At the current state of the art of net news, a typical
    setup for doing moderation would include, either on the
    part of the moderator or the tech support person:

        familiarity with the topic and with the Usenet community

        several hours of spare time per week for at least a year

        an account with a well connected robust site
            (ISP, company, university)

        good relations with the system administrator of that site
            (awareness, permission, and any mail aliases needed)
            (ISPs may charge for hosting moderated groups or mailing lists)

        experience with two or more mail and news programs
            (e.g., Elm/Pine/Mush, procmail/formail, trn)

        familiarity with two or more scripting languages
            (e.g., Perl, Bourne/Korn/Bash shell, awk)

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