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                   Usenet Hierarchies: Config Files FAQ.

             Maintained by: Simon Lyall <[e-mail]>



Version number 0.61

Created - Oct 15 1997

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Subject: 0.0 Table of Contents.

 Subject: 0.0 Table of Contents.
 Subject: 0.1 Introduction
 Subject: 0.2 Recent Changes to this FAQ.

 Subject: 2.0 Sample moderators file.

 Subject: 3.0 Keeping your newsgroups (active file) up to date.
 Subject: 3.1 PGP authentication of newgroup and rmgroup messages
 Subject: 3.2 Sample control.ctl file.
 Subject: 3.3 List of PGP keys used by Hierarchy Administrators.
 Subject: 3.4 Adding a Hierarchy to this list.

 Subject: 4.0 Credits

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Subject: 0.1 Introduction

With the recent explosion of usenet throughout the world many hierarchies
outside the traditional "Big 8" (comp, soc, misc, news, rec, humanities,
sci & talk) have been created. These range from regional to special
interest. This FAQ is intended to document some information about these
hierarchies and enable News-Administrators to ensure they are carrying the
correct groups for each one.

Central to this FAQ is a sample "control.ctl" file used by the INN
news-server to add and delete groups.

Another important source of information is Lewis Eisen's <[e-mail]>
"Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies" which is available from:

    http://www.magmacom.com/~leisen/master_list.html

Please remember that this FAQ is an "in progress" document. Several
sections need re-writing and updating. Contributions and corrections are
very welcome.

This FAQ is now available on the Web at:

       http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/hierarchies-config

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Subject: 0.2 Recent Changes to this FAQ.

A diff of the changes to the sample control.ctl is posted to
news.admin.hierarchies at the same time this FAQ is posted.

General
-------

- Now posting to *.answers groups.
- Added URL for FAQ
- Fixed up URL for pgp-control stuff.


Control.ctl
-----------

General         - Several minor errors and typos fixed
net.*           - Added
mensa.*         - Added
nl-alt.*        - Added
manawatu.*      - Removed checkgroups entry
malta.*         - Added


Moderators file
---------------

General         - Made moderators.uu.net the default due to changes.
mensa.*         - Added



August 8 1997 Edition
=====================


General
-------

- Now posting a diff of the control.ctl to news.admin.hierarchies

Control.ctl
-----------

General         - Removed all "drop" commands associated with "checkgroups"
                  entries since these seem to cause problems
acs.*           - Removed
alt.*           - Added [e-mail] to list
alt.*           - Added a slight disclaimer
ar.*            - Added
blgtn.*         - Added
dc.*            - Changed to [e-mail]
duke.*          - Added as private
k12.*           - Updated address to [e-mail]
nl.*            - URL for english FAQ added
no.*            - Added PGP'd entries
un.*            - Added
utwente.*       - Added as private


June 8 1997 Edition
===================


General
-------

- sync-active URL updated.
- Added section 3.4 on creating a new hierarchy
- Fleshed out section 3.3 a little.

Moderators file
---------------

clari.*         - Added [e-mail]
concordia.*     - Added
medlux.*        - Added
nl.*            - Added

Control.ctl
-----------

General         - A few formatting fixes.
alt.*           - Added [e-mail] to list.
at.*            - Updated to [e-mail]
chile.*         - Updated
cl.*            - PGP key added
concordia.*     - Added
fj.*            - Added new address
japan.*         - Added
maus.*          - PGP key added
mcom.*          - Added
medlux.*        - Updated
mod.*           - Pointer to possible revival
nl.*            - Updated to correspond to posted faq.
nz.*            - Added pgp control entry
ott.*           - Updated
pa.*            - replaced [e-mail] with [e-mail]
phl.*           - removed [e-mail]
surfnet.*       - Title update
t-netz.*        - Added as defunct
tfcn.*          - Added
z-netz.*        - Updated a little
zer.*           - Added as defunct

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Subject: 2.0 Sample moderators file.

The moderators file is used by the INN news-server program to determine
where to send moderated posts from you site.

Almost all groups are mirrored to the moderators.uu.net alias but I
have listed the original sites as updates may be a little slow there.
Due to various comments people are having with this address I have
only kept it as an option, YMMV.

This default example has all the "original sites" commented out, you
should be aware of problems that will result for your users if one of
these sites crashes. If at all possible the moderators.uu.net alias
should be used for all hierarchies and groups that are not listed
there should forward their information to [e-mail]

Some sites may have problems with the moderators.uu.net address so
they should choose one of the sites that it points to (use "host" or
nslookup to find the MX record for this). You should also check
question 6.8 of the INN FAQ for more information.

##  $Revision: 2.2 $
##  Mailing addresses for moderators.
##  Maintained by Simon Lyall <[e-mail]>
##  Format:
##      <newsgroup>:<pathname>
##  First match found is used.
##      <newsgroup>     Shell-style newsgroup pattern or specific newsgroup
##      <pathname>      Mail address, "%s" becomes newgroup name with dots
##                      changed to dashes.
# be.*:[e-mail]
# bionet.*:[e-mail]
# bln.*:[e-mail]
# clari.*:[e-mail]
# concordia.*:[e-mail]
# cz.*:[e-mail]
# es.*:[e-mail]
# gnu.*:[e-mail]
# hun.*:[e-mail]
# it.*:[e-mail]
# linux.act.*:[e-mail]
# linux.*:[e-mail]
# medlux.*:[e-mail]
# mensa.*:[e-mail]
# nl.*:[e-mail]
# nz.*:[e-mail]
# pl.*:[e-mail]
# relcom.*:[e-mail]
# sk.*:[e-mail]
# tnn.*:[e-mail]
# *:[e-mail]
*:[e-mail]


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Subject: 3.0 Keeping your newsgroups (active file) up to date.


Each Usenet site needs to keep a different list of newsgroups, Large
ISPs try to carry as many groups as possible in order to satisfy all
their customers. In contrast some companies may carry only a couple of
groups directly relevant to their business.

If your site is running INN (the most popular and mature of the
current Usenet News Servers) the list of what groups your site is
aware of is contained in the "active" file. Note that this may not
correspond with what groups are feed to it by other sites, for example
I have 3500 groups listed in my active file but I am only fed about a
hundred.

One of the problems that many News Admins face is keeping their active
file up to date. If your active file is out of sync with what is
generally accepted then you face the risk that your users may miss
articles that are posted to groups you do not carry. Alternatively
your users may post to a group that most sites don't have or post to
the wrong group as they unable to find the correct one.

However with over 30,000 newsgroups in existence and dozens being added
or deleted each day it is difficult and time consuming to manually
process every newgroup and rmgroup message that arrives at your site.

One option is to pick a site that you trust and grab their active file
at regular intervals, syncing your site to theirs each time (with the
odd differences like local groups).

