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So I saved my post as a DRAFT by clicking on the 'Save as draft' option, in a moderated forum.
I then edited the draft, made a change and Posted it again.
The topic showed up as a regular new topic without first being approved.
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Ah, better check that then 
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should now have the correct status when moving out of Draft mode