The news setup around {ai,theory,na}.toronto.edu looks roughly like this: inews (really frontend_inews) | | The article is turned into a mail message by inews. | mail comp.whatever,... | | at this point proper return addresses are on, etc. | usenet transport agent | | NNTP (or mail to feednews@news-server) | news-server.csri | | NNTP server (if mail to feednews, alias that pipes to server_inews) | server_inews (figures out if group is moderated and so on) | | | relaynews (actual posting)