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I've been interested in newsgroups (Usenet) since I first got on the Internet about 1992. I installed Presbyterian College's first newsgroup server in March 1993, and ran it and its successors until September 2007.
In 1997 I helped to convert the newsgroup news.newusers.questions to a moderated group, and became its head moderator. Mainly this means that I maintain the software that does most of the work on processing postings for the newsgroup, and answer administrative mail. The other people on the n.n.q Moderation Board do most of the real day-to-day work in examining postings and deciding whether they should be posted or returned.
In April 2001 we were given control of news.announce.newusers by its previous moderator, and are now in the process of updating the periodic informational articles and announcements that are posted there.
This page is maintained by Jon Bell (jbell at presby.edu), who is directly responsible for its content. Last updated: 9 September 2007.