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|    Carlos E.R. to rbowman    |
|    Re: The perils of writing your own newsr    |
|    30 Jan 26 22:46:17    |
      XPost: alt.free.newsservers, news.software.readers       From: robin_listas@es.invalid              On 2026-01-30 19:30, rbowman wrote:       > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:35:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:       >       >       >> * The Workflow: Instead of appearing immediately, posts to moderated       >> groups (e.g., rec.food.recipes) are sent to a moderator. The moderator       >> reviews them to ensure they follow the group's charter, then publishes       >> approved messages to the Usenet server.       >       > I was a moderator for a group years ago. The name escapes me but we used a       > service to coordinate the moderation. It was inexpensive and the several       > moderators chipped in to pay the cost.       >       > The newsgroup still exists but hasn't had moderators for about 20 years.               From the user side, how did it work?              For example, when posting, Thunderbird would automatically send an email       to the moderator list, and would find out this address automatically?              --       Cheers, Carlos.       ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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