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- This directory contains tools written and used by moderators of Usenet
- newsgroups. In the past, most moderators were forced to write much
- of their posting software by hand. Sometimes existing moderators would
- share their sources when asked. Up until now there has not been a single
- archive where moderators could make what they had available for all to
- use. It is the intent of this archive to do just that.
-
- In this manner, moderators both new and existing can see how others with
- similar types of newsgroups are doing their job. A much wider set of support
- software is becoming available to the moderating community as we all bring
- our tools out of the closet. There is no reason new moderators need to develop
- their own software/support environment from scratch as has been the norm in
- the past.
-
- Moderation of newsgroups is trancending Usenet as many organizations begin
- using Usenet software for internal use. It is hoped that this archive will
- also be of use to those who are not Usenet moderators but are moderating
- newsgroups never the less.
-
- The contents of this archive have been generously made available in a "AS IS"
- condition. Many of the sources, scripts and yes, documents are not as pretty
- as the individual moderators may like but they work and are being used. The
- idea is that the archive is a snapshot of tools used. They are made available
- so that others can see how it is done and potentially get a copy as a starting
- point for their newsgroup's required modifications.
-
- If you would like to participate, either send your tools to
-
- mod-archive@sterling.com
-
- or email as to where they can pick them up at.
-
- The following is a listing of the current contents of the archive.
-
- ============================================================================
- File Moderator Newsgroup(s)
- ============================================================================
- Archive.{html,txt} Kent Landfield
-
- These files contain a list of the location of moderated Usenet newsgroup
- archives.
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- amiga.moderate Carlos Amezaga comp.sys.amiga.announce
-
- Tools for gatewaying a newsgroup to email list for use on an Amiga.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- autoreply.shar David C Lawrence
-
- This is used to auto-reply to postings submitted. This script uses
- procmail to do the processing.
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- cancel.pl David C Lawrence
-
- Tool to send out cancels for arbitrary articles written in perl.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- cancel Brian Kantor
-
- Tool to send out cancels for arbitrary articles
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- checkm.shar Scott Hazen Mueller comp.newprod
- comp.sys.sun.announce
- news.admin.technical
- rec.arts.sf.announce
-
- Forward crossposted articles to the next moderator in line for approval to
- post. The sending moderator grants subsequent moderators the permission to
- crosspost to the sender's newsgroup.
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- checkmod.pl Thomas Koenig
-
- A subroutine written in perl to check if there are other moderated groups
- list on a newsgroup line. NNTP example as well.
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- cik-moderate Arthur L Wilson comp.infosystems.kiosks
-
- Tools used for posting and archiving comp.infosystems.kiosks
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ckngrps.shar Kent Landfield comp.sources.misc
-
- Check the Newsgroups: line out in a submission to assure that you are not
- posting to another moderated group. We all need to play in our own little
- sandboxes.
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- csm-mod.tar Kent Landfield comp.sources.misc
-
- Lots of tools in general such as brik, cshar3.0, patch, post, postit, rkive
- shar3.49, and unipatch. There is also a copy of an inprogress draft rfc on
- moderating sources groups in general. Post is what was the granddady of the
- source groups posting software. Postit is what is used in comp.sources.misc.
-
- The file README.csm is just the extracted README from this distribution.
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- innmod.tar Mark Bixby
-
- innautorespond Send automatic e-mail responses to *.test postings.
- innmoda For newsgroup moderator to approve & post e-mail.
- innmodr For newsgroup moderator to reject e-mail.
- innzap Newsadmin tool to rmgroup alt.silly.group.names.
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- MHmod.0.15.tar George William Herbert sci.space.tech
-
- MH based posting system used in sci.space. Also a script to check if the
- supplied newsgroups header contains other moderated groups.
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- mod.sources.txt Kent Landfield comp.sources.misc
-
- This is an in-progress FYI describing the moderation process for
- comp.sources.* newsgroups.
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- mod.procmail Sridhar Venkataraman rec.food.veg.cooking
-
- This script is an example of using Procmail to moderate a Usenet group.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- moderate.el Mark Towfiq soc.religion.bahai
-
- A lisp moderation tool for people using RMAIL and GNUS under Emacs.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- multimod.shar Greg Woods soc.feminism,
- sci.research.physics,
- soc.religion.islam
-
- Divide up the load of moderating a group between a set of moderators.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- new-moderator.shar Gene Spafford
-
- This is the package sent to new moderators. This package is out of date
- but there is currently work in progress to bring it up to speed.
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- newsgroup.tar Paul A. Fishwick comp.simulation
-
- Tools used for moderation of comp.simulation
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- nntpscan.tar Adam Richter comp.archives
-
- The perl scripts used to generate comp.archives repostings.
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- post.shar Kenneth Herron
-
- This is post version 1.1. Post is a general-purpose posting agent; it
- serves the same basic function as inews but is designed for special
- needs where more control and less second-guessing is needed, such
- as moderating a newsgroup or posting under program control. Post's
- features include:
-
- * Post was written to comply with the provisions for a posting
- agent described in the current version of Henry Spencer's draft
- replacement for RFC 1036. It can generate fully-compliant
- Date:, Sender:, Message-ID:, Path:, etc. headers as necessary.
-
- * Input sources can be standard input, file names, or command
- pipes. Inputs may be posted as independent articles or
- concatenated. Multipart posts may be posted with one command,
- with special Subject:, References:, and See-Also: handling.
-
- * Input sources may or may not contain headers. Any headers may
- be added or removed via the command line; you may also specify
- headers to be printed to stdout after a successful post.
-
- * Post won't get in your way when you need to do something unusual,
- such as posting a rmgroup message for a group you don't carry.
-
- Requires perl.
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- posting Thomas Krueger rec.audio.high-end
-
- Shell and awk posting script with some digest support.
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- reject.shar Scott Hazen Mueller comp.newprod
- comp.sys.sun.announce
- news.admin.technical
- rec.arts.sf.announce
-
- Script for sending rejections. Send a form-letter rejection to the originator
- of an article. The rejection type code can be passed in from the command line,
- or chosen interactively.
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- submit Dave Taylor comp.sys.sun.announce
-
- Usually invoked while reading email within the mailer as "|submit groupname"
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- tools.sma.tar Dan Greening sci.med.aids
-
- Tools used for the cooperative moderation of sci.med.aids.
- The file README.sma is just the extracted README from this distribution.
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-