You do not really need this information, unless you want to construct your
'mailpaths' file d-i-y style. But here is the information available at the
present time, if you really like to see it. Note how all except some of the
very early ones go through "@usenet.org.uk". This has been done so that
any change requested by the moderator can be implemented speedily, without the
necessity of negotiating the details with isc.org.

uk.adverts.stolen.announce	mod-uk-adverts-stolen-announce@usenet.org.uk
				uk-adverts-stolen-announce-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.announce			mod-uk-announce@usenet.org.uk
				uk-announce-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.announce.events		uk-announce-events@usenet.org.uk
				uk-announce-events-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.answers                      uk-answers@usenet.org.uk
				uk-answers-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.business.telework		uk-business-telework@usenet.org.uk
				uk-business-telework-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.education.students.aged11-14	uk-education-students-aged11-14@usenet.org.uk
				uk-education-students-aged11-14-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.education.students.aged7-11	uk-education-students-aged7-11@usenet.org.uk
				uk-education-students-aged7-11-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.gay-lesbian-bi		uk-gay-lesbian-bi@usenet.org.uk
				uk-gay-lesbian-bi-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.net.news.announce		control@usenet.org.uk
				uk-net-news-announce-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.org.bcs.announce		uk-org-bcs-announce@usenet.org.uk
				uk-org-bcs-announce-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.org.starlink.announce	announce@starlink.rutherford.ac.uk
uk.people.bdsm.personals	uk-people-bdsm-personals@usenet.org.uk
				uk-people-bdsm-personals-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.politics.announce		uk-politics-announce@usenet.org.uk
				uk-politics-announce-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.religion.christian		uk-religion-christian@usenet.org.uk
				uk-religion-christian-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.religion.jewish		uk-religion-jewish@usenet.org.uk
				uk-religion-jewish-request@usenet.org.uk
uk.telecom.moderated		uk-telecom-moderated@usenet.org.uk
				uk-telecom-moderated-request@usenet.org.uk

Where a separate "-request" address is provided, this is guaranteed to point
to a human moderator rather than his robot. Such addresses should be used to
contact the man himself, as opposed to when submitting an article.

Currently,
  uk.announce
  uk.announce.events
  uk-business-telework
  uk-education-students-aged11-14
  uk-education-students-aged7-11
  uk-gay-lesbian-bi
  uk.religion.jewish
  uk-telecom-moderated
are the only groups where this makes a difference. In the other cases, the two
aliases actually point to the same address, although this may change in the
future.

------------------------------ Subject: 10. What other sources of information are
there? You might like to look at the following regular postings to news.admin.misc.
	How to become a Usenet site
<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/usenet/site-setup>
	Usenet Software: History and Sources
<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/usenet/software/part1>

You might like to join the mailing list uk-netnews-managers@warwick.ac.uk 
(send subscription requests to majordomo@warwick.ac.uk with
	subscribe uk-netnews-managers
	end
in the body of the message).

The following Web site is maintained on behalf of the Committee. It contains
the official management documents for uk.* as referred to above, the complete
set of charters for uk.* groups, and pointers to much other useful
information.

<http://www.usenet.org.uk>

Many of these same documents, together with FAQs for some uk.* newsgroups can
also be obtained from an Email Listserver. Send email to
infolist@pcserv.demon.co.uk with the following in the body of the message
	help
	index
	end

A message "Checkgroups message (with INET groups)" is posted regularly to
news.admin.misc. This contains a correct list of all the groups in the
"Big-8" Usenet hierarchy.

Checkgroups messages for the UK hierarchy will be issued periodically by
Control.


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