XPost: alt.free.newsservers, news.software.readers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:27:09 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:   
      
      
   > Tb 'tries to' post to the ng via nntp; but in a mod group, the news   
   > server doesn't 'just' post it; instead the news server 'auto' emails it   
   > to an .isc address ie group-name@moderators.isc.org. That address is   
   > configured to email 'forward' it to the ng's moderators of record.   
      
   I wish I could remember the name of the intermediary service we used. When   
   someone posted the moderators got an email notification and one would   
   approve or deny the post. It streamlined the process.   
      
   It was a lot of work to strain out a few people. This wasn't the group but   
   if you go to alt.pagan and download a couple of months worth of headers   
   you'll meet the famous David Dalton. He has an obsession with Sarah   
   McLachlan and is usually way off his meds. He's still going strong after   
   all these years, the sole poster in abandoned ngs.   
      
   I wasn't too enthusiastic about the moderation and tended to be liberal in   
   allowing posts. Other than the odd nutter the really divisive topic was   
   Viktor Rydgerg's theories on Norse mythology.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Rydberg   
      
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