PA Hierarchy Information

PA Hierarchy Information as of: Sunday, March 21, 1999

pa.* is a regional hierarchy and not part of the BIG 8 so it is available primarily in the United States. There are currently 30 pa.* groups that exist. Additional groups may be added as needed.

Purpose of the pa hierarchy is to discuss matters relative to the state of Pennsylvania in a free and open forum. Please try to post on-topic.

About a quarter of the pa.* groups are now retromoderated and thus any off-topic messages posted (primarily ads) to those groups are subject to cancellation.

The remaining pa.* groups are currently unmoderated so it's up to people to self-regulate these groups and respect others.

Retromoderation is only permitted in designated pa.* groups and should be done by authorized persons. Spam (posts with a BI>20) and pyramid schemes are automatically cancelled regardless of where these appear by cancelbots.
Of course an individual may cancel their OWN posts anytime they wish.

Please note the following when posting to pa.* groups:
Some news servers run NoCeM which will hide/delete messages that are excessively posted/crossposted. NoCeM implementation varies, so email your news administrator (ISP) for specifics and/or goto http://www.cm.org/.
Messages posted to pa.test will send you several emails from various pa.test responders if sucessful.

If you notice any groups in the following list missing from your news server, please email a request to your ISP to carry them.


** Note to News Administrators **
News servers that carry/relay the pa hierarchy SHOULD carry/relay ALL 30 pa.* groups since messages often take bizarre paths. Checkgroups messages are sent out occasionally and are formatted to be automatically processed.

All pa control messages originate from fxp@epix.net and contain a X-Info header which points to the URL http://www.netcom.com/~rb1000/pa_hierarchy/ for manual verification. Please update your news configuration file if you have not already done so.


[KEY: U = unmoderated  R = retromoderated  M = moderated]

** NO ads are permitted in PA chat groups such as pa.chat or pa.berks.chat.

R pa.admin          Net administration & UUCP connectivity in Pennsylvania.
R pa.berks.chat Local discussion - Berks county, PA.
R pa.chat Local discussion - Pennsylvania.
R pa.config USENET configuration for Pennsylvania.
R pa.environment Info and discussion about Pennsylvania's environment.
U pa.forsale Items for sale in Pennsylvania.
U pa.general Items of general interest in Pennsylvania.
U pa.hbg.forsale Items for sale in the Harrisburg, PA area.
U pa.hbg.general Items of general interest in Harrisburg, PA area.
U pa.hbg.wanted Items wanted in the Harrisburg, PA area.
U pa.jobs.offered Info and discussion about jobs offered in Pennsylvania.
U pa.jobs.wanted Info and discussion about Jobs wanted in Pennsylvania.
U pa.lv.forsale Items for sale in the Lehigh Valley, PA area.
U pa.lv.general Items of general interest in Lehigh Valley, PA area.
pa.lv.test ** No longer active, please remove **
U pa.lv.wanted Items wanted in the Lehigh Valley, PA area.
R pa.motorcycle Items regarding motorcycles in Pennsylvania.
U pa.motss Gay, lesbian & bisexual people and issues in Pennsylvania.
pa.ne.announce ** No longer active, please remove **
U pa.ne.forsale Items for sale in the Northeast PA area.
U pa.ne.general Items of general interest in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area.
R pa.ne.politics Political discussions about the Northeast PA area.
U pa.ne.wanted Items wanted in the Northeast PA area.
R pa.politics Politicians & campaign issues in Pennsylvania.
U pa.rdg.forsale Items for sale in the Reading, PA area.
U pa.rdg.general Items of general interest in the Reading, PA area.
U pa.rdg.wanted Items wanted in the Reading, PA area.
U pa.religion.christian.postmodern Items regarding postmodern Christianity in PA.
U pa.religion.pagan Items regarding the Pagan religion in Pennsylvania.
U pa.smallbusiness Info and discussion of small business in Pennsylvania.
U pa.test USENET testing in Pennsylvania.
U pa.wanted Items wanted in Pennsylvania.

Please contact me if any questions or comments...

PA Hierarchy Coordinator
Ron Bennett
rb1000@ix.netcom.com


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