XPost: alt.free.newsservers, news.software.readers   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On 31 Jan 2026 03:05:28 GMT   
   rbowman  wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:27:09 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:   
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   > > 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.   
   The good thing is that he rarely nym-shifts.   
      
   >   
   > 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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