If you are running version 1.4x of INN you can use the following to
sync your active file with another site(s).

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/inn/unoff-contrib/sync-active.tar.gz

In v1.5 of INN there is actsync and actsyncd for this job. If people
are interested I will look at adding useful config files for these
commands as well to this FAQ (suggestions and feedback encouraged).

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Subject: 3.1 PGP authentication of newgroup and rmgroup messages

[ This piece is culled from the file written by David Lawrence, see
the cited URL for the full text ]

Usenet articles are notoriously easy to forge, and control messages
are no exception. Since administrators often want to have their news
systems automatically honor requests from some particular people to
add or remove newsgroups, it is risky to trust the From: and Sender:
headers to identify the real sender of a message, as has historically
been done.

Thus a system using Philip Zimmerman's Pretty Good Privacy(tm) (PGP
(tm)) was developed to provide a more secure means of authenticating
the sender of a control message.

Unlike traditional PGP authentication of messages, which just verifies
that the contents of the body of a message are unchanged from when it
was digitally "signed", this system also needed to sign a few headers
of the control message to verify the action to be taken and to guard
against certain other pitfalls. Another goal was to make the signature
as unobtrusive as possible and require minimal changes to existing
software in order to work.

For further Information see:

        ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README

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Subject: 3.2 Sample control.ctl file.

Below is a sample control.ctl, this is used by the INN newsserver to decide
how to respond to control messages that effect newsgroups (rather than simple
message cancels).

For an explanation on what the commands to consult the man page for
'control.ctl' and also the explanation at the start of the file on
your own system.

I have presented this in the format used by INN since it is the most
popular newsserver and sites running it can easily cut-and-paste this
into their configuration. If anyone has a simple way to convert this file
to alternative formats I will be happy to include a pointer.

##  $Revision: 1.16 $
##  Maintained by Simon Lyall <[e-mail]>
##  control.ctl - access control for control messages
##  Format:
##    <message>:<from>:<newsgroups>:<action>
##  The last match found is used.
##    <message>    Control message or "all" if it applies
##            to all control messages.
##    <from>        Pattern that must match the From line.
##    <newsgroups>    Pattern that must match the newsgroup being
##            newgroup'd or rmgroup'd (ignored for other messages).
##      <action>        What to do:
##                          doit        Perform action (usually sends mail too)
##                          doifarg     Do if command has an arg (see sendsys)
##                          doit=xxx    Do action; log to xxx (see below)
##                          drop        Ignore message
##                          log         One line to error log
##                          log=xxx     Log to xxx (see below)
##                          mail        Send mail to admin
##                          verify-pgp_userid   Do PGP verification on user.
##                          verify-pgp_userid=logfile   PGP verify and log.
##                      xxx=mail to mail; xxx= (empty) to toss; xxx=/full/path
##                      to log to /full/path; xxx=foo to log to ${LOG}/foo.log
##
## The defaults have changed.
##
## Firstly. Most things that caused mail in the past no longer do. This is
## due to proliferation of forged control messages filling up mailboxes.
##
## Secondly, the assumption now is that you have pgp on your system. If you
## don't, then you should get it to help protect youself against all the
## looser control message forgers. If you can't use pgp, then you'll have
## to fix some sections here. Search for *PGP*. At each "*PGP*" found
## you'll need to comment out the block of lines right after it (that have
## 'verify-' in their 4th field). Then uncomment the block of lines that
## comes right after that. You'll also need to change WANT_PGPVERIFY in
## config.data.
##
## For more information on using PGP to varify control messages, upgrade
## to INN-1.5 or see ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/
##
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##
## A number of hierarchies are for local use only but have leaked out into
## the general stream. In this config file the are set so they are easy to
## remove and will not be added by sites. Please delete them if you
## carry them. If you wish to carry them please contact the address given to
## arrange a feed.
##
## The following hierachies are listed in this file as "local only",
## "defunct" or "private" . If you carry these hierarchies you should
## change the entry listed.
##
## backbone, bofh, cais, central, duke, fa, fur, iconz, local, manawatu,
## mod, net,
## netaxs, planet, prima, psu, pubnet, t-netz, tele, utwente, uva, zer
##
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------

##    DEFAULT
all:*:*:mail

## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##    CHECKGROUPS MESSAGES
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Any newsgroup
checkgroups:*:*:log=miscctl

## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##    IHAVE/SENDME MESSAGES
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------

ihave:*:*:drop
sendme:*:*:drop

## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##    SENDSYS
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------

sendsys:*:*:log=sendsys


## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##    SENDUUNAME
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------

senduuname:*:*:log=senduuname

## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##    VERSION
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------

version:*:*:log=version

## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##    NEWGROUP/RMGROUP MESSAGES
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Default (for any group)
newgroup:*:*:log=newgroup
rmgroup:*:*:log=rmgroup

## The Big 8.
## COMP, HUMANITIES, MISC, NEWS, REC, SCI, SOC, TALK
#
# If it *doesn't* come from [e-mail], forget it
newgroup:*:comp.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*:log
rmgroup:*:comp.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*:log

# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:*:verify-news.announce.newgroups=miscctl
newgroup:[e-mail]:comp.*|misc.*|news.*:verify-news.announce.newgroups
newgroup:[e-mail]:rec.*|sci.*|soc.*:verify-news.announce.newgroups
newgroup:[e-mail]:talk.*|humanities.*:verify-news.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:[e-mail]:comp.*|misc.*|news.*:verify-news.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:[e-mail]:rec.*|sci.*|soc.*:verify-news.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:[e-mail]:talk.*|humanities.*:verify-news.announce.newgroups

# Non-pgp entries, Due to the number of forged messages these are all
# mailed to the NewsAdmin, rmgroups are also not acted upon.
#
# The best idea is to get PGP.
#
# checkgroups:[e-mail]:*:mail
# newgroup:[e-mail]:comp.*|misc.*|news.*|rec.*|sci.*:doit=mail
# newgroup:[e-mail]:soc.*|talk.*|humanities.*:doit=mail
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:comp.*|misc.*|news.*|rec.*|sci.*:mail
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:soc.*|talk.*|humanities.*:mail

## AKR ( Akron, Ohio, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:akr.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:akr.*:doit=rmgroup

## ALABAMA (Alabama, USA)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
newgroup:[e-mail]:alabama.*:verify-alabama-group-admin=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:alabama.*:verify-alabama-group-admin=rmgroup

