From news@compass.com Thu May 23 15:14:06 1991 Path: rpi!think.com!compass!news From: news@compass.com (news) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions.ctl Subject: newgroup news.newusers.questions Message-ID: <5850@compass.com> Date: 23 May 91 16:55:07 GMT Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Distribution: world Organization: Compass, Inc., Wakefield, MA Lines: 1 Approved: news@compass.com Q & A for users new to the Usenet. From steve@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU Sun Apr 26 11:34:52 1992 Path: rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!bu.edu!dartvax!mars.caps.maine.edu!gandalf!steve From: steve@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Steve E. Goldsmith) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions.ctl Subject: newgroup news.newusers.questions Message-ID: <16435@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU> Date: 26 Apr 92 00:16:42 GMT Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Distribution: umcs Organization: University of Maine Department of Computer Science Lines: 0 Approved: steve@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU From news@utmb.edu Fri Nov 18 21:00:42 1994 Path: uunet!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!atlantis.utmb.edu!utmb.edu!news Date: 9 Nov 1994 14:00:15 CST From: news@utmb.edu Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions.ctl Message-ID: Approved: news Lines: 3 Xref: uunet control:1393441  s From news@news.scnet.nsk.su Fri Nov 24 17:25:53 1995 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!KremlSun!fagot!news.scnet.nsk.su!news.scnet.nsk.su!news Date: 25 Nov 1995 03:10:41 NSK From: news@news.scnet.nsk.su Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions.ctl Message-ID: Approved: news Distribution: world Lines: 2 Xref: uunet control.newgroup:4526 For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions From root@apollo.sportct.com Mon Jun 24 05:05:56 1996 Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!inquo!neptune.ditell.com!apollo.sportct.com!apollo.sportct.com!root Date: 23 Jun 1996 20:38:09 MDT From: root@apollo.sportct.com Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions.ctl Message-ID: Approved: root Distribution: world Lines: 4 Xref: uunet control.newgroup:13992 For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions New Users to news New users to news . From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Nov 7 18:10:03 1996 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <847407965.21993@uunet.uu.net> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 23:06:05 GMT Lines: 4 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMoJrXsJdOtO4janBAQGHhwP+I8vBFT629mBj8tGHfzIRqAkRTtOZXwq6 K3kyhFAIFZNYo0+T3azRb9bsMVaEYgf6nVMRnciOEgfd67mASCe0shxiCkJ0wfgW sD9XWyLv4BxxReRlyfmpAOoZNhx6t0XdCiav8T6C3rSdOuPA9VQ0blLdI2evsnu1 uoCmeuY2Q0I= =3zrH Xref: uunet control.newgroup:18358 news.newusers.questions is an unmoderated newsgroup. For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. From tale@uunet.uu.net Fri Nov 8 02:39:01 1996 From: tale@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: control Subject: cmsg rmgroup news.newusers.questions Date: 05 Nov 1996 06:52:10 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Control: rmgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: Fluffy Lines: 1 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!news.skantech.com!news.mvillage.com!news.snip.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!gergs_bane.org!anon Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:7394 Removal of bogus group not created by recognized voting procedures. From tale@uunet.uu.net Fri Nov 8 10:35:03 1996 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <847467145.25490@uunet.uu.net> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 15:32:25 GMT Lines: 4 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMoNSisJdOtO4janBAQEbbwQAoT9IEcNO6yWKPx1pnuhjYIZOD86g5TGQ RuZ+mqodHiJ6S+MUvCsJG/g+bq7fDYioop9hIuSkdu8Ol2GkwDE2YFx37S6Yf8pm i5IB2JZmyAtCXKdiOjShAfLe+oFVTgzIFqjxiIz0zgLg3Mz59Pc9WW6QGDFj+EXF XN9DT9OU564= =uEPz Xref: uunet control.newgroup:18899 news.newusers.questions is an unmoderated newsgroup. For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Nov 14 18:15:04 1996 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <848013010.22409@uunet.uu.net> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 23:10:10 GMT Lines: 4 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMoum08JdOtO4janBAQHnoAP/e288bkpVFmKwL5vVxMpruAz0I7GPx4fL MO2qjF09jeGK27ZX2Yp3JblS4ttV10buQBLOihycolK6mo9xQKpBXkpFuVAD+avZ IyCZmJdM6KeT1uOcMa0K6pcP+N15+RHIajXmeVPrPu7e8sGHrs1r9W0E7AoN3kBg RPxW6/9bMus= =UUNJ Xref: uunet control.newgroup:19124 news.newusers.questions is an unmoderated newsgroup. For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun Nov 24 15:03:26 1996 Path: uunet!in3.