On Nov 8, 2007 10:00 AM, Don Arbow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 7, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Don Arbow wrote: > >> > >> I usually go to the Google Groups web site for this and the dev > >> group. There is a link in each message that you can use to report > >> it as spam. I find that Google seems to be pretty quick to ban a > >> specific user who is spam bombing groups. > > Just to follow up, I mentioned Google's excellent filtering and > banning regime. My email inbox has 8 messages (4 unique with > duplicates) from a certain someone that were posted this morning in > the developers group. None of those messages appear in Google's online > web site. Like any neighborhood with a graffiti problem, I think > Google recognizes that users who report spam in their groups are more > likely to get the "cops" to come around and help clean up, so report > spammers to Google when you get a chance.
Erm... no. The contributions of our little friend from this morning were removed when I manually deleted his posts and banned his account from posting in the future. Google's spam catching is good, but it receives a lot of assistance from the list moderators. That assistance takes a lot of effort, because the spam-purging interface on Google Groups is utterly painful - removing a single post takes 5 clicks and 3 page loads; assuming you already banning an account requires you to manually transcribe an email address/username and search for the culprit, plus an additional 3 clicks (assuming you already have the user management tools open). On top of that, if you try to purge too many messages in a row, Google blocks the request on the basis that you might be a bot, and presents a captcha. Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