# newgroup:[e-mail]:alabama.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:alabama.*:doit=rmgroup

## ALT
##
## Accept all newgroup's as well as rmgroup's from trusted sources and
## process them silently.  Only the rmgroup messages from unknown sources
## will be e-mailed to the administrator. Please note that the people
## listed here are trusted in my opinion only, you opinion my differ.
##
## Other options and comments on alt.* groups can be found on Bill
## Hazelrig's WWW pages at http://www.tezcat.com/~haz1/alt/faqindex.html
##
newgroup:*:alt.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:*:alt.*:mail
rmgroup:haz1@*nwu.edu:alt.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:grobe@*netins.net:alt.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:smj@*.oro.net:alt.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:davidg@*.netcom.com:alt.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:alt.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:alt.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:alt.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:alt.*:doit=rmgroup

## AR (Argentina)
newgroup:[e-mail]:ar.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ar.*:doit=rmgroup

## ARKANE (Arkane Systems, UK )
# Contact: [e-mail]
# URL: http://www.arkane.demon.co.uk/Newsgroups.html
checkgroups:[e-mail]:arkane.*:mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:arkane.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:arkane.*:doit=rmgroup

## AT (Austrian)
checkgroups:[e-mail]:at.*:mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:at.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:at.*:doit=rmgroup

## AUS (Australia)
newgroup:kre@*mu*au:aus.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:revdoc@*uow.edu.au:aus.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:kre@*mu*au:aus.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:revdoc@*uow.edu.au:aus.*:doit=rmgroup

## AUSTIN (Texas)
newgroup:[e-mail]:austin.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:austin.*:doit=rmgroup

## AZ (Arizona)
newgroup:[e-mail]:az.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:az.*:doit=rmgroup

## BACKBONE (ruhr.de/ruhrgebiet.individual.net in Germany)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For internal use only, contact above address for questions
newgroup:*@*:backbone.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:backbone.*:doit=rmgroup

## BE  (Belgique/Belg∩e/Belgien/Belgium )
# Contact: [e-mail]
# URL: ftp://ftp.innet.be/pub/staff/stef/
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:news@*innet.be:be.*:verify-be.announce.newgroups
newgroup:news@*innet.be:be.*:verify-be.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:news@*innet.be:be.*:verify-be.announce.newgroups

# newgroup:[e-mail]:be.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:be.*:doit=rmgroup


## BERMUDA
newgroup:news@*ibl.bm:bermuda.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:news@*ibl.bm:bermuda.*:doit=rmgroup

## BIONET (Biology Network)
checkgroups:kristoff@*.bio.net:bionet.*:mail
checkgroups:news@*.bio.net:bionet.*:mail
newgroup:dmack@*.bio.net:bionet.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:kristoff@*.bio.net:bionet.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:shibumi@*.bio.net:bionet.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:dmack@*.bio.net:bionet.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:kristoff@*.bio.net:bionet.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:shibumi@*.bio.net:bionet.*:doit=mail

## BIT (Gatewayed Mailing lists)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:bit.*:verify-bit.admin=miscctl
newgroup:[e-mail]:bit.*:verify-bit.admin
rmgroup:[e-mail]:bit.*:verify-bit.admin

# newgroup:jim@*american.edu:bit.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:jim@*american.edu:bit.*:doit=rmgroup

## BIZ (Business Groups)
newgroup:[e-mail]:biz.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:biz.*:doit=rmgroup

## BLGTN ( Bloomington, In, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:blgtn.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:blgtn.*:doit=rmgroup

## BLN (Berlin, Germany)
checkgroups:news@*fu-berlin.de:bln.*:mail
newgroup:news@*fu-berlin.de:bln.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:news@*fu-berlin.de:bln.*:doit=rmgroup

## BOFH ( Bastard Operator From Hell )
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For private use only, contact the above address for information.
newgroup:*@*:bofh.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:bofh.*:doit=rmgroup

## CA (California, USA)
# URL: http://www.sbay.org/ca/
# Contact: [e-mail]
newgroup:[e-mail]:ca.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ca.*:doit=rmgroup

## CAIS ( )
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For local use only, contact the above address for information.
newgroup:*@*:cais.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:cais.*:doit=rmgroup

## CAPDIST (Albany, The Capital District, New York, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:capdist.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:capdist.*:doit=rmgroup

## CARLETON (Canadian -- Carleton University)
newgroup:[e-mail]:carleton.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:carleton*class.*:log
rmgroup:[e-mail]:carleton.*:doit=rmgroup

## CENTRAL (The Internet Company of New Zealand, Wellington, NZ )
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For local use only, contact the above address for information.
newgroup:*@*:central.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:central.*:doit=rmgroup

## CHRISTNET newsgroups
checkgroups:[e-mail]:christnet.*:mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:christnet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:christnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## CHI (Chicago, USA)
newgroup:lisbon@*interaccess.com:chi.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:lisbon@*chi.il.us:chi.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:lisbon@*interaccess.com:chi.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:lisbon@*chi.il.us:chi.*:doit=rmgroup

## CHILE (Chile and Chilean affairs)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# URL: http://www.webhost.cl/~mod-cga
checkgroups:mod-cga@*webhost.cl:chile.*:mail
newgroup:mod-cga@*webhost.cl:chile.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:mod-cga@*webhost.cl:chile.*:doit=rmgroup

## CHINESE (China and Chinese language groups)
newgroup:[e-mail]:chinese.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:chinese.*:doit=rmgroup

## CL (CL-Netz, German)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# Contact: [e-mail] (CL-Koordination, Link-Goe)
# URL: http://www.zerberus.de/org/cl/index.html
# Syncable server: net2.dinoex.sub.de
# Key fingerprint: 21 ED D6 CB 05 56 6E E8  F6 F1 11 E9 2F 6C D5 BB
checkgroups:[e-mail]:cl.*:verify-cl.koordination.einstellungen
newgroup:[e-mail]:cl.*:verify-cl.koordination.einstellungen
rmgroup:[e-mail]:cl.*:verify-cl.koordination.einstellungen

# newgroup:[e-mail]:cl.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:root@[e-mail]:cl.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:cl.*:doit=rmgroup
# rmgroup:root@[e-mail]:cl.*:doit=rmgroup


## CLARINET ( Features and News, Available on a commercial basis)
##
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:cl*@clarinet.com:clari.*:verify-ClariNet.Group
newgroup:cl*@clarinet.com:clari.*:verify-ClariNet.Group
rmgroup:cl*@clarinet.com:clari.*:verify-ClariNet.Group

# newgroup:[e-mail]:clari.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:[e-mail]:clari.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:[e-mail]:clari.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:clari.*:doit=rmgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:clari.*:doit=rmgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:clari.*:doit=rmgroup

## CONCORDIA newsgroups (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
# URL: General University info at http://www.concordia.ca/
# Contact: [e-mail]
newgroup:[e-mail]:concordia.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:concordia.*:doit=rmgroup


## CZ newsgroups (Czech Republic)
checkgroups:[e-mail]:cz.*:mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:cz.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:cz.*:doit=rmgroup

