usenet@gatech.EDU (10/16/86)
Original-from: Gene Spafford (gatech!spaf)
[Most recent change: 18 September 1986 by spaf]
A number of moderated groups exist on the net. These are groups which
usually have one or more individuals (acting as editors and/or
moderators) who must approve articles before they are published to the
net. In general, these groups fall into one of five categories:
1) Groups with postings of an informative nature not suited to
discussion and always originating from the same (very small) group
of posters. Groups within this category include mod.newslists,
mod.announce.newusers, and mod.map.
2) Groups derived from "net" groups with such a high volume that
it is hard for the average reader to keep up. The moderated
versions of these groups are an attempt to provide a lower volume
and higher quality version of the same forum. Examples of
this category include mod.announce and mod.os.unix.
3) Groups derived from "net" groups which have often been abused.
That is, the "net" groups often received postings of items which
were not germane to the stated topic of the group (or sometimes even
within the realm of politeness for the net). This also includes
groups suffering from an annoying number of duplicate postings and
innappropriate followups. Moderated groups in this category include
mod.sources and mod.motss.
4) Groups designed to serve also as direct feedback to an off-the-net
group. The discussions in mod.std.mumps and mod.std.c fall into this
category.
5) Groups which are gatewayed into the Usenet from an Arpa Internet
mailing list. These groups are moderated by someone on the Internet
side but are shared with the Usenet population. Submissions mailed
to the proper addresses, given below, will appear in both the "mod"
group on Usenet, and the Internet list. Some of these groups do not
actually have a moderator, but instead act as automatic remailers to
both networks.
To post to a "mod" group, write your article and mail it to the listed
SUBMISSION address. The moderator will then do the actual posting of
the article. The news software on the Usenet will not allow direct
posting to moderated newsgroups, nor will it forward unauthorized
articles to other sites. The only way to post to a moderated group is
to mail it to the moderator.
Depending on the newsgroup involved, if the moderator feels that your
article is inappropriate for the group, s/he will return the article to
you with a suggestion for other newsgroups in which to post it, and/or
an explanation of why it is not appropriate for the moderated group.
You may still post such articles to the "net" groups as you currently
do, if such groups exist.
If you have questions or complaints about the way a moderated group is
run, contact the moderator by mail. Alternatively, you can send mail
to the mailing list "moderators@cbosgd.att.COM" and it will be rebroadcast
to all of the current Usenet-only newsgroup moderators.
Below is a list of the current moderated groups and the moderators of
those groups. Included in that list are the addresses to use if you
have questions of comments about the groups. After that is given a list
of addresses for submissions of articles to those groups. If your site
is running 2.10.2 or later news, these addresses can be used to build
the "moderators" file so that "postnews" can automatically mail an
article to the correct moderator. If you are NOT running 2.10.2 news,
you are *STRONGLY* advised to upgrade to it so as to take advantage of
this feature, as well as the numerous bug fixes and other
enhancements.
The addresses are given in Internet/domain form. If a site has an
Internet address, that is given in the list, otherwise a UUCP address
is given. Sites reachable via other direct addresses are given in the
correspondence list just below. If you are a UUCP-only site, you can
mail to an ARPA (EDU, GOV, etc.)-only site by mailing through the
gateways (seismo and ucbvax) using a uucp-style path. Thus, to submit
an article to the mod.protocols.appletalk group, for example, mail it
to:
...!{seismo,ucbvax}!c.cs.cmu.edu!info-applebus
For those of you not currently using the UUCP map data, the following
