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

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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

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.

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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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

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.

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

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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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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On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 11:41 AM, Timothy Stowell wrote:

Thanks I'll look into your suggestions.? I'm being hammered by electric bicycle spam, from what was once a couple of addresses to now more than a handful of addresses.? My groups are set to non-members can't post without approval which should work until some member may click on something that will compromise their address or worse.

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My travel group got some eBike spam too, but last month. Since the group is moderated, it wasn't sent out to members. And this group (GMF) got some too. Again blocked.

I wonder why you think some member may click on something. Surely you don't approve the bike messages, not unless yours is a bike group?

I wouldn't worry too much. Worse things happen at sea!

Frances
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On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 11:41 AM, Timothy Stowell wrote:

My groups are set to non-members can't post without approval...

There is in fact no group setting that would permit them to.

Moderating non-member messages is a nuisance, and I suggest just turning this off. GMF gets 25+ such emails a week, and all they do is generate a log entry.?

Regards,
Bruce

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