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Requesting a Newsgroup

Requesting a Usenet newsgroup

If you are requesting a UCD class newsgroup, you must be the Faculty member or Teacher's Assistant for that class or a department staff person providing support to the Faculty member. If the newsgroup is for a campus organization or department, then you must be an authorized representative of the department or organization.  It takes about 3 working days to have your request processed and the newsgroup established.

Please submit the following form to request a newsgroup:

  • : This is suggested because there are established naming conventions used for newsgroups to which UC Davis adheres. Each name of a newsgroup must be unique, so if the one you have suggested is already in use, you will have to choose another. Class news groups are named 'ucd.class.course-no.section-no'. All other ucd.*  groups mimick corresponding naming conventions in the global newsgroups.
  • : This must be brief (less than 60 characters).
  • : Name and email address of the administrative contact for this group.
    Name:
  • : (optional) When should this group be removed?
How do I request a global newsgroup?
The above process describes how to create a local ucd.* group.  Keep in mind tha some ucd.* groups (not ucd.class.* groups) are carried at other sites on the internet. If you see the need for a 'global' in any of the big seven (rec, comp, general, misc, news, sci, soc), please read the articles titled "How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal" in news.announce.newgroups. If you are interested in a less structured alt group, please read  "So You Want to Create an Alt Newsgroup" in news.answers. This will give you a good place to start.