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Marvin Hunkin
 

Hi. A friend of mine had to close down hi his group, because ?person, got hold of the owners address, and hacked his e-mail and group. So he then opened another group, and has got three moderators, and his group is restricted and private, but he may have got tools off the net how to do this. Is there a way, he is banned by the admins. Is there any way to stop him from hacking the group or the owners gmail address. Or is locked down moderated status the way to go. A owner of another group, has the same issue a few weeks back and he had it in moderated status, some one was spoofing, sending vile and vulgar messages, pretending to be the owner and members. Same has happened to this person group, he shut it down, then created a new one, but the banned member, still sent nasty, vile, vulgar messages to his gmail and the group. So he is going to get his dad and the police involved. This is cyber bullying.

Any thoughts, ideas, any one had this happen to any owners or admins,as one of the admins on the group.

Thanks.


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Is this really spoofing?? I think you need a way to block the individuals static ip Address.
 

Marvin,

Or is locked down moderated status the way to go.

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The potential for mischief, and worse, by way of spoofing is one of the stated reasons that Y!GMF has always had a 100% moderation policy.

On the other hand, spoofing someone else's address has become more difficult, and rarer, in the last 10-15 years or so as most email services have tightened up their policies regarding sending messages with an alternate From address. But a person intent on mischief most likely can still find a way.

I don't know to what extent Groups.io's incoming message process is locked down against spoofed messages, but I don't think I've seen any myself in any of my group's Pending or Messages. There are techniques to cut down on spoofing (such as SPF and/or DKIM authentication) but the more of that Groups.io does the more it runs the risk of rejecting legitimate members' messages.
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This is cyber bullying.

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Whenever minors are involved the group's moderators need to be particularly vigilant about message content. If a moderator him/herself is a minor that's a difficult position, as then he/she is generally exposed to whatever comes the group's way. Same as the minor's email address.

Shal


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Marvin Hunkin
 

Hi. The group owner is over 18, in his early 30s. okay, see if one of the admins, could block his static or dynamic ip address.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Will past it on.

Thanks.???????????????



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