The files in this directory will be continuously updated to reflect the current set of valid newsgroups within the gov. A guide for news administrators to the GovNews Hierarchy. A checkgroups control message with local distribution which can be posted at a site to validate or create all newsgroups in the gov. The master list of all newsgroups in the gov. Requires the pgpcontrol software to be installed.
Manual verification is possible if the doit action is changed to mail .
A file containing the PGP public keys used for control messages within the gov. In the future, this may also include public keys for newsgroup moderators who digitally sign approved messages. Similar to the gov.newsgroups file, but includes gov. These additional descriptions will be maintained for hierarchic newsgroup browsers. A checkgroups control message preceeded by instructions, suitable as an email message or news article which would be processed manually.