Modifying Discussion Group Properties

You can modify any of the discussion group properties you originally created the discussion group with.

1. From the General Administration page, click the News Server server name button > Discussion Groups > Manage Discussion Groups > OK.

2. Select the discussion group you want to modify.

3. Click General Properties.

4. To modify the name the user sees, in the Display Name field, type the new discussion group name.

5. To modify the description, in the optional Description field, type the particular topic that the discussion group is about.

6. To modify the type of discussion group, click Categorized Discussion Group or Standard Discussion Group.

   If the parent discussion group is already categorized, you will not see a choice for the type of discussion group.

7. Under Advanced Options, select the option you want to modify.

   Option	Purpose
   Allow Local and Remote Postings	Specifies to allow local and remote postings. Local postings are articles posted directly to your discussion groups by users. Remote postings are articles sent to your discussion groups by replication.
   Allow Only Remote Postings (Feed Only)	Specifies that only articles sent to your discussion groups by replication can be posted to the discussion group.
   Moderate Discussion Group and Send Postings Via E-Mail To field	Specifies that this discussion group will be moderated and includes an e-mail address for the moderator's e-mail address.
   Gateway to E-Mail Address field	Specifies that the discussion group will be a gateway. Type the e-mail address for the gateway.
   Do Not Keep Articles for This Discussion Group, but Pass Them to Feed Sites	Specifies that articles are stored in the spool only until they are sent to other replication sites. Users cannot read the articles from your server.
   This Discussion Group is a Referral For field	Specifies discussion groups that are no longer in use or useful. For example, suppose you want to obsolete DISCUSSIONA and point users to DISCUSSIONB. In the Referral field for DISCUSSIONA, you type DISCUSSIONB. When users post to DISCUSSIONA, they will get a message to post to DISCUSSIONB.

8. Click Submit.