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
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Group
Moderator or Coordinator Requests, Comments, etc.
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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. Harrington sysop@stech.uucp
comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Rahul Dhesi ibmpc-binaries-request@bsu-cs.uucp
comp.binaries.mac
Roger Long macintosh-request@felix.uucp
comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
Keith Bostic ucb-fixes-request@okeeffe.berkeley.edu
comp.compilers
John Levine compilers-request@ima.isc.com
comp.dcom.telecom
Jon Solomon telecom-request@xx.lcs.mit.edu
comp.doc
Brian Kantor comp-doc@ucsd.edu
comp.doc.techreports
Lawrence Leff trlist-request@cs.smu.edu
comp.graphics.digest
Andy Cromarty info-graphics-request@ads.com
comp.lang.clu
Matti Jokinen clu-sw-request@cs.utu.fi
comp.laser-printers
Richard Furuta laser-lovers-request@brillig.umd.edu
comp.mail.maps
Mel Pleasant uucpmap@rutgers.edu
comp.newprod
Ron Heiby newprod@mcdchg.uucp
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 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. Quarterman std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net
comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest
Gregory Hicks info-ibmpc-request@walker-emh.arpa
comp.sys.m68k.pc
Mike Meyer info-68k-request@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
comp.sys.mac.digest
Lance Nakata, Jon Pugh,
& Dwayne Virnau info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
comp.sys.masscomp
Stan Barber masscomp-request@soma.neuro.bcm.tmc.edu
comp.sys.sun
William LeFebvre sun-spots-request@rice.edu
comp.sys.workstations
Dave Steiner works-request@rutgers.edu
comp.text.desktop
Chuq von Rospach desktop-request@plaid.sun.com
comp.theory.info-retrieval
Edward A. Fox fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu
comp.unix
Ron Heiby modunix@mcdchg.uucp
comp.unix.ultrix
Art Zemon info-ultrix-request@felix.uucp
misc.handicap
Bill McGarry wtm@bunker.uucp
misc.psi
Erich Rickheit mod-psi-request@ulowell.edu
misc.security
A. "*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. Storrs Hall (JoSH) josh@aramis.rutgers.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
alt.gourmand
Brian Reid recipes-request@decwrl.dec.com
gnu.announce
Leonard H. Tower Jr. info-gnu-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
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Group Submissions
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comp.ai.digest ailist@stripe.sri.com
comp.ai.nlang-know-rep nl-kr@cs.rochester.edu
comp.ai.vision vision-list@ads.com
comp.binaries.amiga amiga-binaries-request@j.cc.purdue.edu
comp.binaries.atari.st atari-binaries@ssyx.ucsc.edu
comp.binaries.hypercard hypercard@stech.uucp
comp.binaries.ibm.pc ibmpc-binaries@bsu-cs.uucp
comp.binaries.mac macintosh@felix.uucp
comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes ucb-fixes@okeeffe.berkeley.edu
comp.compilers compilers@ima.isc.com
comp.dcom.telecom telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu
comp.doc comp-doc@ucsd.edu
comp.doc.techreports trlist@cs.smu.edu
comp.graphics.digest info-graphics@ads.com
comp.lang.clu clu-sw@cs.utu.fi
comp.laser-printers laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu
comp.mail.maps uucpmap@rutgers.edu
comp.newprod newprod@mcdchg.uucp
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 comp-soc@hplabs.hp.com
comp.sources.amiga amiga-sources-request@j.cc.purdue.edu
comp.sources.atari.st atari-sources@ssyx.ucsc.edu
comp.sources.games games@saab.cna.tek.com
comp.sources.mac macintosh@felix.uucp
comp.sources.misc sources-misc@ncoast.uucp
comp.sources.unix rsalz@uunet.uu.net
comp.std.mumps std-mumps@plus5.com
comp.std.unix std-unix@uunet.uu.net
comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest info-ibmpc@walker-emh.arpa
comp.sys.m68k.pc info-68k@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
comp.sys.mac.digest info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
comp.sys.masscomp masscomp@soma.neuro.bcm.tmc.edu
comp.sys.sun sun-spots@rice.edu
comp.sys.workstations works@rutgers.edu
comp.text.desktop desktop@plaid.sun.com
comp.theory.info-retrieval fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu
comp.unix modunix@mcdchg.uucp
comp.unix.ultrix info-ultrix@felix.uucp
comp.society.women comp-women@cs.purdue.edu
misc.handicap handicap@bunker.uucp
misc.psi mod-psi@ulowell.edu
misc.security security@rutgers.edu
news.announce.conferences news-announce-conferences@mcmi.uucp
news.announce.important announce@stargate.com
news.announce.newusers spaf@cs.purdue.edu
news.lists news-lists-request@cs.purdue.edu
rec.arts.movies.reviews movies@mtgzy.att.com
rec.guns guns@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu
rec.humor.funny funny@looking.uucp
rec.mag.fsfnet csdave@maine.bitnet
rec.mag.otherrealms fanzine@plaid.sun.com
rec.music.gaffa gaffa-post@eddie.mit.edu
sci.med.aids aids@cs.ucla.edu
sci.nanotech nanotech@aramis.rutgers.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
gnu.announce info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
alt.gourmand recipes@decwrl.dec.com
ddn.mgt-bulletin nic@sri-nic.arpa
comp.protocols.iso.x400 post-x400@tis.llnl.gov
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway post-x400-gateway@tis.llnl.gov
--
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