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Tim Beadle

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Sep 7, 2009, 9:53:46 AM9/7/09

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Hi Guys,

This group's being slightly overrun - I recommend changes to the
group's settings, thus:

In Group Settings -> Access, set "Message moderation" to "No
moderation - messages are delivered directly", but with "Messages from
new members are moderated" checked. This means that the spam can be
checked at the pass (and spam accounts banned), and genuine new
members' messages allowed through (manually). I'm happy to help mod if
desired.

Cheers,

Tim

Giles Turnbull

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Sep 7, 2009, 10:03:37 AM9/7/09

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2009/9/7 Tim Beadle <tim.b...@gmail.com>:

>
> This group's being slightly overrun -

Zoiks! I had absolutely *no idea* there was so much spam coming
through via the list. Gmail's spam killer is so good, I simply didn't
see any of it.

My humblest apologies to everyone.

>I recommend changes to the
> group's settings, thus:
>
> In Group Settings -> Access, set "Message moderation" to "No
> moderation - messages are delivered directly", but with "Messages from
> new members are moderated" checked. This means that the spam can be
> checked at the pass (and spam accounts banned), and genuine new
> members' messages allowed through (manually). I'm happy to help mod if
> desired.
>

I've made this change, and banned the one still-active email address I
could see was sending spam (shaniquaa...@gmail.com). If anyone
can identify any others to me, shout, and I shall wield the Banning
Knife of Doom.