guy amiga-request@uunet.uu.net
- comp.binaries.atari.st
- Steven Grimm atari-binaries@panarthea.ebay.sun.com
- comp.binaries.ibm.pc
- Bill Davidsen ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com
- comp.binaries.mac
- Roger Long macintosh-request%felix.uucp@uunet.uu.net
- comp.binaries.os2
- Tom Haapanen os2bin-request@mims-iris.waterloo.edu
- comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
- Keith Bostic ucb-fixes-request@okeeffe.berkeley.edu
- comp.compilers
- John Levine compilers-request@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us
- comp.dcom.telecom
- Patrick Townson telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
- comp.doc
- Brian Kantor comp-doc@ucsd.edu
- comp.doc.techreports
- Lawrence Leff trlist-request@smu.edu
- comp.graphics.digest
- Andy Cromarty info-graphics-request@ads.com
- comp.lang.clu
- Matti Jokinen clu-sw-request@cs.utu.fi
- comp.lang.sigplan
- Stu Feldman sigplan-request@bellcore.com
- comp.laser-printers
- Richard Furuta furuta@cs.umd.edu
- comp.mail.maps
- Mel Pleasant uucpmap@rutgers.edu
- comp.newprod
- Ron Heiby newprod-request@chg.mcd.mot.com
- comp.org.fidonet
- Tim Pozar pozar@hop.toad.com
- comp.os.research
- Darrell Long darrell@jupiter.ucsc.edu
- comp.parallel
- Dennis Stevenson hypercube-request@hubcap.clemson.edu
- comp.protocols.kermit
- Frank da Cruz info-kermit-request@cu20b.columbia.edu
- comp.risks
- Peter G. Neumann risks-request@csl.sri.com
- comp.simulation
- Paul A. Fishwick simulation-request@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu
- comp.society
- Dave Taylor taylor@limbo.intuitive.com
- comp.society.women
- Trish Roberts comp-women-request@cs.purdue.edu
- comp.sources.amiga
- Tad Guy amiga-request@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sources.apple2
- Jonathan Chandross jac@paul.rutgers.edu
- comp.sources.atari.st
- Steven Grimm atari-sources@panarthea.ebay.sun.com
- comp.sources.games
- Bill Randle games-request@saab.cna.tek.com
- comp.sources.mac
- Roger Long macintosh-request%felix.uucp@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sources.misc
- Brandon S. Allbery sources-misc-request@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sources.sun
- Charles McGrew mcgrew@aramis.rutgers.edu
- comp.sources.unix
- Rich Salz rsalz@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sources.x
- Dan Heller argv@sun.com
- comp.std.mumps
- Hokey std-mumps-request@plus5.com
- comp.std.unix
- John S. Quarterman std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest
- Gregory Hicks info-ibmpc-request@simtel20.army.mil
- comp.sys.m68k.pc
- Mike Meyer info-68k-request@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- comp.sys.mac.announce
- Werner Uhrig werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu
- comp.sys.mac.digest
- Lance Nakata, Jon Pugh,
- & Dwayne Virnau info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
- comp.sys.concurrent
- Stan Barber concurrent-request@soma.bcm.tmc.edu
- comp.sys.sun
- Robert D. Greene sun-spots-request@rice.edu
- comp.sys.workstations
- Dave Steiner works-request@rutgers.edu
- comp.theory.info-retrieval
- Edward A. Fox fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu
- comp.unix
- D. Tynan comp-unix-req@zorba.tynan.com
- comp.virus
- Kenneth van Wyk krvw@cert.sei.cmu.edu
- misc.handicap
- Bill McGarry wtm%bunker.uucp@uunet.uu.net
- misc.security
- A. "*Hobbit*" Walker security-request@rutgers.edu
- news.announce.conferences
- Dennis Page denny@tekbspa.tss.com
- news.announce.important
- Mark Horton announce@stargate.com
- news.announce.newgroups
- Eliot Lear lear@turbo.bio.net
- news.announce.newusers
- Gene Spafford spaf@purdue.edu
- news.lists
- Rick Adams, Brian Reid &
- Gene Spafford news-lists-request@cs.purdue.edu
- news.lists.ps-maps
- Brian Reid reid@decwrl.dec.com
- rec.arts.cinema
- Manavendra Thakur thakur@zerkalo.harvard.edu
- rec.arts.erotica
- Evan Leibovitch erotica@telly.on.ca
