MODERATORS(5)

NAME
       moderators  -  mail  addresses  for moderated Usenet news-
       groups

DESCRIPTION
       The  GetModeratorAddress(3)   routine   reads   the   file
       /etc/news/moderators to determine how to reach the modera-
       tor 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 transliter-
       ated 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  lt;rsalz@uunet.uu.net  for  InterNet-
       News.  This is revision 1.15, dated 1996/09/06.

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