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- 33. How do I post to a moderated newsgroup?
-
- Usenet messages consist of message headers and message bodies. The message
- header tells the news software how to process the message. Headers can be
- divided into two types, required and optional. Required headers are ones
- like "From" and "Newsgroups." Without the required headers, your message
- will not be posted properly.
- One of the optional headers is the "Approved" header. To post to a
- moderated newsgroup, simply add an Approved header line to your message
- header. The header line should contain the newsgroup moderators e-mail
- address. To see the correct format for your target newsgroup, save a
- message from the newsgroup and then look at it using any text editor.
- A "Approved" header line should look like this:
- Approved: will@gnu.ai.mit.edu
- There cannot not be a blank line in the message header. A blank line will
- cause any portion of the header after the blank line to be interpreted as
- part of the message body.
- For more information, read RFC 1036: Standard for Interchange of USENET
- messages.
-