Thanks, I'm sure it'll make a difference. On 11/27/06, Joe <jmelnyk@...> wrote: > i used to moderate all new members until they made a legit post; > exactly as you described below. however, yahoo would never notify me > that there were pending messages (and hence, members) to approve. so > unless i looked for it (which i didn't, because posts are delivered to > my email box), i didn't see the pending messages and didn't approve > new members. at the time, spam wasn't a problem so i set the group to > allow any new members. obviously this isn't working right now. > > i've added another moderator (scott aka glaive, whom most of you might > know from handling www.elektron-users.com) and i've set both his and > my options to moderate all incoming members. > > hope that helps! > > > --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Ivan Sharma" > <sharmalaw1@...> wrote: > > > > I moderate about 20 or so gear related yahoogroups. I set the > settings to moderate all new members. Once I see a message that is not > spam I approve the message and change their status. It is not as time > consuming as approving all members when they join. Often, folks join > and don't post for months. But the first time they do, yes I have to > go through a minor hassle. Sometimes their posts have to wait a few > days until I can get to it, but after that it is smooth sailing and > the groups are spam free. Perhaps you may make a few other trusted > folks moderators and do it that way. If you can't do what needs to be > done all by yourself, share and delegate. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Tarekith http://www.tarekith.com
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Re: [elektron] Is it possible to stop all the spammers?
2006-11-27 by Tarekith
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