Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!umix!b-tech!m-net!mju From: mju@m-net.UUCP (Marc Unangst) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: How can a moderator take a vacation? (Re: comp.sources.unix) Message-ID: <2589@m2-net.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 01:58:53 GMT References: <184@twwells.uucp> <7681@well.UUCP> <200@twwells.uucp> Reply-To: mju@m-net.UUCP (Marc Unangst) Organization: M-NET, Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 19 Re: Backup moderators that normally throw newsgroup-related mail away, except when primary moderator is on vacation. This could be implimented with aliases. The moderator for comp.sources.unix could be known only as unix-sources@foo.bar.bat. On foo.bar.bat, the id unix-sources is aliased to whatever the current moderator's id is. Normally, this is the primary moderator. However, when he/she goes on vacation, they change the alias to that of the backup moderator. This alias doesn't have to be defined on the moderator's machine; it could be on uunet or wherever else. Just make sure that all mail to unix-sources@foo.bar.bat goes through the machine with the alias. This way, the routing to the current moderator remains constant all the time. Users don't even know that he's on vacation. -- "Don't find a fault. | Marc Unangst Find a remedy." | UUCP: mju@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us -Henry Ford | UUCP path: ...!uunet!umix!m-net!mju ---------------------+ Internet: mju%m-net@umix.cc.umich.edu