can be used to derive uucp mail paths:
...!{akgua,ihnp4}!abnji
...!{akgua,gatech,ihnp4,ulysses}!cbosgd
...!{seismo,topaz}!columbia!cucca!cu20b
...!{decvax,ihnp4}!decwrl
...!{akgua,decvax,philabs}!mcnc!ecsvax
...!hplabs!felix
...!{akgua,cbosgd,decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo}!gatech
...!{decvax,gatech,ihnp4,mcnc,seismo,ucbvax}!hplabs
...!{allegra,cbosgd,decvax,ihnp4,yale}!ima
...!{ihnp4,qantel,seismo,topaz}!lll-crg
...!ut-sally!im4u!milano
...!{cbosgd,ihnp4,mit-eddie,seismo}!mirror
...!{gatech,harvard,ihnp4}!mit-eddie
...!{akgua,cbosgd,decvax,gatech,linus,seismo}!philabs!nyit
...!decvax!genrad!panda --or-- ...!seismo!harvard!wjh12!panda
...!{cbosgd,ihnp4,seismo}!plus5
...!{decvax,ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-j
...!{harvard,ihnp4,seismo}!ut-sally!rice
...!{cbosgd,decvax,gatech,ihnp4,ulysses}!seismo
...!{allegra,mcnc,uiucdcs}!convex!smu
...!harvard!spdcc
...!seismo!soma --or-- ...!cbosgd!rice!soma
...!{cbosgd,decvax,hplabs,seismo}!sun
...!{caip,cmcl2,hplabs,seismo}!topaz
...!{apollo,masscomp,wanginst}!ulowell
...!{cbosgd,decvax,gatech,ihnp4,ulysses}!seismo!umcp-cs
...!{harvard,ihnp4,seismo}!ut-sally
...!ucbvax!ucbopal
...!{allegra,decvax,harvard}!yale
Address correspondences:
cbosgd.att.com == cbosgd.uucp
cu20b.columbia.edu == cu20b.uucp
decwrl.dec.com == decwrl.uucp
eddie.mit.edu == mit-eddie.uucp
gatech.edu == gatech.csnet
gatech.edu == gatech.uucp
hplabs.arpa == hplabs.uucp
j.cc.purdue.edu == pucc-j.uucp
lll-crg.arpa == lll-crg.uucp
mimsy.umd.edu == umcp-cs.uucp
red.rutgers.edu == rutgers.uucp
rice.edu == rice.uucp
sally.utexas.edu == ut-sally.uucp
seismo.css.gov == seismo.uucp
sun.com == sun.uucp
topaz.rutgers.edu == topaz.uucp
opal.berkeley.edu == ucbopal.uucp
ulowell.csnet == ulowell.uucp
yale.arpa == yale.uucp
yale.arpa == yalecs.bitnet
Gene Spafford
16 October 1986
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Group
Moderator or Coordinator Requests, Comments, etc.
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mod.ai
Kenneth Laws ailist-request@sri-ai.arpa
mod.amiga
Bob Page page@ulowell.csnet
mod.amiga.binaries
Craig Norborg amiga-binaries-request@j.cc.purdue.edu
mod.amiga.sources
Craig Norborg amiga-sources-request@j.cc.purdue.edu
mod.announce
Mark Horton mark@cbosgd.att.com
mod.announce.newusers
Gene Spafford spaf@gatech.edu
mod.compilers
John Levine compilers-request@ima.uucp
mod.comp-soc
Dave Taylor comp-soc-request@hplabs.arpa
mod.computers
(none currently)
mod.computers.68k
Mike Meyer info-68k-request@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
mod.computers.apollo
Luis F. Ortiz apollo-request@yale.arpa
mod.computers.ibm-pc
(various) info-ibmpc-request@usc-isib.arpa
mod.computers.laser-printers
Richard Furuta laser-lovers-request@washington.arpa
mod.computers.masscomp
Stan Barber masscomp-request@soma.uucp
mod.computers.pyramid
Mark Weiser info-pyramid-request@mimsy.umd.edu
mod.computers.ridge
Bill Bogstad info-ridge-request@hopkins-eecs-bravo.arpa
mod.computers.sequent
John Quarterman info-sequent-request@sally.utexas.edu
mod.computers.sun
Vicki Riffle sun-spots-request@rice.edu
mod.computers.vax
Ramon Curiel info-vax-request@sri-kl.arpa
mod.computers.workstations
Dave Steiner works-request@red.rutgers.edu
mod.conferences
Dave Taylor taylor@hplabs.arpa
mod.graphics
Andy Cromarty info-graphics-request@ads.arpa
mod.human-nets
Charles McGrew human-nets-request@red.rutgers.edu
mod.legal
Mike Muuss info-law-request@brl.arpa
mod.mac
John M. Agosta info-mac-request@sumex-aim.arpa
mod.mac.binaries & mod.mac.sources
Roger Long macintosh-request@felix.uucp
mod.mag
Chuq Von Rospach fanzine%plaid@sun.arpa
mod.mag.otherrealms
Chuq Von Rospach fanzine%plaid@sun.arpa
mod.map
Mark Horton postmap@cbosgd.att.com
mod.motss
Steve Dyer dyer@spdcc.uucp
mod.movies
Byron Howes movies@ecsvax.uucp
mod.music & mod.music.gaffa
Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.uucp
mod.newprod
Ron Heiby newprod-request@cbosgd.att.com
mod.newslists
Gene Spafford spaf@gatech.edu
Rick Adams rick@seismo.css.gov
mod.os
Mike Meyer mod-os-request@lll-crg.arpa
Dave Mason
mod.os.os9
John Daleske os9-request@cbosgd.att.com
mod.os.unix