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!gergs_bane.org!anon From: tale@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: csmg rmgroup news.newusers.questions Date: 24 Nov 1996 13:59:17 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Control: rmgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: Fluffy Lines: 1 Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:7612 Booster message to remove bogus group From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun Nov 24 15:03:31 1996 Path: uunet!in3.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!gergs_bane.org!anon From: tale@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: csmg rmgroup news.newusers.questions Date: 24 Nov 1996 13:59:24 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Control: rmgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: Fluffy Lines: 1 Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:7613 Booster message to remove bogus group From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun Nov 24 15:40:06 1996 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <848867916.21413@uunet.uu.net> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 20:38:36 GMT Lines: 4 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMpiyTMJdOtO4janBAQFKWQP/RbUIy/PBwlpFr8KCgxvQgTl3d439+2Cw YACZsANpoURsCyMa4ilHaWyy9CcxpIAWUCDApdlYXuGE57uryqodsAv8vgvIrG2M 7+hxiqFLpxfAZJFRMqDOFBr9q7VbYuNQU2Fp52I0IzVjj4cGKJdd72zkGkP6hiR/ NoYjjugPy5w= =lpFj Xref: uunet control.newgroup:19342 news.newusers.questions is an unmoderated newsgroup. For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. From tale@uunet.uu.net Tue Nov 26 16:10:56 1996 Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed5.bbnplanet.com!terra.net!www.newbury.edu!!root From: tale@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: news.admin.censorship Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Date: 25 Nov 1996 01:00 GMT Organization: TerraNet, Inc., Boston, MA, USA Lines: 4 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <329b5bab.0@www.newbury.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: newbury.edu Originator: root@ Xref: uunet control.newgroup:19390 For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. A forged booster to counter a forged rmgroup. From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun Dec 1 15:45:05 1996 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <849472810.26074@uunet.uu.net> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 20:40:10 GMT Lines: 4 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMqHtK8JdOtO4janBAQEpOgP9HYXrUT64EIQFTd2TRgeg6v3HoF1aT7v9 j8gqlXvTQN59xL2FldBkWSTMjC8cX2o/8Oc9EXmC2Fi/FkJRBbNAH+/Y/g8GF0Xa U1gkDKG34x/qpG65kDH9e/7cAoKn+pKbC6RfQaCF7eSiq8xinqAs6/9uo/2suh8m W4c89XwNyi0= =zKlp Xref: uunet control.newgroup:19481 news.newusers.questions is an unmoderated newsgroup. For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. From tale@uunet.uu.net Sat Dec 7 18:15:10 1996 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <850000205.1179@uunet.uu.net> Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 23:10:04 GMT Lines: 4 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMqn5TcJdOtO4janBAQGLPwP8Dvaog+FoXE6Z2FF4ZAKMIVJYRfm9RlWj XGtgLZb8wZsdp4ulMdT5mEiwuey4bzSJo3/Y4rnEJRL/rcszyVdDVs/irfD4P+TQ mFN6HD9SNpPcUSJSTGmc8eHX9bCW00GKkp88Y6viAeOaVM2QRDjQzvbAxkOZs8lF FBfkptS4cVg= =R0Pb Xref: uunet control.newgroup:19646 news.newusers.questions is an unmoderated newsgroup. For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. From tale@uunet.uu.net Tue Dec 24 15:45:05 1996 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <851460007.4212@uunet.uu.net> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 20:40:07 GMT Lines: 4 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMsA/p8JdOtO4janBAQHbWQQAlH8l/dAf6NEwllwj1JMKNGFP6/WgOQBc 4EbQvYJCyVn70OViIb0bu/xkdxNL2M91o3H7iif4nantwaRGd1hBAXkPm2tx8ybN vcR2Kt+5vxwjD8dLR0LNLE1xZknHNJA7iLDMvM4y2DRiJo215dfjM9OkdClRQHTz y9L1/QBc4CE= =s6cT Xref: uunet control.newgroup:20296 news.newusers.questions is an unmoderated newsgroup. For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. From group-admin@isc.org Mon Jun 2 07:45:08 1997 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <865261809.22546@isc.org> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 14:30:09 GMT Lines: 142 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBM5LY8sJdOtO4janBAQFvngP+PO8wxWYwcdxaqlhMMz2zKMuQJISMlvcd wfYeErHmH5dA1iySeW2Q6XYPF8xb+HUo0IGb8tCBevjDfENbM24rpRwXp+4W0HX3 T7GVeKR0S4c6pOKX4AgmuZunrr25/OgLIugQU/fj1iZdDiagEpoSyagcbrqJfeeo DQGZdg8L6XU= =az9p Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:5250 news.newusers.questions is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 357:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 19 May 1997. Group submission address: nnq-mod@presby.edu Moderator contact address: nnq-admin@presby.edu (Jon Bell, Ethan Bradford, Dennis Calhoun, Denis McKeon, Stella Nemeth, Barbara Pattist, Kivi Shapiro) For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for new users of Usenet. