[leafnode-list] Re: how to moderate group

[Matthias Andree]

On Mon, 04 Sep 2006, Troy Piggins wrote:

> * Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> :
> > 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.
> 
> Ok.  So all posts would appear to come from the moderator?

ISTR there's some FAQ on the network about moderated newsgroups in
general, and the moderator might be setting the Sender: (= technical
sender) header additionally, while leaving the From: header (= actual
author of content) untouched.

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Matthias Andree