- rec.arts.movies.reviews
- Evelyn C. Leeper movies-request@mtgzy.att.com
- rec.arts.startrek.info
- Jim Griffith trek-info-request@dweeb.fx.com
- rec.audio.high-end
- Thomas Krueger info-high-audio-request@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
- rec.food.recipes
- Andrew Mossberg aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu
- rec.guns
- Sean Sheedy rec-guns-request@morpheus.wv.tek.com
- rec.humor.funny
- Brad Templeton funny-request@looking.on.ca
- rec.mag.fsfnet
- John White white@duvm.bitnet
- rec.mag.otherrealms
- Chuq von Rospach chuq@apple.com
- rec.music.gaffa
- Doug Alan love-hounds-request@eddie.mit.edu
- sci.med.aids
- Dan Greening aids-request@cs.ucla.edu
- sci.military
- Bill Thacker military-request@att.att.com
- sci.nanotech
- J. Storrs Hall (JoSH) josh@aramis.rutgers.edu
- sci.psychology.digest
- Stevan Harnad psyc-request@phoenix.princeton.edu
- sci.virtual-worlds
- Steve Aukstakalnis virtual-worlds-request@milton.u.washington.edu
- soc.feminism
- Jean Marie Diaz,
- Miriam Nadel, &
- Cindy Tittle feminism-request@ncar.ucar.edu
- soc.human-nets
- Charles McGrew human-nets-request@rutgers.edu
- soc.politics
- Charles McGrew poli-sci-request@rutgers.edu
- soc.politics.arms-d
- Herb Lin arms-d-request@xx.lcs.mit.edu
- soc.religion.christian
- Charles Hedrick christian-request@aramis.rutgers.edu
- soc.religion.eastern
- Dinesh Prabhu prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov
- soc.religion.islam
- Naim Abdullah, religion-islam-request@ncar.ucar.edu
- Behnam Sadeghi, &
- Shari VanderSpek
- alt.gourmand
- Brian Reid recipes-request@decwrl.dec.com
- gnu.*
- Leonard H. Tower Jr. info-gnu-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
- vmsnet.announce
- Terry Poot tp@mccall.com
- vmsnet.announce.newusers
- Terry Poot tp@mccall.com
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- Group Submissions
- :-----------------------------------------------------------------
- comp.ai.nlang-know-rep nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
- comp.ai.shells shell@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de
- comp.ai.vision vision-list@ads.com
- comp.archives archives@math.lsa.umich.edu
- comp.binaries.amiga amiga@uunet.uu.net
- comp.binaries.atari.st atari-binaries@panarthea.ebay.sun.com
- comp.binaries.ibm.pc ibmbin@crdgw1.crd.ge.com
- comp.binaries.mac macintosh%felix.uucp@uunet.uu.net
- comp.binaries.os2 os2bin@mims-iris.waterloo.edu
- comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes ucb-fixes@okeeffe.berkeley.edu
- comp.compilers compilers@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us
- comp.dcom.telecom telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- comp.doc comp-doc@ucsd.edu
- comp.doc.techreports trlist@smu.edu
- comp.graphics.digest info-graphics@ads.com
- comp.lang.clu clu-sw@cs.utu.fi
- comp.lang.sigplan sigplan@bellcore.com
- comp.laser-printers laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu
- comp.mail.maps uucpmap@rutgers.edu
- comp.newprod newprod@chg.mcd.mot.com
- comp.org.fidonet pozar@hop.toad.com
- comp.os.research darrell@jupiter.ucsc.edu
- comp.parallel hypercube@hubcap.clemson.edu
- comp.protocols.kermit info-kermit@cu20b.columbia.edu
- comp.risks risks@csl.sri.com
- comp.simulation simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu
- comp.society taylor@limbo.intuitive.com
- comp.sources.amiga amiga@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sources.apple2 jac@paul.rutgers.edu
- comp.sources.atari.st atari-sources@panarthea.ebay.sun.com
- comp.sources.games games@saab.cna.tek.com
- comp.sources.mac macintosh%felix.uucp@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sources.misc sources-misc@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sources.sun sun-sources@topaz.rutgers.edu
- comp.sources.unix rsalz@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sources.x argv@sun.com
- comp.std.mumps std-mumps@plus5.com
