(...) There are actually three functionalities that are desired here: 1) Some posts may only be read by members of a group---for example, those who have e-mailed the curator[1] requesting permission to read private posts. Specifying on the users (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
(...) Wouldn't it be cleaner to do this on a per-group basis, rather than having a mishmash in one group? There could be lugnet.org.us.nelug and lugnet.org.us.nelug.private, for example. (...) Having the separate private group seems like a cleaner (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)