Nelson,
The newsgroup I moderate the individual has to apply to the group
and we either accept or deny their application. I am very suspicious
of strange names, new accounts, but if I have no real reason to ban
them I will watch and see what turns out. I mean like I said before
I can always delete their posts for the protection of the group and
ban them from using that account again. Sure they can make a new
email address thats life, but I will not allow them to damage or
disturb the group and they will get banned time and time again.
-Nick
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, lxfiveoh@c... wrote:
> I "own" or moderate a couple of Yahoo!Groups. They are all
relatively low volume groups like this one, without a whole lot of
subscribing/unsubscribing.
>
> My groups are set so that anyone can join by simply clicking, but
all new member posts are moderated.
>
> This means that posts by members are moderated until I personally
click on their profile and allow their posts to go unmoderated.
That is how long the "new" status lasts.
>
> Most of these spammers are like mentioned already. They create
the profile, join groups, and spam them all in the same day or
shortly after the creation.
>
> My groups have been SPAM free since instituting this method.
>
> Nelson
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