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New RFC on DNSBL operational practices

19-Jan-12

The Internet Research Task Force has published informational RFC 6471 on DNSBL operational practices. The acronym DNSBL stands for ‘DNS-based list’, which is more apt than ‘DNS blacklist’ as the DNSBL format can also be used to publish whitelists.

How to hand over a Big-8 group to a new moderator

29-Dec-10

From time to time, a newsgroup moderator decides to turn over the group to a new moderator. There has been some confusion as to how such changes should be communicated to the operators of the moderation relays (so that submissions will find their way to the new moderator’s email address).