XPost: alt.comp.software.thunderbird, news.software.readers
From: mariasophia@comprehension.com
Drat. I goofed in the newsgroup header line (which is entered manually).
Correcting the newsgroup header line (which I type in manually) from:
Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.thunderbird,news.software.readers
alt.comp.os.windows11
Subject: Can we send an email DIRECTLY to Usenet ng moderators using Windows
Thunderbird/Betterbird?
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:20:04 -0500
Message-ID: <10lgfdk$1urc$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>
To:
Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.thunderbird,news.software.readers
alt.comp.os.windows-11
Full post repeated below for continuity.
Q: Can we send an email DIRECTLY to Usenet ng moderators using TB/BB?
A: ?
BACKGROUND:
I wrote my own Windows newsreader but it doesn't call Thunderbird when a
post to a moderated group fails. Yet, looking up why, apparently most
modern newsreaders fall back to sending email to the moderator via the MUA.
From: Maria Sophia
Newsgroups:
alt.free.newsservers,news.software.readers,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: The perils of writing your own newsreader - the perils of posting
to moderated newsgroups
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:06:28 -0500
Message-ID: <10lgb3k$1sok$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>
But can we send an email DIRECTLY to the moderators using Thunderbird?
Since I look things up before I ask them here, apparently we can do that.
Tutorial: Sending a moderated Usenet post via Thunderbird / Betterbird
Objective: Send an article to a moderated ng by email using Thunderbird.
1. Open a new message
i. In Thunderbird, click:
ii. Write (New Message)
2. Enable the "Newsgroups" header field (do this once)
a. In the compose window, click the three dots (More)
b. Choose: Customize From/To/Cc/Bcc...
c. Check: Newsgroups
d. Click: OK
e. We should now see a "Newsgroups:" field in the header area
For my Betterbird version 102.10.1-bb34 (64-bit) on Windows
i. There is no three-dots menu
ii. There is no "To:" dropdown
iii. There is no "View > Headers"
iv. Ctrl+Shift+F9 does nothing
v. There is no gear icon to the right of the "To" line
vi. Ctrl+L does nothing
vii. mail.compose.other.header = Newsgroups does nothing
etc.
So these instructions are for Thunderbird only (therefore untested).
3. Fill in the headers (back in Thunderbird)
To: misc-taxes-moderated@moderators.isc.org
Newsgroups: misc.taxes.moderated
Subject: Methods to calculate & file USA taxes with privacy on Windows
From: You
Drat. I can't find an alt.test.moderated Usenet newsgroup.
4. Paste your article body
i. In the message body area, paste the text to be posted
ii. (no extra headers\ are needed here).
5. Send the message
i. Click:
ii. Send
What Thunderbird (apparently) adds automatically:
A. Adds Date:
B. Adds Message-ID:
C. Adds MIME headers (Content-Type, etc.)
D. Handles encoding and SMTP delivery
What we must provide:
A. To: misc-taxes-moderated@moderators.isc.org
B. Newsgroups: misc.taxes.moderated
C. Subject:
D. From:
E. Article body
N.B.
That is apparently the minimum for a valid moderated Usenet submission.
Please advise if this ad hoc tutorial needs to be modified for your needs.
Apparently there no longer is an alt.test.moderated to use to test with.
Drat. I just tested this with Betterbird 102.10.1-bb34 (64-bit).
None of the menus above exist in Betterbird.
Apparently that's because Betterbird uses a Simplified Header UI.
Apparently Betterbird 102 is optimized for email, not for news posting, and
the developers removed the UI for adding arbitrary headers, including
Newsgroups.
Apparently Thunderbird 102 still has it but Betterbird 102 does not.
If you know how to get it to work with Betterbird, let me know.
If it works for you with Thunderbird, let us all know also.
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