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  • Re: Few Newbie Qs about Usenet Newsgroups !

    From Jason Evans@21:1/5 to Linux Booter on Tue May 17 18:08:45 2022
    XPost: alt.culture.usenet

    Linux Booter wrote:

    Hello !

    I have a few questions regarding newsgroups.

    Hi LB,

    I don't know if anyone will see this, but I'm crossposting this reply to alt.fan.usenet which is a much more active newsgroup and might help other people in also.


    -How does one become a moderator of a usenet newsgroup?

    I can't speak for every hierarchy, but I do work on the Big-8 Management
    board. Basically, if a moderated Big-8 newsgroup has been abandoned, we can research who was the last moderator. If they don't want to moderate anymore, then it can go to someone else.

    Here's a simplified breakdown of how moderation works:

    A user submits an article to a moderated newsgroup.
    The news server that the user uses sends an email to the moderator.

    The moderator sends the approved article to a news server with an "approved" header. Many times, the user will also sign the message with a PGP/GPG key.

    The news server that the moderator uses accepts the article and it then goes online.

    If the moderator denies the article, they may reply to the user with a
    reason or they can simply delete it.


    -How to find if any newsgroup has a moderator or the newsgroup is not moderated ?

    Here's a list of active newsgroups. The name and/or description usually says what is moderated or not.


    - How to find out who is the moderator of a newsgroup


    That's more difficult. I don't know if that list is publicly available
    because it contains peoples' email addresses. If you want to know about a specific group, I can look it up.


    ( I know posting these questions on a newsgroup is the obvious solution,
    but please lets consider that the newsgroup has infrequent activity and
    no one replies, then can obtain the above information from external
    sources? Does usenet servers have websites etc to get the above
    information..


    I tried to google it but could not find the answer.

    Our website, https://www.big-8.org, is a good resource for research and
    you'll find a lot on wikipedia also.


    thanks.

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Jason Evans on Sun Jul 31 23:39:40 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 17/05/2022 19:08, Jason Evans wrote:
    Linux Booter wrote:

    Hello !

    I have a few questions regarding newsgroups.

    Hi LB,

    I don't know if anyone will see this, but I'm crossposting this reply to alt.fan.usenet which is a much more active newsgroup and might help other people in also.


    -How does one become a moderator of a usenet newsgroup?

    I can't speak for every hierarchy, but I do work on the Big-8 Management board. Basically, if a moderated Big-8 newsgroup has been abandoned, we can research who was the last moderator. If they don't want to moderate anymore, then it can go to someone else.

    Here's a simplified breakdown of how moderation works:

    A user submits an article to a moderated newsgroup.
    The news server that the user uses sends an email to the moderator.

    The moderator sends the approved article to a news server with an "approved" header. Many times, the user will also sign the message with a PGP/GPG key.

    The news server that the moderator uses accepts the article and it then goes online.

    If the moderator denies the article, they may reply to the user with a
    reason or they can simply delete it.


    -How to find if any newsgroup has a moderator or the newsgroup is not
    moderated ?

    Here's a list of active newsgroups. The name and/or description usually says what is moderated or not.


    - How to find out who is the moderator of a newsgroup


    That's more difficult. I don't know if that list is publicly available because it contains peoples' email addresses. If you want to know about a specific group, I can look it up.


    ( I know posting these questions on a newsgroup is the obvious solution,
    but please lets consider that the newsgroup has infrequent activity and
    no one replies, then can obtain the above information from external
    sources? Does usenet servers have websites etc to get the above
    information..


    I tried to google it but could not find the answer.

    Our website, https://www.big-8.org, is a good resource for research and you'll find a lot on wikipedia also.


    Hello Jason

    Just a note to let you know that your words were not wasted! :-D

    Kind regards,

    David B.

    (Follow-up set to ACW)

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