Re: Digest Number 104

I agree.  Moderating new users is really the only way to go if you wish to spare the group members from receiving spam.  Also one of the reasons that yahoogroups/smartgroups/topica/whatever is superior to unmoderated newsgroups (like r.g.d., for example).  

----- Original Message -----
From: mczet <mczet-1urT0Is/[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:03 am
Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Digest Number 104

> Agreed. It is also why automated email signups may become a thing 
> of the
> past in favor of the "copy the above number into the box below" 
> challangeresponse type systems.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Digest Number 104
> 
> 
> > Selon mczet <mczet-1urT0Is/[email protected]>:
> >
> > > Takes a spammer with far too much time on their hands to join 
> groupsjust to
> > > spam them.
> > >
> > > Considering that it is estimated that 83% of all email is now 
> just spam,
> it
> > > would seem we are rather fortunate to see so little.
> >
> >
> >
> > Except that they have automatic tools to do that for themselves.
> >
> > And I fear it's *just* the beginning since I have faced as 
> moderator the
> same
> > problems on other yahoogroups ... which finally forced me to 
> change the
> group
> > policy (automatically moderate new users, until a moderator have 
> testimonyhe's
> > not talking to a bot but to someone interested in the list subject).



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