"Peter Aitken" > wrote in
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> This group has no moderator. When a newsgroup is first formed it
> has a charter that specifies, among other things, whether it is
> moderated or not. Most are not - rec.food.recipes is one of the
> few that is, IIRC. So you cannot just say "let's get a moderator
> for this group." Rather you would have to start a new group, say
> rec.food.cooking.moderated, that is defined as moderated from the
> start.

But that would be an uphill battle and a general waste of time. The
attempt to create a group called rec.food.vegetables, if you recall,
was properly trounced by one of the largest no votes in Usenet history.

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