## DC (Washington, D.C. , USA )
checkgroups:[e-mail]:dc.*:mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:dc.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:dc.*:doit=rmgroup

## DE (German language)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:de.*:verify-de.admin.news.announce
newgroup:[e-mail]:de.*:verify-de.admin.news.announce
newgroup:*@*:de.alt.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:de.*:verify-de.admin.news.announce

# checkgroups:*@*dana.de:de.*:mail
# checkgroups:*@*.dana.de:de.*:mail
# newgroup:*@dana.de|*@*.dana.de:de.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:*@*:de.alt.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:*@dana.de|*@*.dana.de:de.*:doit=rmgroup

## DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
newgroup:eric@*cirr.com:dfw.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:eric@*cirr.com:dfw.*:doit=rmgroup

## DK (Denmark)
newgroup:[e-mail]:dk.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:dk.*:doit=rmgroup

## DUKE ( Duke University, USA )
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For local use only, contact the above address for information.
newgroup:*@*:duke.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:duke.*:doit=rmgroup

## EFN
##
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:efn.*:verify-eug.config=miscctl
newgroup:[e-mail]:efn.*:verify-eug.config
rmgroup:[e-mail]:efn.*:verify-eug.config

# newgroup:[e-mail]:efn.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:efn.*:doit=rmgroup


## EHIME-U (? University, Japan ?)
newgroup:[e-mail]:ehime-u.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:ehime-u.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ehime-u.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ehime-u.*:doit=rmgroup


## ES (Spain)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# URL: http://www.rediris.es/netnews/infonews/NewsConfig.html
# URL: ftp://news.rediris.es/infonews/docs/news_config/newsgroups.es
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# Key fingerprint: 3B 63 18 6F 83 EA 89 82 95 1B 7F 8D B6 ED DD 87
checkgroups:[e-mail]:es.*:verify-es.news
newgroup:[e-mail]:es.*:verify-es.news
rmgroup:[e-mail]:es.*:verify-es.news

# checkgroups:[e-mail]:es.*:mail
# newgroup:[e-mail]:es.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:es.*:doit=rmgroup

## EUG (Eugene/Springfield, Oregon, USA)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:eug.*:verify-eug.config=miscctl
newgroup:[e-mail]:eug.*:verify-eug.config
rmgroup:[e-mail]:eug.*:verify-eug.config

# newgroup:[e-mail]:eug.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:eug.*:doit=rmgroup

## EUNET ( Europe )
newgroup:[e-mail]:eunet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:eunet.*:doit=rmgroup

## FA ( "From ARPA" gatewayed mailing lists)
# Removed in the "Great Renaming" of 1988.
newgroup:*@*:fa.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:fa.*:doit=rmgroup

## FIDO newsgroups (FidoNet)
newgroup:[e-mail]:fido.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:fido.*:doit=rmgroup

## FIDO7
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:fido7.*:verify-fido7.announce.newgroups
newgroup:[e-mail]:fido7.*:verify-fido7.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:[e-mail]:fido7.*:verify-fido7.announce.newgroups

# newgroup:[e-mail]:fido7.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:fido7.*:doit=rmgroup

## FJ (Japan and Japanese language)
newgroup:[e-mail]:fj.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:fj.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:fj.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:fj.*:doit=rmgroup

## FL (Florida, USA )
newgroup:[e-mail]:fl.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:fl.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:fl.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:fl.*:doit=rmgroup

## FR (French Language)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:fr.*:verify-fr.announce.newgroups
newgroup:[e-mail]:fr.*:verify-fr.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:[e-mail]:fr.*:verify-fr.announce.newgroups

# newgroup:[e-mail]:fr.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:fr.*:doit=rmgroup


## FREE
newgroup:*:free.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:*:free.*:doit=mail

## FUDAI (Japanese ?)
newgroup:[e-mail]:fudai.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:fudai.*:doit=rmgroup

## FUR ( furrynet )
# Contact: [e-mail]
# Please contact the above address before adding these groups.

## GIT (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA )
newgroup:[e-mail]:git.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:git*class.*:log
rmgroup:[e-mail]:git.*:doit=rmgroup

## GNU ( Free Software Foundation )
newgroup:[e-mail]:gnu.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:gnu.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:gnu.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:gnu.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:gnu.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:gnu.*:doit=rmgroup

## GOV (Government Information)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# URL: http://www.govnews.org/govnews/
# PGPKEY URL: http://www.govnews.org/govnews/site-setup/gov.pgpkeys
checkgroups:[e-mail]:gov.*:verify-gov.usenet.announce
newgroup:[e-mail]:gov.*:verify-gov.usenet.announce
rmgroup:[e-mail]:gov.*:verify-gov.usenet.announce

## HAMILTON (Canadian)
newgroup:news@*dcss.mcmaster.ca:hamilton.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:news@*dcss.mcmaster.ca:hamilton.*:doit=rmgroup

## HAN (Korean Hangul)
# Contact: [e-mail]
newgroup:news@usenet.*.nm.kr:han.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:news@usenet.*.nm.kr:han.*:doit=rmgroup

## HANNET & HANNOVER (Hannover, Germany)
newgroup:[e-mail]:hannover.*|hannet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:hannover.*|hannet.*:doit=rmgroup

## HAWAII
newgroup:[e-mail]:hawaii.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:hawaii.*:doit=rmgroup

## HK (Hong Kong)
newgroup:[e-mail]:hk.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:hk.*:doit=rmgroup

## HOUSTON (Houston, Texas, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:houston.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:houston.*:doit=rmgroup

## HUN (Hungary)
checkgroups:kissg@*sztaki.hu:hun.*:mail
checkgroups:hg@*.elte.hu:hun.org.elte.*:mail
newgroup:kissg@*sztaki.hu:hun.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:hg@*.elte.hu:hun.org.elte.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:kissg@*sztaki.hu:hun.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:hg@*.elte.hu:hun.org.elte.*:doit=rmgroup

## HSV (Huntsville, Alabama, USA)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# Contact: [e-mail]
newgroup:[e-mail]:hsv.*:verify-alabama-group-admin=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:hsv.*:verify-alabama-group-admin=rmgroup

# newgroup:[e-mail]:hsv.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:hsv.*:doit=rmgroup

## IA (Iowa, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:ia.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ia.*:doit=rmgroup

## ICONZ (The Internet Company of New Zealand, New Zealand)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For local use only, contact the above address for information.
newgroup:*@*:iconz.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:iconz.*:doit=rmgroup