Ron Heiby unix-request@cbosgd.att.com
mod.philosophy
Alan Wexelblat philosophy-request@milano.uucp
mod.philosophy.tech
Peter Ladkin philosrq@kestrel.arpa
mod.politics
JoSH Hall poli-sci-request@red.rutgers.edu
mod.politics.arms-d
Herb Lin arms-d-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu
mod.protocols
Mel Pleasant protocols-request@red.rutgers.edu
mod.protocols.appletalk
Ralph Hyre, Jr. info-applebus-request@c.cs.cmu.edu
mod.protocols.kermit
Frank da Cruz info-kermit-request@cu20b.columbia.edu
mod.protocols.tcp-ip
Vivian Neou tcp-ip-request@sri-nic.arpa
mod.psi
Chet Dobro mod-psi-request@ulowell.csnet
mod.rec
(none currently)
mod.rec.guns
Jordan K. Hubbard jkh@opal.berkeley.edu
mod.recipes
Brian Reid mod-recipes@decwrl.dec.com
mod.religion.christian
Charles Hedrick christian-request@topaz.rutgers.edu
mod.risks
Peter Neumann risks-request@sri-csl.arpa
mod.sources
Rich Salz sources-request@mirror.uucp
mod.sources.doc
Ron Natalie archive-request@brl.arpa
mod.sources.games
Rich Salz games-request@mirror.uucp
mod.std
Mark Horton mark@cbosgd.att.com
mod.std.c
Orlando Sotomayor-Diaz std-c@cbosgd.att.com
mod.std.mumps
Hokey std-mumps-request@plus5.uucp
mod.std.unix
John Quarterman std-unix-request@sally.utexas.edu
mod.techreports
Lawrence Leff trlist-request@smu.uucp
mod.telecom
Eliot Moore telecom-request@xx.lcs.mit.edu
mod.test
(none currently)
mod.vlsi
Tom Linnerooth info-vlsi-request@sandia-cad.arpa
net.announce.arpa-internet
Glenn S. Burke arpanet-bboards-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu
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Group Submissions
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mod.announce announce@cbosgd.att.com
mod.announce.newusers usenet@gatech.edu
mod.ai ailist@sri-ai.arpa
mod.amiga mod-amiga@ulowell.csnet
mod.amiga.binaries amiga-binaries-request@j.cc.purdue.edu
mod.amiga.sources amiga-sources-request@j.cc.purdue.edu
mod.comp-soc comp-soc@hplabs.arpa
mod.compilers compilers@ima.uucp
mod.computers.68k info-68k@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
mod.computers.apollo apollo@yale.arpa
mod.computers.ibm-pc info-ibmpc@usc-isib.arpa
mod.computers.laser-printers laser-lovers@washington.arpa
mod.computers.masscomp masscomp@soma.uucp
mod.computers.pyramid info-pyramid@mimsy.umd.edu
mod.computers.ridge info-ridge@hopkins-eecs-bravo.arpa
mod.computers.sequent info-sequent@sally.utexas.edu
mod.computers.sun sun-spots@rice.edu
mod.computers.vax info-vax@sri-kl.arpa
mod.computers.workstations works@red.rutgers.edu
mod.conferences conferences@hplabs.arpa
mod.graphics info-graphics@ads.arpa
mod.human-nets human-nets@red.rutgers.edu
mod.legal info-law@brl.arpa
mod.map postmap@cbosgd.att.com
mod.mac info-mac@sumex-aim.arpa
mod.mac.binaries macintosh@felix.uucp
mod.mac.sources macintosh@felix.uucp
mod.mag fanzine%plaid@sun.arpa
mod.mag.otherrealms fanzine%plaid@sun.arpa
mod.motss motss@spdcc.uucp
mod.movies movies@ecsvax.uucp
mod.music nessus@eddie.mit.edu
mod.music.gaffa love-hounds@eddie.mit.edu
mod.newprod newprod@cbosgd.att.com
mod.newslists usenet@gatech.edu,rick@seismo.css.gov
mod.os mod-os@lll-crg.arpa
mod.os.os9 os9@cbosgd.att.com
mod.os.unix unix@cbosgd.att.com
mod.philosophy philosophy@milano.uucp
mod.philosophy.tech philos@kestrel.arpa
mod.politics poli-sci@red.rutgers.edu
mod.politics.arms-d arms-d@mc.lcs.mit.edu
mod.protocols protocols@red.rutgers.edu
mod.protocols.appletalk info-applebus@c.cs.cmu.edu
mod.protocols.kermit info-kermit@cu20b.columbia.edu
mod.protocols.tcp-ip tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa
mod.psi mod-psi@ulowell.csnet
mod.rec.guns jkh@opal.berkeley.edu
mod.recipes mod-recipes@decwrl.dec.com
mod.religion.christian christian@topaz.rutgers.edu
mod.risks risks@sri-csl.arpa
mod.sources sources@mirror.uucp
mod.sources.doc archive@brl.arpa
mod.sources.games games@mirror.uucp
mod.std mark@cbosgd.att.com
mod.std.c std-c@cbosgd.att.com
mod.std.mumps std-mumps@plus5.uucp
mod.std.unix std-unix@sally.utexas.edu
mod.techreports trlist@smu.uucp
mod.telecom telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu
mod.vlsi info-vlsi@sandia-cad.arpa
net.announce.arpa-internet arpanet-bboards@mc.lcs.mit.edu