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Re: LnxSoc-> Linux Society -- Message approval...

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Well, its not a big deal to me. We already require people to register.
John has validation on his emails turned on because spamers have been
sending email as him (just forge the from header).

Back when we used to meet, you think we could call ourselves a lug?
Living in nyc again I'd like see if we couldn't get people back together
again.

- -Francis

cairpre409 wrote:
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| The fact that one spam is 50% of the postings does not make it more
| than one spam. I've looked over the posts to see if there is some
| real issue here there isn't. You are always going to have some spam,
| some off topic posting, and the occasional rude person. People new
| to net culture often get very upset about rule breakers. Most of us
| give it up as an impossible task, and find betterway to spend our energy.
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| If people really feel the need to fix this
| Delaying messages is a bad solution. Someone might need help now
| Requiring some form of registraion to participate is a better answer
|
| Tom
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| --- In linux-society@yahoogroups.com, Francis Gulotta <reconbot@m...>
| wrote:
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| The hoops to join are the same for every group and spammers have the
| method down pat, we've already had around 4-5 spammers join. I don't
| mind doing message approval (I'm a moderator) for the time being, I
| don't think the extra half a day that a message would wait will mater
| much at this point in time. When we get busy again then it won't be
| worth it and we'll switch it back. But then one spam won't be 50% of the
| messages that month.
|
| -Francis
|
| Keith Brown wrote:
| | John,
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| | Rather than turn the group into fully moderated, how about screening
| | membership? That is, set up the archives so anyone can read them, but
| | those who want to post must join, and the join is screened. That way,
| | should someone have enough energy to jump through the hoops to become
| | member, then they're likely to become a contribution (or at least not
| | mess in our nest). And, of course, if they do mess in the nest, they
| | can be removed with relative ease.
| |
| | -Keith
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John, Rather than turn the group into fully moderated, how about screening membership? That is, set up the archives so anyone can read them, but those who...
Keith Brown
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Feb 17, 2005
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... Hash: SHA1 The hoops to join are the same for every group and spammers have the method down pat, we've already had around 4-5 spammers join. I don't mind...
Francis Gulotta
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Feb 17, 2005
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The fact that one spam is 50% of the postings does not make it more than one spam. I've looked over the posts to see if there is some real issue here there...
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Feb 17, 2005
9:31 pm

... Hash: SHA1 Well, its not a big deal to me. We already require people to register. John has validation on his emails turned on because spamers have been ...
Francis Gulotta
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Feb 17, 2005
9:48 pm

Well.. obviously were are for information freedom, otherwise we wouldnt be linux-ers So any suggestions are of course valid. Since I am trucking right now, ...
John van V.
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