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Message: [QUOTE="Paul, post: 14240629"] They don't necessarily follow a naming convention. So that's not a good way to detect them in advance. [URL]http://www.usenet.org.uk/moderated.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.harley.com/usenet/usenet-tutorial/moderated-newsgroups.html[/URL] "In most cases, you can't tell if a newsgroup is moderated just by looking at the name. You will have to look at the articles within the group. If you use my master Usenet newsgroup list, it will tell you if a group is moderated. [URL]http://www.harley.com/cgi-bin/usenet.pl?what=moderated&x=22&y=19&state=wholewordmatch&adult=0[/URL] " One of the news servers had an actual groups list page, but that is gone. There has to be a file somewhere on the server, that has the details (because the server needs it to operate). Paul [/QUOTE]