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Also known as: moderated group
A group where submissions are mailed to a moderator instead of propagating at once. The moderator approves an article by adding an Approved header and reinjecting it, and servers reject anything in the group that lacks that header. The mechanism predates web moderation tools and cut spam sharply where it was used, at the cost of delay and dependence on volunteers who often drifted away.
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