XPost: alt.free.newsservers, news.software.readers   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 1/02/2026 9:44 pm, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   > On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 21:22:58 +1100 Daniel70   
   >  wrote:   
   >> 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!!   
   >   
   > You're barking up the wrong ark.   
      
   Yes, I was (mistakenly) think of Noah's Ark being on Mt Ararat!   
      
   Opps!!   
      
   > PS it's spelled 'Turkey' in English.   
      
   Used to be ... but, I thought, over the past few years there had been a   
   swing in English Media to use "Turkiye".   
      
   > If you're a Turk, you need to put double dots on the last 'e' in   
   > Turkiye, IIRC.   
      
   Can't say I've seen them.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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