Re: Moderators Help Please



Paul Wright <-$P-W$-@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Paul, glad to see you've joined the Post-Evangelicals <g>.

| In uk.religion.christian, you wrote:
| > Just a quick question, I have 16 Christnet Newsgroups and I am trying
| > to moderate the posting. I have modified Outlook Express to approve
| > posting.
|
| Including, it seems, when posting here. Using a modified newsreader
| which always does the thing that moderators do to approve postings on
| any newsgroup you happen to visit might be considered rude (although
| it's required for posting to alt.hackers, of course).

Not merely rude but one of the Greatest Sins in Usenet. Please don't do
it at all, ever.

| Anyway, I'm sure uk.r.c's mods will be along in a moment...

Here's a technical support version of a mod.

| > But. When I post it the FROM Field says from (christnet.org) Do you
| > know of any way fix the Outlook Express to pickup the From Field of
| > the post. Or do you know of a News Program for Moderators.
|
| The uk.r.c moderation system runs on Unix, I believe.
|
| No-one should ever use Outlook Express for anything. It and
| Google Groups' posting interface are a blight on Usenet.

Yes, you need much more than OE.

| http://netwinsite.com/dfree/dmod.htm might be some use.

Or read about STUMP at

http://www.algebra.com/~ichudov/stump/

and there's the Moderated Newsgroups FAQ at

http://www.swcp.com/~dmckeon/mod-faq.html

Either way you've got major work to do to get 16 moderated newsgroups up
and running. Best of luck!

--
Patrick Herring, http://www.anweald.co.uk/ph
.



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