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS (n.n.q) is for questions, answers and advice about using Usenet news and other Internet newsgroups and services. Articles which do not contribute to educating or informing new users about Usenet are inappropriate for this newsgroup. Some examples of inappropriate posts include: Chain letters, including "Make Money Fast" articles Known hoaxes (like the "Good Times Virus") Announcements of non-relevant Web pages Announcements of non-relevant services Personal introductions or requests for e-mail Irrelevant questions or conversation Articles offering items for sale Commercial advertisements Test articles These posts may be rejected regardless of their topic: Articles which aren't primarily text in a standard alphabet (e.g. binaries, pictures, Rot13). Articles cross-posted to several newsgroups (except proper FAQs) Articles posted as separate copies to many newsgroups ("spam") Excessively long articles (more than ~200 lines or ~10K bytes) Articles containing significantly more quoted than new content Articles with no subject Duplicate/rapidly reposted messages The newsgroup will be moderated by a Moderation Board, consisting of a Head Moderator and a pool of Backup Moderators. 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From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Jun 2 13:45:05 1997 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <865283404.23540@isc.org> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 20:30:04 GMT Lines: 142 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBM5MtTMJdOtO4janBAQH3yQP/dPJ/BGKaZT8RLbK3r3HA4exwVVOY4Zxp 2mNnYp8kn4uga2TWj3K/NU5ob5QFjoFMTlTvlW76q8cGOSgrQ0lj+ILRq127KELh F9eBZGtvgvOH28SmhatU6FIhCuum/4kUAeFSTjLkWIm570dyZwo3KjfeKWENn394 Lh3t8Pxr5Jo= =QFsX Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:5262 news.newusers.questions is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 357:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 19 May 1997. Group submission address: nnq-mod@presby.edu Moderator contact address: nnq-admin@presby.edu (Jon Bell, Ethan Bradford, Dennis Calhoun, Denis McKeon, Stella Nemeth, Barbara Pattist, Kivi Shapiro) For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for new users of Usenet. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS (n.n.q) is for questions, answers and advice about using Usenet news and other Internet newsgroups and services. Articles which do not contribute to educating or informing new users about Usenet are inappropriate for this newsgroup. Some examples of inappropriate posts include: Chain letters, including "Make Money Fast" articles Known hoaxes (like the "Good Times Virus") Announcements of non-relevant Web pages Announcements of non-relevant services Personal introductions or requests for e-mail Irrelevant questions or conversation Articles offering items for sale Commercial advertisements Test articles These posts may be rejected regardless of their topic: Articles which aren't primarily text in a standard alphabet (e.g. binaries, pictures, Rot13). Articles cross-posted to several newsgroups (except proper FAQs) Articles posted as separate copies to many newsgroups ("spam") Excessively long articles (more than ~200 lines or ~10K bytes) Articles containing significantly more quoted than new content Articles with no subject Duplicate/rapidly reposted messages The newsgroup will be moderated by a Moderation Board, consisting of a Head Moderator and a pool of Backup Moderators. The moderation process will be overseen by the Head Moderator, who may employ assistants from the pool of Backup Moderators as the need arises. Only members of the Moderation Board have the power to judge posts. The current moderation procedures and policies will be described in an Administrative Statement, which will be maintained by the Head Moderator, with any changes subject to veto by the Board. The Statement will be posted to the group whenever it changes, and at least once per month. It will be available at all times at an address posted regularly in the group. All posts to the group may be processed through moderation software which will take one of the following actions on each article: 1. Reject it outright if it meets certain criteria; 2. Forward it to a Board member if it meets certain other criteria; or 3. Post it immediately. The criteria being used by either the moderation software or