MODERATORS (5)

NAME
     moderators - mail addresses for moderated Usenet newsgroups

DESCRIPTION
     The     GetModeratorAddress(3)      routine      reads      the      file
     <config$_PATH_MODERATORS>   (typically   /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.   This  is
     revision 1.15, dated 1996/09/06.

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