Creating Newsgroups in IIS 6.0

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

Use the New Newsgroup Wizard to create a newsgroup. When you create a new newsgroup, the NNTP service creates the directory for the newsgroup automatically. If you want a moderator to review new articles before they are posted, you can create a moderated newsgroup.

Important

You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer to perform the following procedure or procedures. As a security best practice, log on to your computer by using an account that is not in the Administrators group, and then use the runas command to run IIS Manager as an administrator. At a command prompt, type runas /User:Administrative_AccountName "mmc %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc".

Procedures

To create a newsgroup

1. In IIS Manager, expand the local computer, and then expand the NNTP virtual server that you want.

2. Right-click Newsgroups, point to New, and then click Newsgroup.

3. Follow the steps in the New Newsgroup Wizard:

   • In Name, type the name of the newsgroup you want to create.

   • In Description, type a brief description of the newsgroup function.

   • If you want, in Pretty name type another name for the newsgroup, which will be returned by the List Prettynames NNTP command. The pretty name is another alias for the newsgroup that can be displayed by clients.

   • Click Finish.

Related Information

• For information about moderated newsgroups, see Moderating Newsgroups in IIS 6.0.

• For information about editing and deleting newsgroups, see Editing and Deleting Newsgroups.

• For information about defining newsgroup limits and expirations, see Defining Newsgroup Limits and Expirations.

• For information about limiting newsgroup enumeration, see Limiting Newsgroup Enumeration in IIS 6.0.