Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!psuvax1!psuhcx!wcf From: wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Moderation/Unmoderation change control messages Keywords: usenet news moderate newsgroups Message-ID: <239@psuhcx.psu.edu> Date: 15 Jul 88 16:51:56 GMT References: <182@chip.UUCP> Reply-To: wcf@psuhcx (Bill Fenner) Organization: Penn State University Lines: 21 In article <182@chip.UUCP> mparker@chip.UUCP (M. D. Parker) writes: |Greetings... | |Within the past 24 hour period, I have received a flurry of messages changing |groups from moderated to unmoderated. Just a bit later I have received |messages from another site changing some of these same groups back to |moderated status. | |What is going on? | Someone at nfsun.UUCP messed up and sent out a bunch of newgroup control messages without the proper distribution line (either company or local) and some astute people noticed and undid the damage. Now just *what* is comp.ibm.binaries.d? and some astute people noticed and -- Bitnet: wcf@psuhcx.bitnet Bill Fenner | Internet: wcf@hcx.psu.edu | This space UUCP: {gatech,rutgers}!psuvax1!psuhcx!wcf | for rent Fido: Sysop at 263/42 |