Manage moderated newsgroups

[Glenn]

Hi, I have just installed the NNTP service on a W2K
server and created a moderated newsgroup, so that when
someone posts an article on the newsgropup it's received
first by the newsgroup moderator.

My questions are:
How does the moderator approve the post? Is there is
an "Approve" button?

Tx,

[Jim Pickering]

If the messages come to you for posting, you can try the following to add
the approved header:

You can do it by editing the registry. This will affect all news messages
you post, so you might want to consider creating a new OE Identity for just
your moderated groups.

First close OE, then open regedit and navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0\News

where {GUID} is the long number that is used internally for your Identity.
In the right-hand pane, you should see a DWORD value named "Moderator". If
it is not there, right-click a blank spot and create it. Then set the value
to 1 instead of 0.

Now re-open OE and start a New News Message. Click View|Full Headers and you
should see Approved has been added. It is not a normal field like the other
headers, and may display some strange characters, but it should display your
email address.

You can check the headers of this post and you'll notice an Approved: header
has been added.

--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to the newsgroup.

"Glenn" <as...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Glenn]

I added the registry key and now the moderator can drag
and drop the post (received by email) on the newsgroup
but it always appears as a new post made by him. Is this
the correct procedure to accept posts?

Is there any way to preserve the original sender name in
the "from" field?

>.
>

[Jim Pickering]

"Glenn" <as...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> I added the registry key and now the moderator can drag
> and drop the post (received by email) on the newsgroup
> but it always appears as a new post made by him. Is this
> the correct procedure to accept posts?
>

It's your choice since you're the moderator.

> Is there any way to preserve the original sender name in
> the "from" field?

Forward the message to preserve the original sender's info.

[Glenn]

Now that I have some posts on my moderated newsgroup, how
can the moderator delete them from the server?
If the moderator deletes them form the OE they are only
removed from the OE view but not from the server.

Thanks.

[Carlos Andrés Castro]

But if the moderator forwards the message won't it appear as if he posted
it??

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