- comp.std.unix std-unix@uunet.uu.net
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest info-ibmpc@simtel20.army.mil
- comp.sys.m68k.pc info-68k@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- comp.sys.mac.announce csma@rascal.ics.utexas.edu
- comp.sys.mac.digest info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
- comp.sys.concurrent concurrent@soma.bcm.tmc.edu
- comp.sys.sun sun-spots@rice.edu
- comp.sys.workstations works@rutgers.edu
- comp.theory.info-retrieval fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu
- comp.unix comp-unix@zorba.tynan.com
- comp.virus krvw@cert.sei.cmu.edu
- comp.society.women comp-women@cs.purdue.edu
- misc.handicap handicap%bunker.uucp@uunet.uu.net
- misc.security security@rutgers.edu
- news.announce.conferences nac@tekbspa.tss.com
- news.announce.important announce@stargate.com
- news.announce.newgroups announce-newgroups@ncar.ucar.edu
- news.announce.newusers spaf@cs.purdue.edu
- news.lists news-lists-request@cs.purdue.edu
- news.lists.ps-maps reid@decwrl.dec.com
- rec.arts.cinema cinema@zerkalo.harvard.edu
- rec.arts.erotica erotica@telly.on.ca
- rec.arts.movies.reviews movies@mtgzy.att.com
- rec.arts.startrek.info trek-info@dweeb.fx.com
- rec.audio.high-end info-high-audio@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
- rec.food.recipes recipes@mthvax.cs.miami.edu
- rec.guns rec-guns@morpheus.wv.tek.com
- rec.humor.funny funny@looking.on.ca
- rec.mag.fsfnet white@duvm.bitnet
- rec.mag.otherrealms chuq@apple.com
- rec.music.gaffa gaffa-post@eddie.mit.edu
- sci.med.aids aids@cs.ucla.edu
- sci.military military@att.att.com
- sci.nanotech nanotech@aramis.rutgers.edu
- sci.psychology.digest psyc@phoenix.princeton.edu
- sci.virtual-worlds virtual-worlds@milton.u.washington.edu
- soc.feminism feminism@ncar.ucar.edu
- soc.human-nets human-nets@red.rutgers.edu
- soc.politics poli-sci@rutgers.edu
- soc.politics.arms-d arms-d@xx.lcs.mit.edu
- soc.religion.christian christian@aramis.rutgers.edu
- soc.religion.eastern prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov
- soc.religion.islam religion-islam@ncar.ucar.edu
- gnu.announce info-gnu-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.bash.bug bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.emacs.announce info-gnu-emacs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.emacs.bug bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.g++.announce info-g++-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.g++.bug bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.g++.lib.bug bug-lib-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.gcc.announce info-gcc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.gcc.bug bug-gcc@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.gdb.bug bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.ghostscript.bug bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.groff.bug bug-groff@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.smalltalk.bug bug-gnu-smalltalk@prep.ai.mit.edu
- gnu.utils.bug bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
- alt.gourmand recipes@decwrl.dec.com
- alt.society.cu-digest cud@chinacat.unicom.com
- bionet.molbio.genbank.updates lear@genbank.bio.net
- vmsnet.announce vmsnet-announce@mccall.com
- vmsnet.announce.newusers vmsnet-announce-newusers@mccall.com
- ddn.mgt-bulletin nic@nic.ddn.mil
- ddn.newsletter nic@nic.ddn.mil
- comp.org.eff.news comp-org-eff-news@well.sf.ca.us
- comp.protocols.iso.x400 mhsnews-usenet@ics.uci.edu
- comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway ifip-gtwy-usenet@ics.uci.edu
- comp.security.announce cert@cert.sei.cmu.edu
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- --
- Gene Spafford
- NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
- Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
- Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
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