XPost: alt.comp.software.thunderbird, news.software.readers   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-30 16:02, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2026/1/30 11:46:8, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   > []   
   >   
   >> I can not answer those questions. I had no idea that sending to an   
   >> Usenet moderated group involved sending emails.   
   >   
   > If you think about it, it has to; however, some news clients make that   
   > process transparent, i. e. you just go through the normal posting steps   
   > as you see it, and the client does the necessary. I don't know if TB is   
   > one such - I am not currently subscribed to any moderated 'groups.   
   >   
   > I think in some cases there's a sort of central clearinghouse for such   
   > posts, so the address details are common across many 'groups (the   
   > central clearinghouse then forwards the messages to the relevant   
   > moderator based on the 'group name); I'm not sure if 'groups _can_ opt   
   > out of that system, or if they have to become mailing lists or some   
   > other construct.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I would suggest google for documentation.   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >>   
   > Probably the newsgroup "charter", but I've no idea if there's a central   
   > repository of those. It's usually included in a post not long after a   
   > 'group's creation, but of course that may have disappeared before the   
   > server's retention period (or yours). Some 'groups repost their charter   
   > (sometimes with revisions, sometimes not) at intervals, such as   
   > annually. Not sure if those include moderator details, though.   
   >   
      
      
   Like you, I have never subscribed to a moderated group, so I have never   
   thought about it, in decades. I simply thought that the news protocol   
   would know about it and handle it "somehow". Then the moderator would   
   have special software, like a moderated mailing list. Moderated groups   
   in Fidonet worked differently, there was no previous approval necessary.   
   If you misbehaved, you were banned.   
      
   If it is done by actually sending an email, automatically by   
   Thunderbird, TB has to know that address also automatically, and the   
   address we use to join the group has to be real.   
      
   Thus Arlen must use his real email with TB and not those scripts he   
   uses, in order to post on moderated groups.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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