I just got an E-Mail from groups.io telling me to,, well here is what it says.? is this real or not?

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Is this real or what?

Joe

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 03:04 PM, Timothy Stowell wrote:

I've been rejecting them asking them to stop spamming but that hasn't seemed
to work as another flurry hit this morning on different groups.

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Timothy,

To minimize this don't even bother asking these posters to stop. Just keep them Moderated and then delete their posts without further comment. And since they are moderated the rest of the membership won't see their posts. That will make them give up eventually, especially if they get no feedback of any sort.

And when they sign up using a new email address if your group(s) is/are set up for all new members to be moderated (for up to four initial posts) you will be able to catch and delete any inappropriate posts from them.

Also there is also the option of setting a member to 'no posts allowed' which could be useful, too.

OK — HTH

Paul M.
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So I get it. Purge those who are not viewing or responding to messages.

Today, March 12, 2024, I signed into Groups.IO to approve some messages from one of my 50 groups. Yes, 50 groups. That was about 9:00AM. At 5:18 today, March 12, 2024 I receive an email you need to verify yourself or face deletion. Really! I've been on many groups since 1996. They save me the time of filing my inbox with 600-800 daily.

Why did the software chose a moderator who signed in less than 8 hours to Groups.IO? Seems some fine tuning of the software is necessary.

Yes, I responded and received the Your Groups.io Membership Has Been Reverified at 5:33PM March 12, 2024.?

Tony De

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 06:47 AM, Jeremy Harrison wrote:

In the context of the opening post, the person to be banned is (in my opinion) a spammer, and as such Mark Fletcher/Groups.io admin should? perhaps be consulted - they may well have an opinion, or feel the need to do something, or the ability to do so.

Messages that violate the groups.io Terms of Service can be reported to groups.io support using the mechanism described at?/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/working-with-group-messages/reporting-messages-to-moderators-or-to-groups? ?You will have to leave the message in place long enough for support to review it.

Regards,
Bruce

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Check out the groups.io Help Center?and?groups.io Owners Manual

In the context of the opening post, the person to be banned is (in my opinion) a spammer, and as such Mark Fletcher/Groups.io admin should? perhaps be consulted - they may well have an opinion, or feel the need to do something, or the ability to do so.

Jeremy

As far as I'm concerned, both of my groups have two settings checked:


So restricted membership is a key, then the second is? that you or a moderator moderates or bans the troublesome email address (user). But a key item IMHO is that the new members are moderated. As we? all know email addresses are a dime a dozen. You're looking at the message that the member posts prior to? allowing the spam post.

The number of moderated posts might have to increase if the user learns that only the 1st message is moderated.

Good Luck!
Dave? F.

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Glenn . . .

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:53:18 -0700, "Glenn Glazer" <glenn.glazer@...>
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I would support multigroup bans if and only if the multiple groups were limited to those run by the same admin. 

I have banned certain accounts from all of my groups, even groups they hadn't
joined, just to keep them out in the future. 

The original author was asking for a non-manual way of doing that.

What I would very much not want to see is admins having the ability to ban people from groups they do not administer.

No one could ban anyone in a group where they aren't an admin of some sort, and
it's not the sort of thing we'll see here in the future, so you can rest easy.
That would really be way beyond what any admin could do. They could ban a person
in every group where they are an admin in, as I have in my groups, but that's
not what you're seeming to be concerned about. 


Donald 

I was responding in the context of a proposed feature, you seem to be discussing what is currently the case.

Best,

Glenn

They are now coming through....thanks Mark

Linda

Glenn . . .

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:53:18 -0700, "Glenn Glazer" <glenn.glazer@...>
wrote:

I would support multigroup bans if and only if the multiple groups were limited to those run by the same admin.

I have banned certain accounts from all of my groups, even groups they hadn't
joined, just to keep them out in the future.

What I would very much not want to see is admins having the ability to ban people from groups they do not administer.

No one could ban anyone in a group where they aren't an admin of some sort, and
it's not the sort of thing we'll see here in the future, so you can rest easy.
That would really be way beyond what any admin could do. They could ban a person
in every group where they are an admin in, as I have in my groups, but that's
not what you're seeming to be concerned about.

However, I do keep in touch with a couple of related groups and when we have a
problem with a member, we sometimes discuss it so they can watch out for that
person doing something bad in their group if that person is also a member of
their group. It allows them to put that person on moderation to keep an eye on
them.


Donald



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Hi all,

Mark is working on it. It is Spamhaus again. Not all mail servers are affected.

I am getting pending messages for moderating for GMF. But I am not getting the messages in my email once approved. I am getting them just fine from other Groups.io (but much smaller) groups.

BTW, it isn't just "special notices".?

Frances


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Help available from Groups.io help and GMF wiki.

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I keep running test and no individual e-mails are coming through to my e-mail (but they are posting to the group).? I am not comcast.? Last time this happened it lasted for 30 minutes.? This time it has been 6 hours.?

I posted a message today at 3:33pm. I can see it in groups.io and received it in my protonmail but it has not shown up for anyone with a comcast account. Last time there was a delay that appears simiiar to this,? it took comcast about a day to send in message. will check on gmail members.
Carole Plumb

Has anyone noticed a delay in receiving special notices today?? It is posting on the site but no email is being received.

Linda Perry

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On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 03:32 PM, Timothy Stowell wrote:

Is there a way to block a sender across multiple groups?

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I have a vendor of tiny bicycles spamming?several groups, then they move on to other groups I as list manager for.

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It would be nice if such could be done for such an address.

You can ban someone as described in the Owner's Manual.? If your groups have restricted membership you can also choose whether to allow posts from members or not. Posts from non-members will be held for moderation so you can filter them out that way.? This is also covered in the Owner's Manual.? Each group is a separate entity so you need to apply changes to each one.

Regards
Andy

I would support multigroup bans if and only if the multiple groups were limited to those run by the same admin. What I would very much not want to see is admins having the ability to ban people from groups they do not administer.

Best,

Glenn

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 03:32 PM, Timothy Stowell wrote:

Is there a way to block a sender across multiple groups?

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I have a vendor of tiny bicycles spamming?several groups, then they move on to other groups I as list manager for.

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It would be nice if such could be done for such an address.

You can ban someone as described in the Owner's Manual.? If your groups have restricted membership you can also choose whether to allow posts from non-members or not. Posts from non-members will be held for moderation so you can filter them out that way.? This is also covered in the Owner's Manual.? Each group is a separate entity so you need to apply changes to each one.

Regards
Andy

I am a gmail user and have not received duplicates as described

Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

I have posted this as an issue in the [beta] group but it wont be approved (or not!) for distribution until the sun rises in Mark's timezone.

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Malcolm Austen -- malcolm.austen@...

The same thing is happening to me every message or reply I make comes twice a bit annoying. Wondered if happening to others. I'm a gmail user too so wonder if happening to others?