Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!david From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Questions about mod.*, distributions, etc. Message-ID: <326@ukma.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 23:12:28 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.326 Posted: Tue Nov 27 23:12:28 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 08:01:10 EST Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 34 Hello, I am new to the net so forgive my ignorance. Apparently the net had done some changing since the documentation I have was written. What is all this stuff about moderated newsgroups, distributions, etc. I have seen enough to know basically what they are, but lack some specifics. For instance, my software here will (I think) allow me to post to a "moderated" newsgroup. So much for security, right? wrong? (No, it doesn't. Just tried it.) But at any rate, I haven't gotten anything come through on mod.* except a few test messages a couple weeks ago. Are things going out to mod.* newsgroups? If so, do I need to get on the people upstream to get them to feed it on down? Distributions. Are they only something in 2.10.2? Are you supposed to be able to say "usa.religion" and have a message appear as "net.religion" but only on sites in usa? Or is it just a newsgroup, and everybody that connects to foreign sites agree not to forward usa.*? Are these things that are currently in force? Or is it just something being worked on currently? (Lots of questions and no answers.) AD(I thank you all)VANCE ----------------------------------------- David Herron (University of Kentucky Department of Mathatical Sciences) Phone: (606) 257-4244 (phone will be answered as "Vax Lab", usually). (606) 254-7820 /------- Arpa-Net unmvax----\ / research >---/----------------/----------- anlams!ukma!david boulder---/ / decvax!ucbvax ---/ (or cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!david) For arpa-net, anlams has the name ANL-MCS. (i.e. use "ukma!david"@ANL-MCS).