Yep, that's an option on Yahoogroups, all right. A.
On 2/13/07, artwolfirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there anyway to keep the membership moderated but have the archive > open to non members? > > John > > --- In [email protected] <igaming%40yahoogroups.com>, "Anton > Sweeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You click on the irishgaming group on Yahoo and get told membership is > > moderated. Joining is still a single click away and a Yahoo ID > isn't even > > required. This is still a lot simpler than signing up to a forum, for > > example. joebloggs @ somecollege.com or marybloggs @ irishISP.com or > > whatever will likely be approved within a few hours, while > > stringofrandomletters @ someforeignTLD.tw doesn't - at least till a > mod sees > > that their posts aren't spam. > > > > Meanwhile, those who *don't* like spam are less likely to unsub from > a list > > that's no longer bothered by it. > > > > Any community benefits from being open to new people, especially online > > (exception: the Amish) but none benefit from having a reputation of > letting > > your inbox get filled with spam. > > > > Just my two cents, > > > > Anton > > > > On 2/13/07, Cian O' Rathaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I am firmly against this. > > > the gaming community benifits from being open to new people. > > > and though this may not be the first stop for people, there are > those who > > > come here to find out new things, it being easier for them is a good > > > thing. > > > > > > but then i guess the spam is not an issue for me. > > > > > > -Cian > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Brian Nisbet wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 02:30:33PM -0000, Richard Phillips wrote: > > > > > > The theory is to change membership from open to requiring > > > > > > approval, something that I could quite happily handle very > > > > > > quickly. This would stop the couple of spams that are sent > > > > > > out before I ban the offending email address. > > > > > > > > > > > > What do people reckon? > > > > > > > > > > Sounds very sensible. > > > > > > > > And other such comments, thank you all. > > > > > > > > Right, I think that's enough concensus for one afternoon. > > > > > > > > This change has been made, if anything goes horribly wrong > > > > then it's only a moment's work to change it back. > > > > > > > > B. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