human moderators will be described in the Administrative Statement. They will not refer to the source of the articles except that the Head Moderator may place certain individuals or sites which repeatedly try to post off-topic material on a "watch list," which will cause their articles to be forwarded to a human moderator for review. The Head Moderator may also declare certain off-topic discussion threads to be "closed," so that no more articles in that thread will be accepted. Rejected articles will, if possible, be returned to the sender along with a letter of explanation. Rejected articles may be appealed to an address specified in the Administrative Statement and in any letter of rejection. If an article was rejected by a human moderator, the appeal will be judged by a different moderator. In the event of abuse of the appeals process, the Moderation Board will decide what action will be taken to deal with the abuse. An article will normally be subject to rejection only at the time it is submitted. 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Appending short "footers" to all posted articles, informing newcomers of the purpose of the newsgroup and providing references to more detailed information about the newsgroup, the Usenet community, and the Internet in general; and 2. E-mailing "welcome" messages to all first-time posters, containing similar information as in (1). Other than appending a footer or adding headers, the moderators will not modify the content of a posted article The Head Moderator will submit a report to the Moderation Board each month, providing statistics on the functioning of the group, a summary of the articles appealed, and a list of any changes to the Administrative Statement or the moderation software. The Board may instruct the Head Moderator to eliminate any automatic rejection or forwarding criterion from the moderation software. The Board may elect a new Head Moderator if the position becomes vacant; the Head Moderator or the Board may appoint a Backup Moderator to fill in for the Head Moderator during short periods of absence. The Board also has the power to remove a Head Moderator. It may remove a Head Moderator who has been in office for less than six weeks through a simple majority vote of all members. A Moderator who has been in office for more than six weeks may only be removed by a 2/3 majority vote of those who have been on the Board for at least six weeks. The Board controls its own membership. It may admit new members with a simple majority vote, or remove members who have served for less than six weeks with a simple majority vote. Members who have served longer than six weeks may only be removed by a 2/3 vote of those who have been on the Board for at least six weeks. The Board will make a good-faith effort to maintain a membership of at least three persons. The working charter for the group may be modified by a 2/3 vote of those who have been members of the Moderation Board for at least six weeks. A copy of the current charter will be available at a location given in the Administrative Statement. From group-admin@isc.org Mon Jun 9 09:00:15 1997 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <865866605.234@isc.org> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 14:30:05 GMT Lines: 142 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBM5wTbcJdOtO4janBAQHiQQP/cZVorkcdwojn01+7kXcHjfmbTdbjCnL0 7qPXLlXNlW9rJbebl5XgHb7dQlpwH4zyR72Pl1cwPAejnZCrKpyX/VFfNYP36RRM /P0z7HfHV71T0oZnbmIbOK+S0YTuuXtZxrWR+g/YGxUh0mqkDLdrcC3jsftA646D bU1uNl/beFo= =0pu9 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:5376 news.newusers.questions is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 357:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 19 May 1997. Group submission address: nnq-mod@presby.edu Moderator contact address: nnq-admin@presby.edu (Jon Bell, Ethan Bradford, Dennis Calhoun, Denis McKeon, Stella Nemeth, Barbara Pattist, Kivi Shapiro) For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for new users of Usenet. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS (n.n.q) is for questions, answers and advice about using Usenet news and other Internet newsgroups and services. Articles which do not contribute to educating or informing new users about Usenet are inappropriate for this newsgroup. Some examples of inappropriate posts include: Chain letters, including "Make Money Fast" articles Known hoaxes (like the "Good Times Virus") Announcements of non-relevant Web pages Announcements of non-relevant services Personal introductions or requests for e-mail Irrelevant questions or conversation Articles offering items for sale Commercial advertisements Test articles These posts may be rejected regardless of their topic: Articles which aren't primarily text in a standard