Jean B. > wrote:

> Well, my aim isn't to bore people.

Any specific subject will inevitably bore those not interested in it.

> Do you (or anyone else here)
> know where one can read about setting up an NG? Probably just
> doing a yahoo group would be easier, if the one possibility I
> found doesn't pan out.

If you are at all serious about creating a Usenet newsgroup, you are
well advised to spend at least a few months reading news.groups,
particularly threads pertaining to RFDs and their discussion. As to
some specific advice, you can get it he <http://web.duke.edu/ugm/>.
Having a mentor for the proposal would be a good idea.

Personally, I do not think a cookbook newsgroup would stand much of a
chance.

> I do occasionally think of a running cookbook thread here. This
> group has seen worse things!

Cookbooks are perfectly on topic here and there is no reason at all to
refrain from posting in any such thread.

Victor