## IE (Ireland)
newgroup:[e-mail]:ie.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ie.*:doit=rmgroup

## IEEE
newgroup:[e-mail]:ieee.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ieee.*:doit=rmgroup

## INFO newsgroups
newgroup:[e-mail]:info.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:info.*:doit=rmgroup

## ISC ( Japanese ?)
newgroup:[e-mail]:isc.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:isc.*:doit=rmgroup

## ISRAEL and IL newsgroups (Israel)
newgroup:[e-mail]:israel.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:israel.*|il.*:doit=rmgroup

## IT (Italian)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:it.*:verify-it.announce.newgroups=miscctl
newgroup:[e-mail]:it.*:verify-it.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:[e-mail]:it.*:verify-it.announce.newgroups

# newgroup:[e-mail]:it.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:stefano@*unipi.it:it.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:it.*:doit=rmgroup
# rmgroup:stefano@*unipi.it:it.*:doit=rmgroup

## IU (Indiana University)
newgroup:[e-mail]:iu.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:iu.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:*@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu:iu*class.*:log
rmgroup:[e-mail]:iu.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:iu.*:doit=rmgroup

## JAPAN (Japan)
newgroup:*@*.jp:japan.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:*@*.jp:japan.*:doit=rmgroup

## K12 ( US Educational Network )
newgroup:[e-mail]:k12.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:k12.*:doit=rmgroup

## KANTO
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:kanto.*:verify-kanto.news.network=miscctl
# NOTE: newgroups aren't verified...
newgroup:*@*.jp:kanto.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:kanto.*:verify-kanto.news.network

## KIEL
checkgroups:[e-mail]:kiel.*:mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:kiel.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:kiel.*:doit=rmgroup

## LIU newsgroups (Sweden?)
newgroup:[e-mail]:liu.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:liu.*:doit=rmgroup

## LINUX (gatewayed mailing lists for the Linux OS)
newgroup:[e-mail]:linux.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:linux.*:doit=rmgroup

## LOCAL (Local-only groups)
# It is not really a good idea for sites to use these since they
# may occur on many unconnect sites
newgroup:*@*:local.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:local.*:drop

## MALTA ( Nation of Malta )
# Contact: [e-mail]
newgroup:[e-mail]:malta.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:malta.*:doit=rmgroup

## MANAWATU ( Manawatu district, New Zealand)
# Contact: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
# For local use only, contact the above address for information.
newgroup:*@*:manawatu.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:manawatu.*:doit=rmgroup

## MAUS ( MausNet, German )
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# Key fingerprint: 82 52 C7 70 26 B9 72 A1  37 98 55 98 3F 26 62 3E
checkgroups:[e-mail]:maus.*:verify-maus-info
checkgroups:[e-mail]:maus.*:verify-maus-info
newgroup:[e-mail]:maus.*:verify-maus-info
newgroup:[e-mail]:maus.*:verify-maus-info
rmgroup:[e-mail]:maus.*:verify-maus-info
rmgroup:[e-mail]:maus.*:verify-maus-info

# newgroup:[e-mail]:maus.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:maus.*:doit=rmgroup

## MCOM ( Netscape Inc, USA)
newgroup:*@*.mcom.com:mcom.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:*@*.mcom.com:mcom.*:doit=rmgroup

## ME (Maine, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:me.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:me.*:doit=rmgroup

## MEDLUX ( All-Russia medical teleconferences )
# URL: ftp://ftp.medlux.ru/pub/news/medlux.grp
checkgroups:neil@new*.medlux.ru:medlux.*:mail
newgroup:neil@new*.medlux.ru:medlux.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:neil@new*.medlux.ru:medlux.*:doit=rmgroup

## MELB ( Melbourne, Australia)
newgroup:kre@*mu*au:melb.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:revdoc@*uow.edu.au:melb.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:kre@*mu*au:melb.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:revdoc@*uow.edu.au:melb.*:doit=rmgroup

## MENSA (The Mensa Organisation)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# Key fingerprint:  A7 57 24 49 C0 D4 47 33  84 A0 52 6E F1 A4 00 5B
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:mensa.*:verify-mensa.config
newgroup:[e-mail]:mensa.*:verify-mensa.config
rmgroup:[e-mail]:mensa.*:verify-mensa.config

## METOCEAN (ISP in Japan)
newgroup:fwataru@*.metocean.co.jp:metocean.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:fwataru@*.metocean.co.jp:metocean.*:doit=rmgroup

## MOD (Original top level moderated hierarchy)
# Removed in the "Great Renaming" of 1988.
# Possible revival attempt in mid-97, so watch this space..
newgroup:*@*:mod.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:mod.*:doit=rmgroup

## MUC (Munchen, Germany. Gatewayed mailing lists??)
newgroup:[e-mail]:muc.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:muc.*:doit=rmgroup

## NAGASAKI-U ( Nagasaki University, Japan ?)
newgroup:root@*nagasaki-u.ac.jp:nagasaki-u.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:root@*nagasaki-u.ac.jp:nagasaki-u.*:doit=rmgroup

## NCTU newsgroups (Taiwan)
newgroup:[e-mail]:nctu.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nctu.*:doit=rmgroup

## NET newsgroups ( Usenet 2 )
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# Key fingerprint: D7 D3 5C DB 18 6A 29 79  BF 74 D4 58 A3 78 9D 22
checkgroups:[e-mail]:net.*:[e-mail]
newgroup:[e-mail]:net.*:[e-mail]
rmgroup:[e-mail]:net.*:[e-mail]

## NIAGARA (Niagara Peninsula, US/CAN)
newgroup:[e-mail]:niagara.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:niagara.*:doit=rmgroup

## NIAS (Japanese ?)
newgroup:[e-mail]:nias.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nias.*:doit=rmgroup

## NL (Netherlands)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~egavic/NL/ (Dutch)
# URL: http://www.kinkhorst.com/usenet/nladmin.en.html (English)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# Key fingerprint: 45 20 0B D5 A1 21 EA 7C  EF B2 95 6C 25 75 4D 27
checkgroups:[e-mail]:nl.*:verify-nl.newsgroups
newgroup:[e-mail]:nl.*:verify-nl.newsgroups
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nl.*:verify-nl.newsgroups

# checkgroups:[e-mail]:nl.*:mail
# newgroup:[e-mail]:nl.*:doit=newgroups
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:nl.*:doit=rmgroup

## NL-ALT (Alternative Netherlands groups)
# URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~onno/nl-alt/
# Several options are given in the FAQ for creating and removing groups.
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# Key fingerprint: 6B 62 EB 53 4D 5D 2F 96  35 D9 C8 9C B0 65 0E 4C
newgroup:*@*:nl-alt.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nl-alt.*:verify-nl-alt.config.admin
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nl-alt.*:verify-nl-alt.config.admin


## NLNET newsgroups (Netherlands ISP)
newgroup:[e-mail]:nlnet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nlnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## NM (New Mexico, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:nm.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nm.*:doit=rmgroup

