XPost: alt.free.newsservers, news.software.readers   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 1/02/2026 9:07 pm, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   > On 31 Jan 2026 03:05:28 GMT   
   > rbowman  wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > He appears (out of his depth) in a few other NGs. At least he's stopped   
   > wanting to find the ark of the covenant (was it?) buried under Stonehenge.   
      
   "Stonehenge"?? I thought The Ark of The Covenant was on Mt Ararat in   
   Turkiye or some such!!   
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   Daniel70   
      
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