Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.noc.cabal.int!resurrector!guidorepost!not-for-mail From: "england.* Newsgroups Administration" Subject: REPOST: england.* Newsadmins FAQ Newsgroups: news.admin.hierarchies,england.news.policy,news.answers X-Repost-Date: 28 Nov 2002 20:01:14 GMT Message-ID: <7$--%-_%_%-%_$$%_$@news.noc.cabal.int> X-Original-Path: sn-us!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-05!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-04!supernews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!news.aberdare.net!not-for-mail X-Original-Message-ID: Followup-To: england.news.policy Date: 24 Nov 2002 00:00:01 GMT Organization: england.* Newsgroups Administration Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU X-Trace: news.aberdare.net 1038149796 30803 217.134.226.158 (24 Nov 2002 14:56:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@aberdare.net Summary: News configuration details for the england.* hierarchy Keywords: england, news, newsadmins, FAQ, hierarchy, usenet, configuration X-Disclaimer: Approval for *.answers is based on form, not content Posting-Frequency: monthly, on the 24th of each month Sender: resurrector@mindspring.com (Guido the Resurrector) X-Comment: More debugging material for HipCrime... Enjoy! X-Reposted-By: resurrector@mindspring.com (Guido the Resurrector) X-Comments: GtR Repost: The following Usenet article was cancelled, more X-Comments: than likely by someone other than the original poster. Please X-Comments: see the end of this posting for a copy of the cancel. X-Comments: Guido the Resurrector can be contacted at X-Comments: resurrector@mindspring.com. Lines: 161 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu news.admin.hierarchies:12887 news.answers:242206 Archive-name: uk/england/newsadmin-faq Last-Revised: 24 July 2001 by admin@england.news-admin.org england.* Newsadmins FAQ ------------------------ * england.* newsgroups were first created on 31 May 2000. The england.* newsgroups are currently carried by a large and growing number of ISPs and other organisations, in particular, those based in the UK and US, and subscription news services (eg. Giganews, Newsguy, Airnews etc.). * england.* newsgroups are intended for global distribution for anyone interested in england.* newsgroups, and "for people living in England and anyone interested in England". * The e-mail address used for newgroup, rmgroup or checkgroups control messages for the england.* hierarchy is : admin@england.news-admin.org This address is also used to post the england.* Newsadmins FAQ etc. * admin@england.news-admin.org uses PGP to sign all the control messages. The PGP key used for england.* hierarchy can be found here http://www.england.news-admin.org/pgpkey.html * The individuals in charge of administering the england.* hierarchy can be reached through the address admin-mail@england.news-admin.org (Eddie Bernard; Darren Wyn Rees) [1] * Administrative policies are discussed on england.news.policy. england.news.policy is the 'configuration' newsgroup, in other words. A summary of policy and intent : - no new newsgroups "for a minimum of one whole year" (until June 2001) - no binaries (strictly, no binaries) - there will be a clear and prudent Management Charter/framework - there will be a volunteer Management Team Discussions on these subjects are already underway. [ Newsgroup Charters now formally adopted, and available from http://www.england.news-admin.org/charters/ after discussion period from June 2000 - December 20th 2000 ]. * A checkgroups control message for england.* is posted on the 5th day of the month. A copy will appear on news.admin.hierarchies, but a real 'checkgroups' will also appear on control.* * The checkgroups is also available here http://www.england.news-admin.org/checkgroups.html * Automatic handling of control messages INN [with PGP] Add the following to your "control.ctl" INN configuration file : newgroup:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:verify-england-usenet rmgroup:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:verify-england-usenet checkgroups:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:verify-england-usenet INN [without PGP] Add the following to your "control.ctl" INN configuration file : newgroup:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit rmgroup:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit checkgroups:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit DNEWS [with PGP] Add the following to your "control.conf" DNEWS configuration file : newgroup:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit,pgp rmgroup:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit,pgp checkgroups:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit,pgp DNEWS [without PGP] Add the following to your "control.conf" DNEWS configuration file : newgroup:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit rmgroup:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit checkgroups:admin@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit C News [with PGP] Add the following to your "controlperm" C News configuration file : england admin@england.news-admin.org nrc p england-usenet C News [without PGP] Add the following to your "controlperm" C News configuration file : england admin@england.news-admin.org nr y * Moderated newsgroups [ Note : There is currently 1 moderated group, england.announce. Please ensure you have the correct moderation status for this group ]. To ease future administration please add this moderators line: england.*:%s@england.news-admin.org This is for INN, file "moderators"; and DNEWS file "moderators.conf" For C News, please add the following to your "moderators" file england.* %s@england.news-admin.org * Statistics for england.* Statistics posted weekly to england.news.policy. [2] * The Official Website : Please use http://www.england.news-admin.org/ * "What newsgroups should I take on my site ?" This is a decision for individual newsadmins. However, if you aim to take the complete set of england.* newsgroups (currently, 43 groups) then you should accept the periodic checkgroups control messages issued for england.* hierarchy. * This is an evolving document; changes will occur. * Thanks. [1] Thanks to MI for this feedback. [2] EB for the stats effort since Week 1. -- england.* Newsgroups Administration ========= WAS CANCELLED BY =======: Path: news.sol.net!spool0-nwblwi.newsops.execpc.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!nntp.kreonet.re.kr!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!vicpull1.telstra.net!not-for-mail From: Ernie Dingo Sender: "england.* Newsgroups Administration" Control: cancel Subject: cmsg cancel Approved: dingoernie@hotmail.com Newsgroups: aus.test,news.admin.net-abuse.usenet,biz.test,alt.test,news.admin.hierarchies Message-ID: Lines: 1 Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 01:33:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 161.50.48.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: vicpull1.telstra.net 1038451823 161.50.48.2 (Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:50:23 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:50:23 EST Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct