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Message: [QUOTE="Paul, post: 14240638"] OK, a bit more searching jogged my memory. The file on the server is called the "active" file, and it has the names of the newsgroups. telnet nntp.aioe.org 119 list active And that gives three samples out of 29000 or so. mozilla.support.seamonkey 0000014458 0000011857 n uk.rec.cycling 0000236360 0000233382 y uk.rec.cycling.moderated 0000045530 0000044785 m The article here, gives the key to the flags field. N is no posting, Y is posting allowed, M is moderated. [URL]http://www.templetons.com/usenet-format/status.html[/URL] The only problem with this, is in this particular case the file appears to "flap in the breeze". I can find moderated groups with "y" and not "m" as they're supposed to have. And unmoderated groups with "m" and not "y". I'm going to have to guess that "list active" is not a reliable way to get that information. Paul [/QUOTE]