alphabet (e.g. binaries, pictures, Rot13). Articles cross-posted to several newsgroups (except proper FAQs) Articles posted as separate copies to many newsgroups ("spam") Excessively long articles (more than ~200 lines or ~10K bytes) Articles containing significantly more quoted than new content Articles with no subject Duplicate/rapidly reposted messages The newsgroup will be moderated by a Moderation Board, consisting of a Head Moderator and a pool of Backup Moderators. The moderation process will be overseen by the Head Moderator, who may employ assistants from the pool of Backup Moderators as the need arises. Only members of the Moderation Board have the power to judge posts. The current moderation procedures and policies will be described in an Administrative Statement, which will be maintained by the Head Moderator, with any changes subject to veto by the Board. The Statement will be posted to the group whenever it changes, and at least once per month. It will be available at all times at an address posted regularly in the group. All posts to the group may be processed through moderation software which will take one of the following actions on each article: 1. Reject it outright if it meets certain criteria; 2. Forward it to a Board member if it meets certain other criteria; or 3. Post it immediately. The criteria being used by either the moderation software or human moderators will be described in the Administrative Statement. They will not refer to the source of the articles except that the Head Moderator may place certain individuals or sites which repeatedly try to post off-topic material on a "watch list," which will cause their articles to be forwarded to a human moderator for review. The Head Moderator may also declare certain off-topic discussion threads to be "closed," so that no more articles in that thread will be accepted. Rejected articles will, if possible, be returned to the sender along with a letter of explanation. Rejected articles may be appealed to an address specified in the Administrative Statement and in any letter of rejection. If an article was rejected by a human moderator, the appeal will be judged by a different moderator. In the event of abuse of the appeals process, the Moderation Board will decide what action will be taken to deal with the abuse. An article will normally be subject to rejection only at the time it is submitted. Canceling of articles after they have been posted ("retromoderation") will not be used for general content control. Cancelations will be permitted only under the following special circumstances: 1. When performed or requested by the original poster or by his/ her Internet Service Provider; 2. When performed by the Head Moderator, to cancel articles with forged approvals; or 3. When performed by reputable third-party cancelers (as determined by the Head Moderator), to cancel articles that are widely considered to be undesirable in most of Usenet, e.g. binaries and excessively multiposted articles ("spam"). In addition to rejecting inappropriate articles, the moderators may take measures to discourage users from submitting such articles in the first place, including: 1. Appending short "footers" to all posted articles, informing newcomers of the purpose of the newsgroup and providing references to more detailed information about the newsgroup, the Usenet community, and the Internet in general; and 2. E-mailing "welcome" messages to all first-time posters, containing similar information as in (1). Other than appending a footer or adding headers, the moderators will not modify the content of a posted article The Head Moderator will submit a report to the Moderation Board each month, providing statistics on the functioning of the group, a summary of the articles appealed, and a list of any changes to the Administrative Statement or the moderation software. The Board may instruct the Head Moderator to eliminate any automatic rejection or forwarding criterion from the moderation software. The Board may elect a new Head Moderator if the position becomes vacant; the Head Moderator or the Board may appoint a Backup Moderator to fill in for the Head Moderator during short periods of absence. The Board also has the power to remove a Head Moderator. It may remove a Head Moderator who has been in office for less than six weeks through a simple majority vote of all members. A Moderator who has been in office for more than six weeks may only be removed by a 2/3 majority vote of those who have been on the Board for at least six weeks. The Board controls its own membership. It may admit new members with a simple majority vote, or remove members who have served for less than six weeks with a simple majority vote. Members who have served longer than six weeks may only be removed by a 2/3 