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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Netiquette: cross-postings including moderated groups?
Message-ID: <754@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 20 Jul 90 03:15:59 GMT
References: <1990Jul19.100442.27174@tsa.co.uk>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
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In article <1990Jul19.100442.27174@tsa.co.uk> domo@tsa.co.uk
	(Dominic Dunlop) writes:
>1.  Should the ``news agent'' (relaynews, in my case) on the originating
>    system perform cross-postings immediately on receipt of an article
>    directed to several groups, one of which is moderated (in which case
>    followups may appear before it has even been published by the
>    moderator)?

No.  If any of the groups are moderated, there is no immediate
posting.

>2.  Should the moderator (or, rather, the moderator's news agent) perform
>    any cross-posting specified in postings received (assuming that the
>    originator's news agent has passed on sufficient header lines -- I'm
>    afraid I have not checked to see whether it does)?

Yes, but.  There is a problem if the article is crossposted to a
moderated newsgroup and a regional hierarchy (or distribution)
inaccessible to the moderator.

>3.  Should posters refrain from mixing moderated and unmoderated groups
>    when making postings?

No, but you're asking for trouble if your crossposting includes
more than one moderated newsgroup.

>If there's a FM which I should have R'd to clear up this point, I'm not
>aware of it.  Pointers welcome.

See attached.

					-=EPS=-
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From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers
Subject: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions  (Updated: 15 Apr 1990)
Message-ID: <10382@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 90 14:34:42 GMT

...
27.  Isn't the posting mechanism broken?  When I post an article to both
     a moderated group and unmoderated groups, it gets mailed to the
     moderator and not posted to the unmoderated groups.

     This is a question that is debated every few months.  The answer
     is "No, it was designed to work that way."  The software is
     designed so that the moderator can crosspost the article so it
     appears in the regular groups as well as the moderated group, if
     appropriate.  If the article were to be posted immediately to the
     unmoderated groups, the moderated group name would have to be
     deleted from the header and you would lose the crossposting.

     Whether or not this is correct behavior is a matter of opinion.
     If you want your article to go out immediately to the unmoderated
     groups, post it twice -- once to the unmoderated groups and once
     to the moderated groups.