• rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

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    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
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    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
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    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

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    Archive-name: rec-photo-moderated-intro.txt
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    Version: 1.2
    URL: http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/


    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

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    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

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    Archive-name: rec-photo-moderated-intro.txt
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    URL: http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/


    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

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    Archive-name: rec-photo-moderated-intro.txt
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    Version: 1.2
    URL: http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/


    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From FAQ Autoposter@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 16 00:20:22 2017
    Posted-By: auto-faq 3.3 (Perl 5.008)
    Archive-name: rec-photo-moderated-intro.txt
    Posting-frequency: bimonthly
    Last-modified: 2005/01/15 23:41:17
    Version: 1.2
    URL: http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/


    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

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    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

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    Archive-name: rec-photo-moderated-intro.txt
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    URL: http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/


    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

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    Archive-name: rec-photo-moderated-intro.txt
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    URL: http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/


    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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    Posted-By: auto-faq 3.3 (Perl 5.008)
    Archive-name: rec-photo-moderated-intro.txt
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    Version: 1.2
    URL: http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/


    rec.photo.moderated Posting Guidelines

    Copyright 2003-2005, Brian Edmonds
    $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

    The latest version of this document can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/rec.photo.moderated/
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"

    Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
    moderation coordinator at rpm-techmod@robomod.net.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Contents

    * Introduction
    * Charter
    + Miscellaneous Policies
    + Robomoderation
    * How To Submit a Post
    * The Mailing List
    _________________________________________________________________

    Introduction

    The rec.photo.moderated newsgroup was created on May 8, 1995. The
    group was originally moderated by Pete Bergstrom and Yasha Karant, but
    fell into disuse in late 1997.

    In April 2003 moderation of the group was passed to Brian Edmonds, who
    is running the group and a companion, gated mailing list with the
    assistance of his robomoderation software.

    Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
    at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
    group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
    bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
    to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
    site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
    correctly carried as moderated.
    _________________________________________________________________

    Charter

    Rec.photo.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup for the discussion
    of topics related to the art and science of photography and that are
    of interest to the serious amateur recreational photographer.

    Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
    interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
    reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines. Suitable
    topics include: the technical aspects of photographic equipment,
    technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct,
    photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products and
    announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
    moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
    serious amateur recreation photographers.

    Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional
    photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
    relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
    example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
    they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
    aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

    Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows,
    workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
    or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
    recreational photographers.

    Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
    address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
    interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
    disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

    Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

    The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
    when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
    postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
    postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
    should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
    the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
    amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
    because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
    moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
    CFVs are a special case.)

    Miscellaneous Policies

    The moderation software may (now or possibly in the future) enforce
    the following policies:
    * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
    text and HTML posts will be allowed. Excessive quoting and large
    sigs are strongly discouraged.
    * Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width
    (limiting your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also
    should not exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting
    that some posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
    * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
    be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
    are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
    * Crossposting is allowed to two groups other than
    rec.photo.moderated, and followups must be to a maximum of two
    groups. If the followups header is not set by the poster it will
    default to rec.photo.moderated alone. Crossposts are not allowed
    to another moderated group. Contact the moderator if you feel you
    need to bypass any of these restrictions.
    * Mail address blacklisting and whitelisting may be implemented as
    deemed necessary. In addition a number of anti-spam filters are in
    place, and will be expanded as needed.

    All posts (with a working return address) will either be returned with
    a rejection notice, or posted to the newsgroup and mailing list. One
    exception is that rejection notices for the same error are suppressed
    for a few minutes after the first one is sent to reduce the danger of
    the robomoderator being used as a mailbombing agent.

    Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
    feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
    using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
    the recommended way to ensure this.

    Robomoderation

    The robomoderation software (robomod) enforces various anti-spam and
    text formatting requirements. Note that in order to receive rejection
    notices or other information from robomod it must have a valid email
    address for you. More information on the registration process,
    including how to use munged addreses, can be found at
    * http://www.robomod.net/register.html
    * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
    the subject (without the quotes): "send file: register.txt"

    The moderators may at their discretion register addresses for
    auto-approval, or revert them to hand moderated status.
    _________________________________________________________________

    How To Submit a Post

    At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
    rec.photo.moderated and everything will be managed for you behind the
    scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
    directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
    rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net.

    Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
    the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
    dealt with.
    _________________________________________________________________

    The Mailing List

    All postings to rec.photo.moderated are also distributed to the
    mailing list rec-photo-moderated@robomod.net, which is available in
    both regular and digest format. For subscription information, send
    email to rec-photo-moderated-request@robomod.net or visit the list
    webpage at
    http://www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/rec-photo-moderated.

    Likewise, all postings to the mailing list are also distributed to the
    newsgroup, so subscribers can use whichever of the newsgroup, list, or
    digest formats is most comfortable.
    _________________________________________________________________


    Brian Edmonds
    $Date: 2005/01/15 23:41:17 $

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