## NO (Norway)
# See also http://www.usenet.no/
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:no.*:verify-no-hir-control
newgroup:[e-mail]:no.*:verify-no-hir-control
newgroup:*@*.no:no.alt.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:no.*:verify-no-hir-control

# checkgroups:[e-mail]:no.*:mail
# newgroup:[e-mail]:no.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:*@*.no:no.alt.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:no.*:doit=rmgroup
# sendsys:news@*uninett.no:no.*:doit=miscctl
# sendsys:[e-mail]:no.*:doit=miscctl

## NV (Nevada)
newgroup:[e-mail]:nv.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:nv.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nv.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nv.*:doit=rmgroup

## NY (New York State, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:ny.*:mail
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ny.*:mail

## NZ (New Zealand)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
# Contact [e-mail]
# URL: http://usenet.net.nz
# URL: finger://[e-mail]
# PGP fingerprint: 07 DF 48 AA D0 ED AA 88  16 70 C5 91 65 3D 1A 28
checkgroups:[e-mail]:nz.*:verify-nz-hir-control
newgroup:[e-mail]:nz.*:verify-nz-hir-control
rmgroup:[e-mail]:nz.*:verify-nz-hir-control

# newgroup:[e-mail]:nz.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:nz.*:doit=rmgroup


## OC newsgroups (?)
newgroup:[e-mail]:oc.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:oc.*:doit=rmgroup

## OH (Ohio, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:oh.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:oh.*:doit=rmgroup

## OK (Oklahoma, USA)
newgroup:quentin@*qns.com:ok.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:quentin@*qns.com:ok.*:doit=rmgroup

## OTT (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# URL: http://www.pinetree.org/ONAG/
newgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
newgroup:news@*pinetree.org:ott.*:doit=mail
newgroup:gordon@*pinetree.org:ott.*:doit=mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:news@*pinetree.org:ott.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:gordon@*pinetree.org:ott.*:doit=mail
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ott.*:doit=mail


## PA (Pennsylvania, USA)
# URL: http://www.netcom.com/~rb1000/pa_hierarchy/
newgroup:[e-mail]:pa.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:pa.*:doit=rmgroup

## PGH (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:pgh.*:verify-pgh.config=miscctl
newgroup:[e-mail]:pgh.*:verify-pgh.config
rmgroup:[e-mail]:pgh.*:verify-pgh.config

# checkgroups:[e-mail]:pgh.*:mail
# newgroup:[e-mail]:pgh.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:pgh.*:doit=rmgroup

## PHL (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:phl.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:phl.*:doit=rmgroup

## PIN (Personal Internauts' NetNews)
newgroup:[e-mail]:pin.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:pin.*:doit=rmgroup

## PL (Poland and Polish language)
## For more info, see http://www.ict.pwr.wroc.pl/doc/news-pl-new-site-faq.html
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:michalj@*fuw.edu.pl:pl.*:verify-pl.announce.newgroups
checkgroups:[e-mail]:pl.*:verify-pl.announce.newgroups
newgroup:michalj@*fuw.edu.pl:pl.*:verify-pl.announce.newgroups
newgroup:[e-mail]:pl.*:verify-pl.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:michalj@*fuw.edu.pl:pl.*:verify-pl.announce.newgroups
rmgroup:[e-mail]:pl.*:verify-pl.announce.newgroups

# newgroup:michalj@*fuw.edu.pl:pl.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:[e-mail]:pl.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:michalj@*fuw.edu.pl:pl.*:doit=rmgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:pl.*:doit=rmgroup

## PLANET ( PlaNet FreeNZ co-operative, New Zealand)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For local use only, contact the above address for information.
newgroup:*@*:planet.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:planet.*:doit=rmgroup


## PRIMA (prima.ruhr.de/Prima e.V. in Germany)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For internal use only, contact above address for questions
newgroup:*@*:prima.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:prima.*:doit=rmgroup

# PSU ( Penn State University, USA )
# Contact: Dave Barr ([e-mail])
# For internal use only, contact above address for questions
newgroup:*@*:psu.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:psu.*:doit=rmgroup

## PT (Portugal and Portuguese language)
newgroup:pmelo@*inescc.pt:pt.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:pmelo@*inescc.pt:pt.*:doit=rmgroup

## PUBNET
## This Hierarchy is now defunct.
## URL: ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/control/pubnet/pubnet.config.Z
newgroup:*@*:pubnet.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:pubnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## RELCOM ( Commonwealth of Independent States)
## The official list of relcom groups is supposed to be available from
## URL: ftp://ftp.kiae.su/relcom/netinfo/telconfs.txt
checkgroups:dmart@new*.relcom.ru:relcom.*:mail
newgroup:dmart@new*.relcom.ru:relcom.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:dmart@new*.relcom.ru:relcom.*:doit=rmgroup

## SACHSNET (German)
newgroup:[e-mail]:sachsnet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:sachsnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## SAT (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
newgroup:[e-mail]:sat.*:[e-mail]
rmgroup:[e-mail]:sat.*:[e-mail]

# newgroup:[e-mail]:sat.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:[e-mail]:sat.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:sat.*:doit=rmgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:sat.*:doit=rmgroup

## SBAY (South Bay/Silicon Valley, California)
newgroup:[e-mail]:sbay.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:sbay.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:sbay.*:mail
rmgroup:[e-mail]:sbay.*:mail

## SCHULE
##
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:schule.*:verify-schule.konfig=miscctl
newgroup:[e-mail]:schule.*:verify-schule.konfig
rmgroup:[e-mail]:schule.*:verify-schule.konfig

## SDNET (Greater San Diego Area, California, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:sdnet.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:sdnet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:sdnet.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:sdnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## SEATTLE (Seattle, Washington, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:seattle.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:seattle.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:seattle.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:seattle.*:doit=rmgroup

## SFNET newsgroups (Finland)
newgroup:hmj@*cs.tut.fi:sfnet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:hmj@*cs.tut.fi:sfnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## SHAMASH (Jewish)
newgroup:[e-mail]:shamash.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:shamash.*:doit=rmgroup

## SK (Slovakia)
checkgroups:[e-mail]:sk.*:mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:sk.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:sk.*:doit=rmgroup

## SLAC newsgroups (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
newgroup:[e-mail]:slac.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:slac.*:doit=rmgroup

## SOLENT (Solent region, England)
newgroup:[e-mail]:solent.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:solent.*:doit=rmgroup

## STGT (Stuttgart, Germany)
checkgroups:[e-mail]:stgt.*:mail
newgroup:[e-mail]:stgt.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:stgt.*:doit=rmgroup

## STL (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:stl.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:stl.*:doit=rmgroup

