Elektron Musical Instruments

I'm pretty twitchy, so I'll keep an eye on it.

On 11/27/06, Tarekith <Tarekith@...> wrote:
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>   Thanks, I'm sure it'll make a difference.
>
> On 11/27/06, Joe <jmelnyk@... <jmelnyk%40cs.kent.edu>> 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 <elektron-users%40yahoogroups.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
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> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Tarekith
> http://www.tarekith.com
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-- 
Scott Kellogg


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