On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 3:24 PM, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey All - > > I've seen a couple instances in the past couple weeks of spam-posts slipping > into the list. They are reasonably offensive and I appreciate those members > who have brought them to my attention quickly. > > As you may know, all posts from new members are moderated, so I'm supposed > to see a copy of any email from them. Now, I will say that I do see and > delete a fair number of these types of emails, but it appears that a few > slip through. This one did not get stopped by the filter. When I brought up > that user to ban them, they still showed as "Moderated". > > I've passed along the info to google, since it appears that there may be a > way to jump stuff to the list, even though a member is moderated. I honestly > don't expect a response, but will share it if I get one. > > Another switch I can flip is to require that all new members email for an > invitation to join the group. If the instances of this increases, I may do > that, which will have no effect on anyone already subscribed, but will add a > step to those who are not. At this point, I don't really want to do that, > but will if necessary. > > Anyway, thanks for your patience with this kind of stuff, and thank you for > your contributions to the group. > > all the best, >
Jim, Thank you for keeping it sane in here. I very much appreciate it. -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
