"approve only" is the way to go. (the first post is moderated) The list owner can appoint other moderators to help in keeping approvals timely. just john wrote: >When I complained about group spam a couple weeks ago, I got this >from the group owner. > > > > >>>John, >>> >>>I get these already, as part of the group. Unfortunately, there's >>>little I can do to prevent them - I could go to a 'approve only' >>>membership, but yahoo's implementation of this can be problematic - >>>I've got another group where people were waiting for weeks to get >>>added. >>> >>>I'm not sure what we can do about this - banning spoofed accounts >>>doesn't do much. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. >>> >>> > > >In other yahoogroups I'm in that DO have the "approve only" option >set to on, I have seen NO problems. > >So I wonder what the other group members think about this. I vote >for going "approve only." Anybody else? > > >(And have you noticed how EVERY SINGLE GROUP SPAM is for websites >based on MCI?) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [xl7] eliminate spam -- make membership "approve only"
2003-12-01 by Greg Waltzer
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