From: fbkotler@nospicedham.myfairpoint.net   
      
   Robert Prins wrote:   
      
   ...   
   > It would be useful to know what's involved in being a moderator.   
      
   Good point, Robert.   
      
   Essentially, get an article by ordinary email from the submission   
   mailbox, insert an "Approved:" line into the header, and post it (again)   
   to an nntp server. That's it.   
      
   When someone posts an article to an nntp server, if the newsgroup is   
   moderated, instead of distributing it as usual, the server emails it to   
   comp-lang-asm-x86@isc.org (or similar). They in turn email it to the   
   submission mailbox, specified by the moderator (but kindly provided by   
   Terje, in this case). "isc" is Internet Services Consortium - they're   
   the folks who provide the server software and generally keep things   
   running - I don't know where they get their funding, if any. The   
   moderator would have to advise them if the submission mailbox - or   
   moderator - changes. moderators@isc.org or perhaps   
   moderator-request@isc.org - obviously I don't have much contact with   
   them, since I've forgotten the address. A search starting with "Big 8"   
   should find them...   
      
   If someone wants to take over moderation of this group, I will gladly   
   step aside. But what we really "need" is an assistant that I can name to   
   isc so that when I encounter a "bus error" or otherwise shuffle off this   
   mortal coil the transition to a new moderator will go smoothly. Doesn't   
   have to do anything at all, right away. Having someone else to check   
   that mailbox if my electricity is out or I'm otherwise off line would be   
   nice, but that would just cause a delay...   
      
   Best,   
   Frank   
      
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