Managing Newsgroups

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

As soon as you create your newsgroups, users can begin posting articles to them. If you want a moderator to review new articles before they are posted, define a moderated newsgroup.

You can change the properties of an existing newsgroup or delete the newsgroup if you no longer need it. You can also select options that enable the NNTP service to delete articles after a specified number of hours or when the amount of disk space used by newsgroups reaches specified limits. Finally, you can filter which newsgroups are visible to users and the number that will display whenever the Newsgroups node is selected under the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) virtual server.

This section includes the following information:

• Creating Newsgroups in IIS 6.0: Describes how to use the New Newsgroup Wizard to create a newsgroup.

• Moderating Newsgroups in IIS 6.0: Introduces the concept of moderating newsgroups, how to enable moderating, and how to create a moderated newsgroup.

• Editing and Deleting Newsgroups: Describes how to edit the properties of an existing NNTP service newsgroup or delete a newsgroup that you no longer need.

• Defining Newsgroup Limits and Expirations: Describes how to limit the length of time articles are kept in an NNTP service newsgroup by defining expiration policies for newsgroups.

• Limiting Newsgroup Enumeration in IIS 6.0: Describes how to limit the number of newsgroups that will be displayed in IIS Manager.