vote of those who have been on the Board for at least six weeks. The Board will make a good-faith effort to maintain a membership of at least three persons. The working charter for the group may be modified by a 2/3 vote of those who have been members of the Moderation Board for at least six weeks. A copy of the current charter will be available at a location given in the Administrative Statement. From group-admin@isc.org Thu Jun 26 10:25:03 1997 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <867335405.1438@isc.org> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 14:30:05 GMT Lines: 142 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBM7J87sJdOtO4janBAQH0hwP+LcoKm2wdX4QM9mJcusXRGT0+3IcvQlBk l7MwysFxirX3eRXZWXfEJeABz4l+/aRrU7OPXyuY/V7gypyaXUNbOpwhjZ81EhHB eznKAR3dHMW8OlDQq65M9xfmf0dJNxGJkr2KVaLbfPxjBUyyEISHUiToBM3pvHhL MBBwm9oBccI= =3gb3 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:5931 news.newusers.questions is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 357:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 19 May 1997. Group submission address: nnq-mod@presby.edu Moderator contact address: nnq-admin@presby.edu (Jon Bell, Ethan Bradford, Dennis Calhoun, Denis McKeon, Stella Nemeth, Barbara Pattist, Kivi Shapiro) For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for new users of Usenet. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS (n.n.q) is for questions, answers and advice about using Usenet news and other Internet newsgroups and services. Articles which do not contribute to educating or informing new users about Usenet are inappropriate for this newsgroup. Some examples of inappropriate posts include: Chain letters, including "Make Money Fast" articles Known hoaxes (like the "Good Times Virus") Announcements of non-relevant Web pages Announcements of non-relevant services Personal introductions or requests for e-mail Irrelevant questions or conversation Articles offering items for sale Commercial advertisements Test articles These posts may be rejected regardless of their topic: Articles which aren't primarily text in a standard alphabet (e.g. binaries, pictures, Rot13). Articles cross-posted to several newsgroups (except proper FAQs) Articles posted as separate copies to many newsgroups ("spam") Excessively long articles (more than ~200 lines or ~10K bytes) Articles containing significantly more quoted than new content Articles with no subject Duplicate/rapidly reposted messages The newsgroup will be moderated by a Moderation Board, consisting of a Head Moderator and a pool of Backup Moderators. The moderation process will be overseen by the Head Moderator, who may employ assistants from the pool of Backup Moderators as the need arises. Only members of the Moderation Board have the power to judge posts. The current moderation procedures and policies will be described in an Administrative Statement, which will be maintained by the Head Moderator, with any changes subject to veto by the Board. The Statement will be posted to the group whenever it changes, and at least once per month. It will be available at all times at an address posted regularly in the group. All posts to the group may be processed through moderation software which will take one of the following actions on each article: 1. Reject it outright if it meets certain criteria; 2. Forward it to a Board member if it meets certain other criteria; or 3. Post it immediately. The criteria being used by either the moderation software or human moderators will be described in the Administrative Statement. They will not refer to the source of the articles except that the Head Moderator may place certain individuals or sites which repeatedly try to post off-topic material on a "watch list," which will cause their articles to be forwarded to a human moderator for review. The Head Moderator may also declare certain off-topic discussion threads to be "closed," so that no more articles in that thread will be accepted. Rejected articles will, if possible, be returned to the sender along with a letter of explanation. Rejected articles may be appealed to an address specified in the Administrative Statement and in any letter of rejection. If an article was rejected by a human moderator, the appeal will be judged by a different moderator. In the event of abuse of the appeals process, the Moderation Board will decide what action will be taken to deal with the abuse. An article will normally be subject to rejection only at the time it is submitted. Canceling of articles after they have been posted ("retromoderation") will not be used for general content control. Cancelations will be permitted only under the following special circumstances: 1. When performed or requested by the original poster or by his/ her Internet Service Provider; 