## SURFNET (Dutch Universities network)
newgroup:[e-mail]:surfnet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:surfnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## SWNET (Sverige, Sweden)
newgroup:[e-mail]:swnet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:swnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## TCFN (Toronto Free Community Network, Canada)
newgroup:[e-mail]:tcfn.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:tcfn.*:doit=rmgroup

## T-NETZ (German Email Network)
# Defunct, use z-netz.*
newgroup:*@*:t-netz.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:t-netz.*:doit=rmgroup

## TELE (Tele Danmark Internet)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For internal use only, contact above address for questions
newgroup:*@*:tele.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:tele.*:doit=rmgroup

## TEST (Local test hierarchy)
# It is not really a good idea for sites to use these since they
# may occur on many unconnect sites.
newgroup:*@*:test.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:test.*:drop

## TNN ( The Network News, Japan )
newgroup:[e-mail]:tnn.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:tnn.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:tnn.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:tnn.*:doit=rmgroup

## TRIANGLE (Central North Carolina, USA )
newgroup:[e-mail]:triangle.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:triangle.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:triangle.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:triangle.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:triangle.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:triangle.*:doit=rmgroup

## TW (Taiwan)
newgroup:[e-mail]:tw.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:tw.k-12.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:tw.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:tw.k-12*:doit=rmgroup

## TX (Texas, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:tx.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:tx.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:tx.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:tx.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:tx.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:tx.*:doit=rmgroup

## UCB ( University of California Berkeley, USA)
# I don't know what happens here, Rob creates the groups
# one minute and then usenet creates them as moderated...
#
# newgroup:[e-mail]:ucb.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:[e-mail]:ucb.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:ucb.*:doit=rmgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:ucb.*:doit=rmgroup

## UCD ( University of California Davis, USA )
newgroup:[e-mail]:ucd.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:ucd.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ucd.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ucd.*:doit=rmgroup

## UIUC (University of Illinois, USA )
newgroup:p-pomes@*.cso.uiuc.edu:uiuc.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:paul@*.cso.uiuc.edu:uiuc.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:p-pomes@*.cso.uiuc.edu:uiuc.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:paul@*.cso.uiuc.edu:uiuc.*:doit=rmgroup

## UK (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:uk.*:verify-uk.net.news.announce
newgroup:[e-mail]:uk.*:verify-uk.net.news.announce
rmgroup:[e-mail]:uk.*:verify-uk.net.news.announce

# checkgroups:[e-mail]:uk.*:mail
# newgroup:[e-mail]:uk.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:uk.*:doit=rmgroup


## UKR ( Ukraine )
newgroup:[e-mail]:ukr.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:ukr.*:doit=rmgroup

## UMN (University of Minnesota, USA )
newgroup:edh@*.tc.umn.edu:umn.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:news@*.tc.umn.edu:umn.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:umn.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:edh@*.tc.umn.edu:umn*class.*:log
newgroup:news@*.tc.umn.edu:umn*class.*:log
newgroup:[e-mail]:umn*class.*:log
rmgroup:news@*.tc.umn.edu:umn.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:edh@*.tc.umn.edu:umn.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:umn.*:doit=rmgroup

## UN (The United Nations)
# URL: http://www.itu.int/Conferences/un/
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:un.*:[e-mail]
newgroup:[e-mail]:un.*:[e-mail]
rmgroup:[e-mail]:un.*:[e-mail]

# checkgroups:[e-mail]:un.*:mail
# newgroup:[e-mail]:un.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:un.*:doit=rmgroup

## UO (University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA )
newgroup:[e-mail]:uo.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:uo.*:doit=rmgroup

## US (United States)
# newgroup:de5@*ornl.gov:us.*:doit=newgroup
# rmgroup:de5@*ornl.gov:us.*:doit=rmgroup

## UT (U. of Toronto)
# newgroup:[e-mail]:ut.*:doit=newgroup
# newgroup:[e-mail]:ut.class.*:log
# rmgroup:[e-mail]:ut.*:doit=rmgroup

## UTA (Finnish)
newgroup:[e-mail]:uta.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:uta.*:doit=rmgroup

## UTEXAS (University of Texas, USA )
newgroup:[e-mail]:utexas.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:utexas.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:utexas*class.*:log
newgroup:[e-mail]:utexas*class.*:log
rmgroup:[e-mail]:utexas.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:utexas.*:doit=rmgroup

## UTWENTE (University of Twente, Netherlands)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For internal use only, contact above address for questions
newgroup:*@*:utwente.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:utwente.*:doit=rmgroup

## UVA (virginia.edu - University of Virginia)
# Contact: [e-mail]
# For internal use only, contact above address for questions
newgroup:*@*:uva.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:uva.*:doit=rmgroup

## UW (University of Waterloo, Canada)
newgroup:[e-mail]:uw.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:uw.*:doit=rmgroup

## UWO (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada)
newgroup:[e-mail]:uwo.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:uwo.*:doit=rmgroup

## VEGAS (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:vegas.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:vegas.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:vegas.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:vegas.*:doit=rmgroup

## VMSNET ( VMS Operating System )
newgroup:[e-mail]:vmsnet.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:vmsnet.*:doit=rmgroup

## WADAI (Japanese ?)
newgroup:kohe-t@*wakayama-u.ac.jp:wadai.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:kohe-t@*wakayama-u.ac.jp:wadai.*:doit=rmgroup

## WASH (Washington State, USA)
newgroup:[e-mail]:wash.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:wash.*:doit=rmgroup

## WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA)
newgroup:aej@*.wpi.edu:wpi.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:aej@*.wpi.edu:wpi.*:doit=rmgroup

## Z-NETZ (German email network.)
# *PGP*   See comment at top of file.
checkgroups:[e-mail]:z-netz.*:verify-z-netz.koordination.user+sysops
newgroup:[e-mail]:z-netz.*:verify-z-netz.koordination.user+sysops
newgroup:*@*.de:z-netz.alt.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:*@*.sub.org:z-netz.alt.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroups:[e-mail]:z-netz.*:verify-z-netz.koordination.user+sysops

# newgroup:*@*.de:z-netz.*:mail
# newgroup:*@*.sub.org:z-netz.*:mail
# rmgroup:*@*.de:z-netz.*:mail

## ZA (South Africa)
newgroup:[e-mail]:za.*:doit=newgroup
newgroup:[e-mail]:za.*:doit=newgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:za.*:doit=rmgroup
rmgroup:[e-mail]:za.*:doit=rmgroup

## ZER (German Email Network)
## Defunct, use z-netz.*
newgroup:*@*:zer.*:drop
rmgroup:*@*:zer.*:doit=rmgroup

## ------------------------------------------------------------------------
##      IDIOT LIST
## ------------------------------------------------------------------------

