[leafnode-list] Re: how to moderate group

[Matthias Andree]

Troy Piggins <troy at piggo.com> writes:

> Having never posted to a moderated group, I am unsure how this
> works in practice.
>
> If someone wants to post to a moderated group, their post
> actually gets mailed to a moderator.  Then the moderated replies
> to the person and says "include Approved:
> moderator at example.invalid in the headers of your post and repost
> it"?
>
> Or does the moderator do the reposting with the appropriate
> header?

The latter, moderator is reposting.

> Couldn't posters just forge the Approved: header having read the
> moderator's email address on other posts?

Yes, they could, but the moderator would be entitled to cancel the
forged article, and depending on legislation, also invoke legal action
upon the imposter.

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Matthias Andree