Subj : Newsgroups?
To   : mark lewis
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Wed Jul 25 2001 09:40 am

Hi Mark,

>>> So long as the newsgroup is moderated and is not full of
>>> spam I support[...]

>> Not moderated, Todd.  That's not going to be the case with
>> ones that people can post in.

> this is highly dependant on the gateing software used... GIGO has the ability
> to take posts from the fido side of a gated group and post them to the
> moderator for approval and posting to the newsgroup...

That would take care of it :)  and actually bbbs has this feature as well. What 
I was thinking of when I wrote the above was the program I ran under Maximus 
(who's name escapes me right now <g>) that didn't have that feature.. I don't 
think pcboard's interface to the news has it either but I could be wrong.

>besides, just like in
> fidonet, one should have the permission of the moderator to gate the group
> before doing so anyway...

That's true :)

In general though, the news that's being imported is not moderated.

Take care,
Janis

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