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NetNews Moderator's Handbook
Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction

  • 2. What does 'moderated' mean ?

  • 3. Why do Usenet moderated newsgroups exist

  • 4. Role of a moderator

  • 5. How the moderation process works technically
  • 5.1. Mailpath usage
  • 5.2. Standard News Header Usage
  • 5.2.1. Approved: Line
  • 5.2.2. Date: Line
  • 5.2.3. Distribution: Line
  • 5.2.4. Expires: Line
  • 5.2.5. Followup-To: Line
  • 5.2.6. From: Line
  • 5.2.7. Keywords: Line
  • 5.2.8. Newsgroups: Line
  • 5.2.9. Path: Line
  • 5.2.10. References: Line
  • 5.2.11. Reply-To: Line
  • 5.2.12. Subject: Line
  • 5.2.13. Other Informational headers
  • 5.3. Other headers that should be removed before posting
  • 5.4. Signatures
  • 5.5. Creating newsgroup specific headers
  • 5.6. Receiving submissions
  • 5.6.1. Articles posted to a moderated group
  • 5.6.2. Emailed submissions
  • 5.7. Adding moderator comments
  • 5.8. Submitting articles
  • 5.9. Canceling articles
  • 5.10. Where to find other documentation on moderation

  • 6. What are the different types of moderated groups ?
  • 6.1. Announce groups
  • 6.2. Binary groups
  • 6.3. Digests
  • 6.4. Discussion groups
  • 6.5. Source groups

  • 7. Setting up a new moderated group
  • 7.1. Submission aliases
  • 7.2. Email submission servers

  • 8. Choosing a moderation policy
  • 8.1. Article rejections
  • 8.2. Copyrights
  • 8.3. Dealing with forged Approved: headers
  • 8.4. Commercial postings
  • 8.5. Dealing with cross-posted articles

  • 9. Backup moderators

  • 10. Multiple or Team Moderation
  • 10.1. Team moderator mailing lists
  • 10.2. Facilitators
  • 10.3. Rejection Notices
  • 10.4. Multiple moderator conflict resolution

  • 11. Handling temporary moderator absences

  • 12. Gatewaying newsgroups to mailing lists
  • 12.1. Newsgate
  • 12.2. Listserv

  • 13. Creating Periodic Informational Postings
  • 13.1. Copyright
  • 13.2. Frequency of distribution and news.answers

  • 14. Archiving postings to the group
  • 14.1. FTP Archives
  • 14.2. Email Archives
  • 14.3. Archives of selected articles

  • 15. Tools for moderators

  • 16. News transport gotcha's
  • 16.1. Line lengths
  • 16.2. Old C News blanks-in-ng bug
  • 16.3. B News non-local unapproved articles bug
  • 16.4. Article size concerns
  • 16.5. Amount of messages posted daily
  • 16.6. Cross-posting to other moderated groups
  • 16.7. Extra headers on directly posted articles
  • 16.8. Multiple copies of the same submission received
  • 16.9. B News static Newsgroup: header limit

  • 17. How to deal with your readership
  • 17.1. Personality of your group
  • 17.2. Deciding a course of action
  • 17.3. Commonly perceived problems with moderation
  • 17.4. Vocal minority
  • 17.5. Anonymous postings

  • 18. Answers to general questions
  • 18.1. How big is my group's readership ?
  • 18.2. What mechanisms guard the group from unauthorized "Approved:" headers?
  • 18.3. Have any moderators gotten paid for what they do ?
  • 18.4. Why are readers complaining of lost articles ?
  • 18.5. Readers complain of articles being deleted after a day

  • 19. Passing the torch

  • 20. Acknowledgments

  • 21. Security Considerations

  • 22. References

  • 23. Author's Address

  • Appendix A: Usenet Specific Newsgroup Moderation Information
  • A.1. Discussion lists for Usenet moderators
  • A.1.1. moderators-advice
  • A.1.2. moderators
  • A.2. Changing moderators
  • A.3. Usenet moderator replacement concerns
  • A.4. Group Charters
  • A.5. Submitting articles through public Usenet Mail/News gateways
  • A.6. Usenet Moderated Newsgroup Archive List

  • Appendix B: Canned Messages
  • B.1. C News Duplicate headers message template
  • B.2. Thanks for FAQ comments
  • B.3. Inappropriate submission
  • B.4. Get a Clue
  • B.5. Test elsewhere

  • Appendix C: Tributes

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