Processes Creation of local Northwestern-only newsgroups Proposed by faculty, staff, or student and submitted to the central server administrator. Information Technology will make available electronic instructions on how to submit a request. Application must specify audience, retention time for articles and lifetime of group. Application is reviewed by the central server administrator for special considerations relating solely to resource use. The application may be modified to conserve resources.
Application is reviewed and approved or rejected.
If approved, central server administrator takes steps to create the newsgroup. Addition of other newsgroups to the central news service Proposed by faculty, staff, or student and submitted to the central server administrator. Information Technology will make available electronic instructions on how to submit a request. Application must specify audience, retention time for articles and lifetime of group. Application is reviewed by the central server administrator for special considerations relating solely to resource use.