"Doc Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:23:33 GMT, [email protected] (Ghost) appears to > have written: > > > > >Except for one thing.. moderated groups generally do not have as much > >interaction. > > > >Many people avoid moderated groups because of the internal politics and > >they don't always like to subjugate themselves to someone else's > >personalities or whims. > > Not entirely true. Moderators have to abide by the bylaws created > during the RFC process. I have moderated a music newsgroup for the > past 5 years and it has gone well and the noise posts (e.g "Hansen is > god" flamewars, etc) is almost nonexistant. > > Having said that, moderation is not for every group. I find kill > files and judicious filtering to help a great deal. > > -Doc Hi Doc, Plear quote the RFCs you are referring to. The only RFC I am aware of currently controlling the NNTP pprotocol is RFC977 which is a technical document for developers of hardware and software and of course for the guidancs of NNTP server admins. It has nothing to do with moderation of newsgroups. -- Mick G CT-USA Researching: Gorbals: Bryan, McDonald Hereford: James, South, Yarranton. St Giles in the Fields: Barnett, Bryan, Gurling, Holland, Ing, Yarranton. Southwark: Quinton, Richards. Stafford/Salop Belliston, Boycott, Cleary, Yorke