Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site hadron.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rlgvax!hadron!jsdy From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: mod.sources Message-ID: <46@hadron.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 23:46:15 EST Article-I.D.: hadron.46 Posted: Thu Oct 24 23:46:15 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 04:22:18 EST References: <593@tekigm.UUCP> <1457@teddy.UUCP> <1146@homxa.UUCP> Reply-To: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao) Organization: Hadron, Inc., Fairfax, VA Lines: 11 Keywords: mod Summary: Why is a "mod" newsgroup? In article <1146@homxa.UUCP> pnv@homxa.UUCP (P.VERMA) writes: >Is this another way os aying that the articles are not posted immediately, >and are (pardon the term) held up? The reason for having 'mod' newsgroups is to let someone check the unimpeded flow of drivel into a newsgroup. He has to hold it up as long as he (or she, chris) needs to, to read the incoming traffic and let only reasonable messages on the net at a reasonable rate. -- Joe Yao hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}