Re: untopic messages - deleted offending posts, authors banned

Hi Dale,
   We've already done that when moderator rights were extended to 
me.  By "closing shop", I meant that membership would be by "request 
to join" only where I get to decide whether one becomes a member or 
not.  That's the setting I have for EJ2KarmaTrax.  I don't have any 
spam whatsoever.  At the moment, this group is an open membership.  I 
just receive alerts that someone has joined.  If I am suspicious of 
the newcomer's name, I ban them right away before they even get to 
post. 

Frankly, I don't want have to screen and approve every newcomer.  For 
this forum, it's a waste of time.  I prefer the current set up.  If 
on the other hand the spam gets so pervasive, then we make our 
group "approved members only".
Cheers,
Eric

--- In [email protected], "Dale Kay \(Inquisitor Betrayer\)" 
<dale@...> wrote:
>
> You don't close shop...
> you simply set new members to moderate. It's a setting in the 
management section. When they join, and it does not affect them from 
joining, you approve then, let them be. The only time you unset them 
is when they post something on topic for 1 or 2 times. It's the edit 
button before you approve the post. Set them to un-moderate and that 
is it...
> 95% are going to lurk anyway and never post. So you do nada there 
at all.
> 
> It is very easy and prevents all of these problems. I know, I do it 
for all my groups.
> 
> Join one of my groups and I will make you moderator and show you 
where the setting is if you want too.
> 
> dale
> dale@...
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>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: EJ2 - Double EJ Projects 
>   To: [email protected] 
>   Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:49 PM
>   Subject: [korgkarma] Re: untopic messages - deleted offending 
posts, authors banned
> 
> 
>   Hi Greg,
>      A number of spammers have been banned and their posts 
deleted.  It 
>   seems to be on the increase lately.  One way to avoid this crap 
is to 
>   set your preferences to no email.  Instead, come to the group to 
read 
>   the latest messages instead of receiving a digest or individual 
>   emails.  
>      We can't catch all the spam until after it happens, unless I 
can 
>   tell from the spammers name (e.g. lovelyladies@...) before hand.  
If 
>   you look back at the "Messgages" list, you'll see that all those 
>   offending posts have been deleted.  I can also tell you that the 
>   authors have been banned.
>      The truth of the matter is, however, we get more new 
legitimate 
>   arrivals than spammers, so I don't think we are at the point of 
closing 
>   shop yet.  It's coincidental that you have asked.  I was about to 
post 
>   a message about all the spammers who have been banned in the past 
few 
>   weeks - less than the fingers on one hand, though.
>   Cheers,
>   Eric
>        
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>







 
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