On my groups I have set all peoples postings to moderated and then as they post set them to unmoderated. This means a bit of work at first but the regular posters are soon cleared for uninterrupted access. It sure catches the spammer.
Dave --- In [email protected], Joel Uckelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thus spake Thomas Russ: > > > > On Jul 26, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Joel Uckelman wrote: > > > > > Thus spake Andrew Heath: > > >> Now how did this happen? I thought this list was mod-approve only? > > > > > > No, it's subscribers only. Presumably this spammer subscribed. Usually > > > that's a sufficient barrier. > > > > That, and the requirement to provide a message during the subscription > > process. I'm the person who generally handles subscription requests and > > will pretty much approve anyone who submits some sort of gaming or > > Vassal related note, since that means they at least have read enough > > about > > the group to know what it is. "Hello." doesn't quite work. In marginal > > cases I check their settings to see if they are set to receive mail from > > the group. I will also set some users to be moderated if I can't quite > > figure this out. > > I didn't realize that there was someone reading those. Thanks for doing > that, BTW! > > -- > J. >
