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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.
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File Moderator Newsgroup(s)
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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moderate.el Mark Towfiq soc.religion.bahai
A lisp moderation tool for people using RMAIL and GNUS under Emacs.
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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.
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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"
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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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