Re: Please do something about the Spam!

--- In [email protected], "Jeff Snavely" <jsnavely.geo@...> wrote:
> According to the advanced message search feature, it appears that
> Pat's last post here was 2 years ago.  it looks like Dave catches most
> of the spammers; I only see maybe one spam a month on the list.  When
> I do see one, I immediately ban the author and delete the message. 
> There is a spam filter option in the group settings, and it is turned
> on.  There is also a moderation option that is currently set to
> "Unmoderated".  I assume the "New members" setting is what has been
> mentioned in this thread.  That setting sounds like a good idea to me,
> unless Pat and/or most of the other moderators are still against it.

That's the setting I'm suggesting/recommending, yes -- I've yet to see
a spammer bother with a legitimate post just to get through.

Most lists I've seen will simply unmoderate users on their first
moderated post... 





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