Dave,
I'd rather have these set to "new user moderated" or "normal" (which I
believe would be effectively the same thing, since new user moderation
is the group's default setting... right?).
No.
If you set them to "Use Group Moderation Setting" then their messages will be governed by the "Moderated" checkbox in the Spam Control section of the group's Settings page.
The "New Users Moderated" checkbox (in that same section) causes new members to start with the "Override: new user moderated" privilege, but as you've observed that doesn't apply to members copied over during transfer. Manually setting them to that privilege will provide the same effect. When the set number of messages from that member has been approved the mechanism will change their privilege to "Use Group Moderation Setting".
Is there a way to modify these users settings in bulk?
In the Members list you can checkmark up to a page full of them at a time and choose "Change Moderation" from the Actions menu (at the bottom).
You can change the number of members shown per page by adjusting the "Items Per Page" setting in the Web Site Preferences section of the Preferences page in your Account.
Shal
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