## "Real" People
all:*@*michigan.com:*:drop
all:*@*rabbit.net:*:drop
all:*@*anatolia.org:*:drop
all:djk@*:*:drop
all:*@*tasp*:*:drop
all:*@espuma*:*:drop
all:cosar@*:*:drop
all:*@*caprica.com:*:drop
all:[e-mail]:*:drop
all:riley@planet*:*:drop
all:[e-mail]:*:drop

## "Open" sites
all:*@*infi.net:*:drop
all:*@*.cs.du.edu:*:drop
all:*@*netcom*:alt.*:drop
all:*@*.penet.*:*:drop
all:*@utmb.edu:*:drop
all:*@lbss.fcps*:*:drop
all:*@freenet.carleton.ca:*:drop
all:*@kaiwan.com:*:drop
all:*@ripco.com:*:drop

## The usual aliases
all:*@*heaven*:*:drop
all:*@*hell*:*:drop
all:*@*nowhere*:*:drop
all:noone@*:*:drop
all:nobody@*:*:drop
all:*d00d*@*:*:drop
all:*dude*@*:*:drop
all:*warez*@*:*:drop
all:*@*warez*:*:drop
all:hacker@*:*:drop
all:guest@*:*:drop
all:cracker@*:*:drop
all:news@mail:*:drop


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Subject: 3.3 List of PGP keys used by Hierarchy Administrators.

This section is under review, see the following URL for the list
maintained by David Lawrence:

ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/PGPKEYS

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Subject: 3.4 Adding a Hierarchy to this list.


In order to add a hierarchy to this FAQ I need the following information.

(1) The name of Hierarchy?

(2) Title (ie "Fred University", "Alaska, USA") ?

(3) Email contact address?
This should be an address that people can email to find out more information.

(4) URL for information (if available) ?

This should point to a Web page with information about the group, this should
have a list of all the current groups and might have other information like
group descriptions and creation/removal policy.

(5) "moderators" file information (if applicable) ?

If you are maintaining a separate alias for for moderated posts you should
list this here.

(6) "control.ctl" entry (ie a list of who will be sending out control
    messages for this hierarchy ) ?

See section 3.2 for samples of these.

(7) PGPed version of the "control.ctl" entry (if available)

You will have to have a PGP Key created for this, See section 3.1 URL it
refers to.

(8) PGPKEYS information (if available) ?

You should include the PGP Fingerprint of the Admin Key for the hierarchy.

(9) Name of site that has a public "known good" active file for the
    hierarchy people can sync off (if available)?


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Subject: 3.4 Creating a new hierarchy.

Step 1.

Decide if you *really* need to create a new hierarchy, there are
currently hundreds of existing hierarchies out there that deal with
thousands of topics. Employ the options of using an existing hierarchy
such as alt.* before you go through the process of creating a new one.

Step 2.

Do you want to distribute the hierarchy to just a few or many sites? If
you wish to limit the sites than be VERY careful about sending out control
messages. It is very easy to have these being sent to every site on
Usenet. If you are having these groups created on just a few sites it is
probably a better idea to have the admins of each manually add them. Some
sites will also add group where they receive messages so it you have to
take care that those sites don't send articles from your hierarchy to
other sites.

In summary ensuring that a group is restricted to more than a small number
of sites is difficult and sooner or later some messages will leak out.

Step 3.

Decide on the name of the Hierarchy, you should check the master list to
see if it has already been taken. Having the same name as an existing
hierarchy causes problems for both and is best avoided. Also don't use a
name that is likely to be used by someone else. ie if your organisation is
the University of Hereville don't create hereville.* if the local area
might want to use it.

Step 4.

Work out the rules for the hierarchy, if it is for your organisation then
an official policy should be created and a position allocated for
controlling creating and distribution of any groups. If you are widely
distributing the hierarchy you should consult with interested parties
about rules for the groups and possible names. Take a look at the rules
for the uk.*, nz.* and other hierarchies to get an idea of what you
might like to use.

Step 5.

Create an alias for sending out control messages for the group, don't use
your own name since your address might change. Remember that once people
start accepting this alias they might take years to update it so make sure
this is as permanent. You should also create a new PGP key (see the
sections above) for signing control messages. If need be your should also
have an alias for moderated groups.

Step 6.

You should inform me and [e-mail] of all the information about the
hierarchy we need for our lists. You should then post to
news.admin.hierarchies with similar information. You should look at
creating a FAQ for the hierarchy that you can crosspost to the admin group
and news.admin.hierarchies.

Step 7.

Start sending out newgroup messages for the groups. You should sign these
with the PGP Key and make sure you include a description line for the
group. You should also duplicate the information about the hierarchy
including the PGP Key and the Admin Email alias so that News-administrators
can automate your hierarchy if they wish.

Step 8.

Keep posting you FAQ, Send out boaster control messages every year or so
and make sure you add and remove groups according to the rules.

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Subject: 4.0 Credits

This should now be uptodate, please email me if your name is not included
and you have contributed information.

Control.ctl file.
----------------

Alan Brown <[e-mail]>
Michael Hucka <[e-mail]>
J. Porter Clark <[e-mail]>
J.D. Falk <[e-mail]>
Matt Magri <[e-mail]>
John Line <[e-mail]>

Moderators file
---------------

David C Lawrence <[e-mail]>


Various Articles
----------------

David C Lawrence <[e-mail]>


Additional information provided by
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Dave Barr <[e-mail]>
Gina Bull <[e-mail]>
Stefan Chakerian <[e-mail]>
Jeffrey Connell <[e-mail]>
Eugene Crosser <[e-mail]>
Matthew Darwin <[e-mail]>
Odd Einar Aurbakken <[e-mail]>
Miguel Farah <[e-mail]>
James Fidell <[e-mail]>
Dean Gaudet <[e-mail]>
Howard Goldstein <[e-mail]>
Michael Grubb <[e-mail]>
Kai Henningsen <[e-mail]>
Rob J. Nauta <[e-mail]>
Alistair J. R. Young <[e-mail]>
Gabor Kiss <[e-mail]>
Petr Kolar <[e-mail]>
Joshua Kramer <[e-mail]>
Juha Laiho <[e-mail]>
Charles Lindsey <[e-mail]>
Dmitri Martynoff <[e-mail]>
Terry Poot <[e-mail]>
Tomasz R. Surmacz <[e-mail]>
Michael S. Scheidell <[e-mail]>
Julio Sanchez <[e-mail]>
Wolfgang Schelongowski
Heiko Schlichting <[e-mail]>
Jesper Skriver <[e-mail]>
Joe St Sauver <[e-mail]>
Brad Templeton <[e-mail]>
Igor Timkin <[e-mail]>
Carsten Truckenbrodt <[e-mail]>
Stef Van Dessel <[e-mail]>
Axel Zinser <[e-mail]>
Peter da Silva <[e-mail]>
Kenneth McKinlay <[e-mail]>