CheekyMonkey wrote:[color=blue]
> Desk Rabbit wrote:[color=green]
>> Ivor Jones wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "Desk Rabbit" <nospam@example.com> wrote in message
>>> news:AbSdnc990oC6QPPbnZ2dnUVZ8tWnnZ2d@pipex.net
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> A newsgroup is a medium in which people can have
>>>> discussions that are not moderated. Agreed?
>>>
>>> Not necessarily. There are moderated newsgroups.[/color]
>>
>> And this one isn't so it's a forum.[/color]
>
> Whether a usenet newsgroup is moderated or not it is technically still a
> usenet newsgroup. The main difference between forum and usenet is where
> the data lives and the protocols involved. The issue is somewhat clouded
> because of web-to-usenet gateways, that give a forum like appearance,
> that however doesn't change what it is.[/color]

A forum is a place or medium in which people can have discussions that
are not moderated.

A newsgroup is a medium in which people can have discussions that are
not moderated.

Ergo a newsgroup is a forum and you are wrong.

Quod Erat Demonstrandum