From: h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no 
  
 Vanguard writes: 
 >>In article , Vanguard wrote: 
 >>> - Why are moderated groups not CLEARLY identified rather than require 
 >>> discovery (i.e., why aren't they named and easily identified as 
 >>> moderated groups)? 
 >> 
 >> Uh, they *are* clearly identified, at least in the Big 8.  All 
 >> moderated newsgroups have the string " (moderated)" at the end of 
 >> their description.  If your newsreader is not showing this, then it 
 >> is broken. 
 > 
 > Visit a few other newsservers.  Not all (maybe not many) include 
 > description when downloading the newsgroups list. 
 > (...) 
  
 OK, then get a client which does "list active" and _tells_ you which 
 groups are marked as moderated (the "m" flag in the active list). 
 Hopefully your server supports that, at least. 
  
 Together with ".moderated" naming of groups, that's 3 existing ways the 
 news hierarchy, server and client can cooperate to tell you that a group 
 is moderated.  If your server/client/newsgroup hierarchy do not employ 
 any of them, well, too bad.  No matter how many standards and guidelines 
 and upgrades to previous standards people write, nobody can force anyone 
 to use them.  Complain to the people who don't use them. 
  
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 Hallvard 
  
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