bsd man page for moderators

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NAME
       moderators - mail addresses for moderated Usenet newsgroups

DESCRIPTION
       The  GetModeratorAddress(3)  routine  reads  the file /etc/news/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).

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