england.* Newsadmins FAQ
england.* Newsgroups Administration
Last-Revised: 24 July 2001 by ad...@england.news-admin.org
england.* Newsadmins FAQ
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* england.* newsgroups were first created on 31 May 2000.
The england.* newsgroups are currently carried by a
large and growing number of ISPs and other organisations,
in particular, those based in the UK and US, and subscription
news services (eg. Giganews, Newsguy, Airnews etc.).
* england.* newsgroups are intended for global distribution
for anyone interested in england.* newsgroups, and "for
people living in England and anyone interested in England".
* The e-mail address used for newgroup, rmgroup or checkgroups
control messages for the england.* hierarchy is :
This address is also used to post the england.* Newsadmins FAQ etc.
* ad...@england.news-admin.org uses PGP to sign all the
control messages.
The PGP key used for england.* hierarchy can be found here
http://www.england.news-admin.org/pgpkey.html
* The individuals in charge of administering the england.* hierarchy
can be reached through the address
admin...@england.news-admin.org (Eddie Bernard; Darren Wyn Rees) [1]
* Administrative policies are discussed on england.news.policy.
england.news.policy is the 'configuration' newsgroup, in other words.
A summary of policy and intent :
- no new newsgroups "for a minimum of one whole year" (until June 2001)
- no binaries (strictly, no binaries)
- there will be a clear and prudent Management Charter/framework
- there will be a volunteer Management Team
Discussions on these subjects are already underway.
[ Newsgroup Charters now formally adopted, and available from
http://www.england.news-admin.org/charters/
after discussion period from June 2000 - December 20th 2000 ].
* A checkgroups control message for england.* is posted on the 5th
day of the month. A copy will appear on news.admin.hierarchies,
but a real 'checkgroups' will also appear on control.*
* The checkgroups is also available here
http://www.england.news-admin.org/checkgroups.html
* Automatic handling of control messages
INN [with PGP]
Add the following to your "control.ctl" INN configuration file :
newgroup:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:verify-england-usenet
rmgroup:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:verify-england-usenet
checkgroups:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:verify-england-usenet
INN [without PGP]
Add the following to your "control.ctl" INN configuration file :
newgroup:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit
rmgroup:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit
checkgroups:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit
DNEWS [with PGP]
Add the following to your "control.conf" DNEWS configuration file :
newgroup:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit,pgp
rmgroup:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit,pgp
checkgroups:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit,pgp
DNEWS [without PGP]
Add the following to your "control.conf" DNEWS configuration file :
newgroup:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit
rmgroup:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit
checkgroups:ad...@england.news-admin.org:england.*:doit
C News [with PGP]
Add the following to your "controlperm" C News configuration file :
england ad...@england.news-admin.org nrc p england-usenet
C News [without PGP]
Add the following to your "controlperm" C News configuration file :
england ad...@england.news-admin.org nr y
* Moderated newsgroups
[ Note : There is currently 1 moderated group, england.announce.
Please ensure you have the correct moderation status for this group ].
To ease future administration please add this moderators line:
england.*:%s...@england.news-admin.org
This is for INN, file "moderators"; and DNEWS file "moderators.conf"
For C News, please add the following to your "moderators" file
england.* %s...@england.news-admin.org
* Statistics for england.*
Statistics posted weekly to england.news.policy. [2]
* The Official Website :
Please use http://www.england.news-admin.org/
* "What newsgroups should I take on my site ?"
This is a decision for individual newsadmins. However,
if you aim to take the complete set of england.* newsgroups
(currently, 43 groups) then you should accept the periodic
checkgroups control messages issued for england.* hierarchy.
* This is an evolving document; changes will occur.
* Thanks.
[1] Thanks to MI for this feedback.
[2] EB for the stats effort since Week 1.
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