This is not odd. This is how approval works. The Approve: is not checked to
assure it is from any specific moderator. (Please leave pgpmoose out of the
discussion here. It only confuses the reality of things.)
# After the accusations of forging approval headers and eviction notices from
# the Internet subsided I learned my lesson, but also a glitch in the system
# where
# Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU
# appears to approve posts to newsgroups like sci.maths.research and others.
These were not just accusations. From the unapproved moderator's perspective
that is exactly what happened. Eviction from the Internet ? :)
# Has anyone else encountered this?
Yes. I have had people post into my newsgroup without my approval. First
reaction is "How dare you..." and to send out a cancel control message.
# The best defence is to perhaps mention it to new FAQ maintainers in their
# welcome message (Please??) I may save others the anger and confusion I've
# just enjoyed.
This makes sense since. It is impossible for the news-answers-request team
to check each and every approval request by sending mail to every lists
moderated newsgroup to get approval first... They trust that you have done
that first. That is a contributing factor to the problem.
OK, here's a shot at it:
Before you post an FAQ to any newsgroup on the net you need to find out if
it's moderated ? If so, contact the moderator and ask permission to post
to the newsgroup. Crossposting articles to multiple moderated newsgroups
without each moderator's permission is rude and will result in you being
*heavily* flamed on associated newsgroups and directly. Don't do it! Get
permission first. It is easy enough to do. If the moderator says no then
remove that newsgroup from the Newsgroups: header.
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