2. When performed by the Head Moderator, to cancel articles with forged approvals; or 3. When performed by reputable third-party cancelers (as determined by the Head Moderator), to cancel articles that are widely considered to be undesirable in most of Usenet, e.g. binaries and excessively multiposted articles ("spam"). In addition to rejecting inappropriate articles, the moderators may take measures to discourage users from submitting such articles in the first place, including: 1. Appending short "footers" to all posted articles, informing newcomers of the purpose of the newsgroup and providing references to more detailed information about the newsgroup, the Usenet community, and the Internet in general; and 2. E-mailing "welcome" messages to all first-time posters, containing similar information as in (1). Other than appending a footer or adding headers, the moderators will not modify the content of a posted article The Head Moderator will submit a report to the Moderation Board each month, providing statistics on the functioning of the group, a summary of the articles appealed, and a list of any changes to the Administrative Statement or the moderation software. The Board may instruct the Head Moderator to eliminate any automatic rejection or forwarding criterion from the moderation software. The Board may elect a new Head Moderator if the position becomes vacant; the Head Moderator or the Board may appoint a Backup Moderator to fill in for the Head Moderator during short periods of absence. The Board also has the power to remove a Head Moderator. It may remove a Head Moderator who has been in office for less than six weeks through a simple majority vote of all members. A Moderator who has been in office for more than six weeks may only be removed by a 2/3 majority vote of those who have been on the Board for at least six weeks. The Board controls its own membership. It may admit new members with a simple majority vote, or remove members who have served for less than six weeks with a simple majority vote. Members who have served longer than six weeks may only be removed by a 2/3 vote of those who have been on the Board for at least six weeks. The Board will make a good-faith effort to maintain a membership of at least three persons. The working charter for the group may be modified by a 2/3 vote of those who have been members of the Moderation Board for at least six weeks. A copy of the current charter will be available at a location given in the Administrative Statement. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Jul 2 12:16:34 1997 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: cmsg newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Control: newgroup news.newusers.questions moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <867853803.8257@isc.org> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 14:30:03 GMT Lines: 142 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBM7pl68JdOtO4janBAQH9UQP/TVzPYY9LMgg8lSgSIIKYHJcKVnlWnS9l f+9X8EkzkXrngKeYp0puqtLE95TMFOUKfbP/9l7gXCuhk2SB9y4hn8yt6t/qivyY oPB7pWQMKusyY+EySIwX5qhgfhw/LwNCCy/dVxRw5mLUYIQIJeMpuXrrT8zpgOJ5 FBD22YLPDIg= =iwCt Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:6121 news.newusers.questions is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 357:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 19 May 1997. Group submission address: nnq-mod@presby.edu Moderator contact address: nnq-admin@presby.edu (Jon Bell, Ethan Bradford, Dennis Calhoun, Denis McKeon, Stella Nemeth, Barbara Pattist, Kivi Shapiro) For your newsgroups file: news.newusers.questions Q & A for new users of Usenet. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS (n.n.q) is for questions, answers and advice about using Usenet news and other Internet newsgroups and services. Articles which do not contribute to educating or informing new users about Usenet are inappropriate for this newsgroup. Some examples of inappropriate posts include: Chain letters, including "Make Money Fast" articles Known hoaxes (like the "Good Times Virus") Announcements of non-relevant Web pages Announcements of non-relevant services Personal introductions or requests for e-mail Irrelevant questions or conversation Articles offering items for sale Commercial advertisements Test articles These posts may be rejected regardless of their topic: Articles which aren't primarily text in a standard alphabet (e.g. binaries, pictures, Rot13). Articles cross-posted to several newsgroups (except proper FAQs) Articles posted as separate copies to many newsgroups ("spam") Excessively long articles (more than ~200 lines or ~10K bytes) Articles containing significantly more quoted than new content Articles with no subject Duplicate/rapidly reposted messages The newsgroup will be moderated by a