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I'm not sure I understand how this spoofing works, Shal, but doesn't that mean anyone else could spoof the address too and appear to be the list owner of your group? Probably unlikely to happen but when one of my groups was unlisted someone set up a public unmoderated group with the name of my group in the description. As a result some people who had heard of my group and searched for it by name ended up joining this other group by mistake believing they were accessing the real thing.
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This group was abandoned quickly by the well-meaning but apparently internet illiterate founder and taken over by spammers. Someone who was posting there had set up an email that sounded like a genuine Group owner address though they were clearly not a moderator. The only way I eventually managed to get yahoo to close the group was by pointing out the obscene content posted there but not until after the reputation of my group had been affected by those who didn't realise what had been going on. Louise Sent from my iPad On 3 May 2016, at 08:33, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:
J, But that only works for the first message. If the OP responds, then ifSo don't do that. That is, if the OP responds and further communication is required, always send it from the (pending) members list - don't simply reply in your email. Or, use your email service to "spoof" the group's +owner address. I've done that with some of my Y!groups. Y!Mail, Gmail, and most other services have a way to do that (as an account set up) so long as you can verify the spoofed address. The spoof isn't as secure as using the actual +owner address from the web site, but it is often a convenient compromise. Shal |
