In alt.home.repair on Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:56:26 GMT "Doug Kanter"
posted:

"SteveB" wrote in message
news:3YPUd.34$Ke.33@fed1read03...
Just one warning about doing this: Some moderated newsgroups are set
up so they check for a valid email address. Otherwise, they won't post
your message. Rec.guns & rec.hunting are just two examples.

Belonging to a moderated newsgroup is like being in Catholic School. I
refuse to raise my hand and be given permission to speak.

Just me. YMMV.

Steve

Agreed, but rec.guns is a pretty informative group, once you learn to ignore
the few who think gun rights and religion are inseparable. I've picked up
tons of technical info there. The moderator's a bit overzealous, but still
workable.

Power corrupts and it corrupts moderators very frequently, makes them
into little control freaks. When one of my favorite newsgroups
changed to moderated, it ruined it.

Yet, groups that cover certain topics are overrun by spammers and hate
mail. Sometimes 80% of the posts can be hate mail. It's very tedious
and moderation is a tempting choice.

Technical groups, like this one and computer technical groups usually
don't attrack hate mail.



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