new home repair group; used to be the BEST group on google; volunteers ?

Never heard of you. How long have you been here?

Plus, it's on Usenet, not "google" and Usenet has been slowly dying for years, replaced by other forums, so I doubt a new group is going to make a big difference.

I'm confused, is your email address: snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com

You seem to know things. I'll be back for tips. It's something to do. I'll love to see the old 'fix it' dialog back.

I think that perhaps snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com was attempting to kludge his email address to protect it from bots ... Is that correct snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com ? Regards ; drillbrain 79

Getting a moderated newsgroup going can be painful.

If you are tech savvy and don't mind fiddling around you can set up your own moderation address. We used STUMP, which is a turnkey operation with an easy to use interface. It $360 a year but there were several of us who split the expenses.

It definitely got rid of the trolls but also eliminated the traffic. After a few years we gave up on it.

Given that Yahoo is in flux their groups are iffy. There are a number of sites hosting forums that provide a cookbook template to set up your group with varying fees. It really depends on how much you want to play with it and what level of traffic you will be satisfied with.

It's really not much fun being a moderator, either. There is always someone who isn't going to be happy with how the mod chooses to run the group.

I'm sure assholes such yourself who have ruined this group with your flood of O.T. posts will find a way to fk up any new group also with constant nym shifts and other methods. You and your kind are the New America: Destructive, thoughtless bastards who think of nothing else but yourselves and what you want. Your kind are incapable of following any rules respecting the integrity of Usenet group conventions.

Yes, I know your reply, asshole: "Don't let the door hit you in your ass on the way out."

Nothing changes in regard to spoiled brats.

I think it is like grass vs weeds.

The best thing to do is encourage and respond to on topic posts, and ignore or kill file off topic posters.