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You might consider using 1 moderated message instead of 3. You can
probably figure out if the person is questionable on the first post and set them to moderated if you have concerns. This means you only have to reply to their first message to moderate it so it posts. If you have, say, 1,000 members, for example, that's 2,000 less moderations you'll have to do. I do agree that at least the first post should be moderated, though. And depending on your group 3 times might be appropriate, but in my experience, I catch the spammers the first time. The rest of the "problem" posts are from people who hijacked someone's email account. Or, on Yahoo, where it was possible at one time (at least, if not still) to spoof an email address (easy but I won't give directions here), people could spoof an email address, making it appear to come from a member's address. That happened on a few occasions well after the 3 moderations would have happened. Depending on your group, you can also make it easier on yourself for new members to join automatically by not making it a restricted group. Of course, that depends on the nature and substance of your group. If it discusses medical issues, for instance, you would want to restrict entry into the group and use a questionnaire to ferret out people who should not be members. If you have a restricted group and have to approve new members, but don't use some additional step to verify the quality of the prospective member, you're wasting your time since you can't tell by an email address (in most cases) if they're good or bad. Just my 2 cents, subject to inflation. Donald On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:57:35 -0700, "Bruce Bowman" <bruce.bowman@...> wrote: Harry's subscription will not be transferred, and he will remain on "new users moderated" until he posts three times here in GIO.Hope this helps,Bruc ---------------------------------------------------- Join the Icom group, a general Icom (amateur radio) discussion group on Groups.io: /g/ICOM (recently launched, growing slowly) **also, a new self-help group dedicated to your cat's health: /g/CatVet (just launched) |
