[leafnode-list] Re: leafnode and moderated newsgroups

[Matthias Andree]

Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh at internode.on.net> writes:

> OK, I'm now running thunderbird 1.5.0.7 and leafnode 1.11-5 and am 
> trying to understand how it handles moderated newsgroups (specifically 
> groups hosted by news.gmane.org).
>
> It appears that with moderated gmane.* newsgroups submissions get sent 
> directly from my machine to gmane *via email* even though email from the 
> smtp server on my machine establishes a secure connection with my ISP's 
> mail server for outgoing mail.

It may appear so, but isn't.  Leafnode 1 always posts via NNTP, it has
no SMTP or other mail clients. It's your upstream news server's duty to
send the message off via mail.

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Matthias Andree