Moderation Board, consisting of a Head Moderator and a pool of Backup Moderators. The moderation process will be overseen by the Head Moderator, who may employ assistants from the pool of Backup Moderators as the need arises. Only members of the Moderation Board have the power to judge posts. The current moderation procedures and policies will be described in an Administrative Statement, which will be maintained by the Head Moderator, with any changes subject to veto by the Board. The Statement will be posted to the group whenever it changes, and at least once per month. It will be available at all times at an address posted regularly in the group. All posts to the group may be processed through moderation software which will take one of the following actions on each article: 1. Reject it outright if it meets certain criteria; 2. Forward it to a Board member if it meets certain other criteria; or 3. Post it immediately. The criteria being used by either the moderation software or human moderators will be described in the Administrative Statement. They will not refer to the source of the articles except that the Head Moderator may place certain individuals or sites which repeatedly try to post off-topic material on a "watch list," which will cause their articles to be forwarded to a human moderator for review. The Head Moderator may also declare certain off-topic discussion threads to be "closed," so that no more articles in that thread will be accepted. Rejected articles will, if possible, be returned to the sender along with a letter of explanation. Rejected articles may be appealed to an address specified in the Administrative Statement and in any letter of rejection. If an article was rejected by a human moderator, the appeal will be judged by a different moderator. In the event of abuse of the appeals process, the Moderation Board will decide what action will be taken to deal with the abuse. An article will normally be subject to rejection only at the time it is submitted. Canceling of articles after they have been posted ("retromoderation") will not be used for general content control. Cancelations will be permitted only under the following special circumstances: 1. When performed or requested by the original poster or by his/ her Internet Service Provider; 2. When performed by the Head Moderator, to cancel articles with forged approvals; or 3. When performed by reputable third-party cancelers (as determined by the Head Moderator), to cancel articles that are widely considered to be undesirable in most of Usenet, e.g. binaries and excessively multiposted articles ("spam"). In addition to rejecting inappropriate articles, the moderators may take measures to discourage users from submitting such articles in the first place, including: 1. Appending short "footers" to all posted articles, informing newcomers of the purpose of the newsgroup and providing references to more detailed information about the newsgroup, the Usenet community, and the Internet in general; and 2. E-mailing "welcome" messages to all first-time posters, containing similar information as in (1). Other than appending a footer or adding headers, the moderators will not modify the content of a posted article The Head Moderator will submit a report to the Moderation Board each month, providing statistics on the functioning of the group, a summary of the articles appealed, and a list of any changes to the Administrative Statement or the moderation software. The Board may instruct the Head Moderator to eliminate any automatic rejection or forwarding criterion from the moderation software. The Board may elect a new Head Moderator if the position becomes vacant; the Head Moderator or the Board may appoint a Backup Moderator to fill in for the Head Moderator during short periods of absence. The Board also has the power to remove a Head Moderator. It may remove a Head Moderator who has been in office for less than six weeks through a simple majority vote of all members. A Moderator who has been in office for more than six weeks may only be removed by a 2/3 majority vote of those who have been on the Board for at least six weeks. The Board controls its own membership. It may admit new members with a simple majority vote, or remove members who have served for less than six weeks with a simple majority vote. Members who have served longer than six weeks may only be removed by a 2/3 vote of those who have been on the Board for at least six weeks. The Board will make a good-faith effort to maintain a membership of at least three persons. The working charter for the group may be modified by a 2/3 vote of those who have been members of the Moderation Board for at least six weeks. A copy of the current charter will be available at a location given in the Administrative Statement.