Hi,

Can someone explain the purpose of the banned domains list under Admin > Domains?? I've added @gmail.com and just gmail.com to the list for one of my test subgroups and I can still post to it from a gmail account.

I suspect a bug!

Thanks
Andy

I don't have a paid group, but the information I found is "NEW: Premium/Enterprise groups now have a new Banned Domains tab. Emails from non-subscribers are rejected from banned domains, as well as registrations." ? Looks to me like it only applies to non-members.? My interpretation is that existing members should be okay, but no new members could apply/post from that domain.

Duane
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Hi Duane,

thanks for the pointer. After some additional testing I can confirm that it works for messages received from non-members on the main and subgroups. I initially tested it on a subgroup sending a message from an account in the main group and that had no effect. Messages received from non-members generate an entry on the activity log stating that:

Non-member <NonMemberEmailAddress> attempted to send message from a banned domain via email

Note that entries in the Banned Domain list must not include the @ symbol, just everything after it.

I'll see if I can find a suitable place for a note in the GMF Wiki about this.

Regards,
Andy

I should add that as far as registrations are concerned, it impacts those trying to subscribe by sending a request to groupname+subscribe@...?? An activity log entry is generated stating that:

Non-member <NonMemberEmailAddress> attempted to subscribe with a banned domain via email

Despite an entry in the Banned Domains list, members can join via a Direct Add or replying to an Invite.

Regards
Andy

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Through a bit of testing, we have already worked out what it does and when.? The only extra thing to add that Bruce mentioned to me on a private message is:

if you attempt to join/apply using the web interface, a red banner will show up at the top of the page stating?You are not allowed to subscribe to the group with that domain.

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Andy

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I've added a link to the Group Subscription section of the main Wiki page to a new Banned Domains page.

Andy

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On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 04:10 PM, <dgrass1@...> wrote:

In that example on the banned Domains page, if Hotmail is banned does that mean every email with Hotmail in it will not be received?

In that example, it means that non-members with a Hotmail account that apply to join your group (either via the WEB UI or by sending a subscribe request email) will be rejected. It also means that messages sent to your group from non-members with a Hotmail address will be rejected (even if you have Allow Non Members to Post set in Admin > Settings > Message Policies).

It only affects new registration requests and messages from the time you create the banned list. In that example, any existing member with a Hotmail address can continue to post as before.

Regards,
Andy

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On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 05:22 PM, <dgrass1@...> wrote:

isn’t this a dangerous option to use?

Only if used indiscriminately or by someone that doesn't understand it.? It's intended to be used to head off domains that are known spam havens.? Mark even has a few that apply to the entire site.

Duane
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Andy,

I've added a link to the Group Subscription section of the main Wiki
page to a new Banned Domains

Thanks for that page, it looks great!

On the home page I moved the link under the Group Management major section, Member Management subsection, as it isn't a function for members to use.

Shal


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