Q4.1 What is the absolute minimum needed to act as a moderator?

    connectivity, hardware, software, capability, time, and effort

        connectivity - an account with reliable mail delivery and news access

        hardware - a computer and a modem

        software - for connectivity, e-mail, and news

        capability -

            enough technical know-how to configure the software

            a working knowledge of mail and news RFCs
                (RFC 822, MIME RFCs, RFC 1036, son-of-1036, GNKS)

            the ability and access to edit or insert most of the headers
                on outgoing news messages