Re: Non-member spam-bombing of our group #spam-bombing #howto
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Paul, Fortunately these attempts are all bouncing since our group requires approval of messages but the Activites Log is now showing dozens of attempts from these two spammers over the last three days. That sounds like your group does not allow non-members to post. Which is independent of requiring approval of messages. In many of my groups I like to allow non-member posting, which hasn't been a problem because all non-member posts require approval, regardless of the group's Moderation setting. However, those groups also haven't been hit by mass-mailings. I prefer allowing non-members to post because those (other) groups are Restricted membership and many times valid would-be members don't know how to join, so they just post to the group's posting address as a means of making contact. Catching their messages in Pending and replying off-list is a lot more friendly then having them get a nasty rejection notice from Groups.io. Even here in GMF I'd prefer to allow non-Member posts, but we have been hit by mass mailing (as Duane noted), so rather than take up moderator time with rejecting the junk we've unchecked that box. Now the mass mailing just fills up the Activity log, as with your group. ? Anyone have an idea for how to block these spam posts?? We are a Premium Group but I find no tool for dealing with this. Disallowing non-member posts is the tool for dealing with this. Even if you banned the addresses I believe the attempted posts would still fill up the activity log, just with a different activity ("Banned member attempted to post" or some such, I think). ? ? Is this something to maybe post over on BETA? If you have an idea for what #suggestion to post, sure. I suppose that finding a way to consolidate the activity log entries so that they don't push everything else way down the list might be an idea. Shal -- Help: /helpcenter More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Shal Farley