MODERATORS(5)

NAME
moderators - mail addresses for moderated Usenet newsgroups

DESCRIPTION
The GetModeratorAddress(3) routine reads the file /var/news/etc/moderators to determine how to reach the moderator of a newsgroup. This is used by inews(1) when an unapproved local posting is made to a moderated newsgroup.

The file is read until a match is found. Blank lines and lines starting with a number sign (``#'') are ignored. All other lines should consist of two fields separated by a colon.

The first field is a wildmat(3)-style pattern. If it matches the name of the newsgroup, then the second field is taken to be a format string for sprintf(3). This string should have at most one %s parameter, which will be given the name of the newsgroup with periods transliterated to dashes.

Here is a sample file:
    foo.important:announce-request@foo.com
    foo.*:%s@mailer.foo.com
    gnu.*:%s@prep.ai.mit.edu
    *:%s@uunet.uu.net
Using the above file, postings to the moderated newsgroup in the left column will be sent to the address shown in the right column:
    foo.important	announce-request@foo.com
    foo.x.announce	foo-x-announce@mailer.foo.com
    gnu.emacs.sources	gnu-emacs-sources@prep.ai.mit.edu
    comp.sources.unix	comp-sources-unix@uunet.uu.net

HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.

SEE ALSO
inews(1), inn.conf(5), libinn(3), wildmat(3).