usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (08/29/89)
I would like to create a local group that is moderated (such as local.announce). I asked our news expert and he did not see how to do it. Is there any way to do it? This was his response: >I created the newsgroups you requested. I don't >know how (and looking at the source it doesn't >seem possible) to create a moderated, local newsgroup. >I know this seems quite odd, but all the experiments >I tried didn't work. Making it moderated in the >active file means the letter gets sent off to >your "backbone" site, as defined in the mailpaths >file. Thus a posting to local.cps.announce went off >to frith!uunet!local-cps-announce, where it will >certainly bounce. The syntax of the mailpaths file >doesn't seem to allow you to specify different behavior >for local groups. >When I tried putting a "no posting to this group" line >in the active file then nobody can post. >I would suggest posting a question on how to make a >local, moderated group to something like news.admin, >or one of those type groups. Thanks much, Rob Jaksa +-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Michigan State University d@# |333 Arpanet: jaksa@cpswh.cps.msu.edu | | Dept. of Computer Science # |333 Bitnet: JAKSA@MSUEGR | | A714 Wells Hall # |333 Csnet: jaksa@cpswh.cps.msu.edu | | East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 ####+333 Usenet: ...uunet!frith!jaksa | +-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
bob@tinman.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (08/29/89)
Try putting a line in your mailpaths file that looks something like cps.announce root@cps3xx.uucp ahead of the "backbone" and "internet" lines.
gilgut@cg-atla.UUCP (Mr. Uucp) (08/29/89)
In article <BOB.89Aug28184638@tinman.cis.ohio-state.edu>, bob@tinman.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) writes: > Try putting a line in your mailpaths file that looks something like > cps.announce root@cps3xx.uucp > ahead of the "backbone" and "internet" lines. OK, I did that (I have wanted to make a moderated group for a while...) So I was su'd to root, and I ran postnews, and it mailed it to me just like it is supposed to. (I have group gilgut ahead of backbone) So I read the mail and saved it. When I tried to submit it, it happily mailed it to the moderator. (Somehow I knew that would happen. 8-) ) Perhaps I need a file named "moderators"? or something? If so, what is the syntax? Thanks.... /dev/steve -- Steve Gilgut, Agfa Compugraphic Div; Wilmington, Mass. (508)658-5600 X5277 {uunet!ginosko,decvax,ulowell}!cg-atla!gilgut (Work) R & D Computer Center {uunet!ginosko,decvax,ulowell}!cg-atla!wizvax!spg (Home) if (inmail) add_Enquirer_headline()
karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (08/30/89)
gilgut@cg-atla.uucp writes:
So I was su'd to root, and I ran postnews, and it mailed it to me
just like it is supposed to. (I have group gilgut ahead of backbone)
So I read the mail and saved it. When I tried to submit it, it happily
mailed it to the moderator. (Somehow I knew that would happen. 8-) )
Perhaps I need a file named "moderators"? or something? If so,
When you are posting something as the moderator of the group, add an
"Approved: gilgut@cg-atla.uucp" header near the top. The existence of
the Approved: header is what causes the news to inject the news into
the spool area properly.
--Karl