Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: a3@a3.nl.invalid Newsgroups: nl.newsgroups.announce,nl.newsgroups,nl.internet.welkom,news.admin.hierarchies Subject: FAQ: NL-newsadmins-FAQ (in English) Followup-To: nl.newsgroups Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 02:05:00 GMT Organization: A3, The Netherlands Lines: 160 Sender: a3@a3.nl.invalid (Adri Verhoef) Approved: a3 Expires: Thu, 29 May 2025 22:01:00 GMT Message-ID: Reply-To: Adri Verhoef Injection-Date: Fri, 02 May 2025 04:39:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="465ab3476ee872aeffe1c24e6c979e25"; logging-data="171651"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/uaLFn/h6nEPgYDYHVY6lUolv/NgDLFGI=" Summary: News configuration for the nl.* hierarchy Keywords: nl-hierarchy, nl-admin Cancel-Lock: sha1:xzfxefYl9uSmS1MSB/4WEGVBKSE= Archive-name: nl/newsadmins-faq.en Posting-frequency: monthly, each 2nd day of the month Last-modified: Fri Dec 31 15:30:25 CET 2010 NL-Newsadmins-FAQ ----------------- ------------------------------ Subject: Introduction This FAQ is prepared by Adri Verhoef for the mere purpose of helping news admins all over the world to configure their news system for the nl.* Usenet-newsgroups (also known as "nl-hierarchy"). The nl-hierarchy is the Dutch news hierarchy, mainly used by people from The Netherlands, a country in Western Europe. Please send your comments and suggestions to a3@a3.xs4all.nl. ------------------------------ Subject: Table of contents 1. Recent changes 2. Who administers the nl-hierarchy? 3. What does nl-admin do to administer the nl-hierarchy? 4. Which groups should I take on my site? 5. How should I configure my newssite for the nl-hierarchy? 6. What is the configuration for moderated groups? 7. Are there any other sources with useful information? 8. Where can I find an up-to-date list of nl.* newsgroups? Subject: 1. Recent changes 01-01-2011: Change of address (see: 2). 09-08-2007: Change of nl-admin (see: 2). 15-10-2005: postings to moderated groups should go to %s@nl.news-admin.org. 27-04-2004: URL now pointing to nl.news-admin.org (see: 7). 31-05-2001: Change of nl-admin (see: 2). 08-05-2001: Changed address of URL for PGP public key for nl-hierarchy (see: 5). 28-02-1998: Change of nl-admin (see: 2). 11-05-1997: Change of "From" address in cntrl messages as of 1-6-1997 (see: 5). ------------------------------ Subject: 2. Who administers the nl-hierarchy? In May 1995, two persons were accepted to administer the nl-hierarchy. Together they are called "nl-admin"; you can reach them at this address: nl-admin@stack.nl At this moment nl-admin consists of: Johan van Selst Adri Verhoef ------------------------------ Subject: 3. What does nl-admin do to administer the nl-hierarchy? Nl-admin takes care of sending control messages for creating and removing nl.* newsgroups. Discussions about new nl.* groups take place in "nl.newsgroups". The document that describes how to create a new nl.* newsgroup is posted there once a week. A "checkgroups" control message for nl.* is being posted each 21st day of the month. ------------------------------ Subject: 4. Which groups should I take on my site? That is up to you to decide. However, if you're taking a "full feed", then you should accept the periodic control messages for the nl.* groups issued by nl-admin (and by nobody else). You may of course decide to take less than a full feed. ------------------------------ Subject: 5. How should I configure my newssite for the nl-hierarchy? Nl-admin uses PGP to sign the newgroup, rmgroup and checkgroups control messages. If you are using the PGP control system, too, then you can have the newsgroup server automatically handle nl-admin control messages. The PGP public key for the nl-hierarchy can be found on the following URL: http://pgp.surfnet.nl/ (search for "nl.newsgroups") By FTP: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/PGPKEYS Specification: Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024/23E9B3A9 1997/01/08 nl.newsgroups Key fingerprint = 45 20 0B D5 A1 21 EA 7C EF B2 95 6C 25 75 4D 27 For technical details and a list of public keys, see: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README or ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html CONFIGURATION ------------- Cnews [with PGP] ----- nl nl-admin@nic.surfnet.nl cnr p nl.newsgroups Cnews [without PGP] ----- nl nl-admin@nic.surfnet.nl nr y INN [with PGP] --- checkgroups:nl-admin@nic.surfnet.nl:nl.*:verify-nl.newsgroups newgroup:nl-admin@nic.surfnet.nl:nl.*:verify-nl.newsgroups rmgroup:nl-admin@nic.surfnet.nl:nl.*:verify-nl.newsgroups INN [without PGP] --- checkgroups:nl-admin@nic.surfnet.nl:nl.*:doit newgroup:nl-admin@nic.surfnet.nl:nl.*:doit rmgroup:nl-admin@nic.surfnet.nl:nl.*:doit ------------------------------ Subject: 6. What is the configuration for moderated groups? Normally, postings to a moderated newsgroup are being sent to a server that keeps an up-to-date list of moderators. For the nl-hierarchy, you should use: Cnews (file "mailpaths") ----- nl.* %s@nl.news-admin.org INN (file "moderators") --- nl.*:%s@nl.news-admin.org ------------------------------ Subject: 7. Are there any other sources with useful information? The following URL contains all relevant links for the nl-hierarchy: http://nl.news-admin.org/info/ (in Dutch) ------------------------------ Subject: 8. Where can I find an up-to-date list of nl.* newsgroups? On each 7th day of the month, an actual list is being posted in nl.newsgroups. The checkgroups ctl msg (see subject 5) is posted there, too, but normally only shows up in the newsgroup "control". ------------------------------