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Hello,

I am a group owner and would like to know how to avoid having to approve every subscriber message.

Thanks and Blessings,

Dr. MaryAnn Diorio

On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 02:05 PM, drmaryanndiorio wrote:

I am a group owner and would like to know how to avoid having to approve every subscriber message.

If it is a restricted group, you don't have to have moderation enabled. In Admin, Settings. Scroll down to Spam Control. You must have at least one of these checked. (You can moderate the first message for a new member - make sure that you pick unmoderate after 1 message.)

Frances
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Thank you very much for your kind help! :)

Blessings and Merry Christmas!

MaryAnn

On 12-02-2019 11:13, Frances wrote:

Spam Control -
You must choose from among these four options. At least one of these options must be set as a spam-control measure.

No, that is not strictly true. It is true for groups but not for subgroups.

Subgroups do not require any of the four boxes to be checked and allows all members to post without moderation.

This is the way all groups should be. Our groups are open, public and have over 3000 members. We had existed on Yahoo for over twenty years before transferring to GIO. During that time we never had one single incidence of SPAM being posted. It is quite an unnecessary burden and causes unnecessary delays to require moderation of first time posts for groups such as ours.

Art

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 04:49 AM, Art Kocsis wrote:

This is the way all groups should be.

IMHO there is no one-size-fits-all formula; it is for individual group owners to determine what works best for them and their group(s).

?During that time we never had one single incidence of SPAM being posted.

It isn't necessarily just spam that can be a problem. Some subscribers seem unable to be able to trim their posts so moderation can be an effective way of cutting down the quantity of clutter that can accumulate by over - quoting. Others have unduly long signature blocks that are OK occasionally but tend to add to the clutter. The moderators on this group are quite effective in keeping this under control!

It is quite an unnecessary burden and causes unnecessary delays to require moderation of first time posts for groups such as ours.

Then you should perhaps count yourself as very lucky; I would argue that it is a regrettable necessity on occasions; yes it causes delays but patience is a virtue. I certainly wouldn't argue that moderation is something that group owners should avoid; group owners have to work within the world as they find it rather than the world as it should be.

Chris

PS: I don't know where on the globe you reside; I am in the UK where moderation delays on this group can be quite long because all the mods are on the other side of the Atlantic with a 6 - 8 hour time difference. One can get used to it quite easily...

On 12-13-2019 03:40, Chris Jones via Groups.Io wrote:

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 04:49 AM, Art Kocsis wrote:
>This is the way all groups should be.
IMHO there is no one-size-fits-all formula; it is for individual group owners to determine what works best for them and their group(s).

You're right, of course. I did not word that very well. What I should have written:
This is the way all groups should be able to choose to be.

With my GIO subgroups, I do have that choice. For the parent group, I do not.

PS: I don't know where on the globe you reside; I am in the UK where moderation delays on this group can be quite long because all the mods are on the other side of the Atlantic with a 6 - 8 hour time difference. One can get used to it quite easily...

Yes, humans can habituate to all kinds of unpleasant stuff but if you had your choice, would you?

Art