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(Victor Sack) 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.
>
> This is only true for new newsgroups. Most newsgroups formed
> before 1989, rfc being one of them, have no charters. In those
> balmy days people still knew what, where and how to post, and
> charters were deemed unnecessary.

Oh, the days *before* people discovered how much fun flaming can
be...you're dating yourself, Victor.

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"The problem with the French is they have no
word for entrepreneur."

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via Baroness Williams