XPost: alt.free.newsservers, news.software.readers   
   From: 7@7.7   
      
   On 30 Jan 2026, Mike Easter  posted some   
   news:mu4phuF3kgeU1@mid.individual.net:   
      
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>  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?   
   >   
   > Not exactly.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > The ng's moderators of record have their 'own' system of handling the   
   > msg. Theoretically it could be handled by human eyeballs and hands,   
   > but more like the mod mail has some auto-handling of its own.   
   >   
   > If the msg is 'ok' then it gets posted to the group via having an   
   > appropriate header prepended.   
      
   +1   
      
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