On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 09:59 AM, Debbie wrote:

What can I do to stop an person I remove from threatening me and my members

I assume you mean "threatening by email".

It may depend on where in the world you are and the legislation that is in place. You can always try reporting them to their ISP, although there is no knowing how effective that might be.

In the UK it would probably be seen as a matter for the Police (theatening behaviour is threatening behaviour after all, even if it is not face to face) and we also have a Computer Misuse Act which I expect would provide some redress.

Chris

Debbie,

What can I do to stop an person I remove from threatening me and my
members

If they were foolish enough to post a threat to any Groups.io group use the More menu under their post and select "Report this message". Select the option to have the report go to support and groups.io. If the message has already been deleted from the group, but you have a copy of it in your email, report it to [email protected]

If the threats are being made off list then as Chris said you would report it to the service they used to send the threat.

Safety first though: if you think there is a chance they have the ability to carry out a threat physically then report it to your local police, to have it on file if nothing else.

In any case, do not respond to them. Try not to reveal in any way that you even read their threats - for some types of crazy that's all the encouragement they need.

Shal


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On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 05:21 AM, Shal Farley wrote:

...if you think there is a chance they have the ability to carry out a threat physically then report it to your local police, to have it on file if nothing else.

This may highlight a difference between US & UK Laws. AIUI in the UK there does not have to be a clear possibility of a physical threat; all that is needed is for the material in question (emails) to cause alarm, harassment & distress.

Of course even if those criteria are met it does not guarantee police action. (FWIW further to my comment yesterday it is not the Computer Misuse Act that is relevant to this in the UK; it is other legislation that is used to deal with alleged offenders.)

Chris

Chris,

This may highlight a difference between US & UK Laws.

Don't take my word on that, I haven't looked into it as a matter of law.

AIUI in the UK there does not have to be a clear possibility of a
physical threat; all that is needed is for the material in question
(emails) to cause /alarm, harassment & distress/.

That may be true here as well. I was only suggesting that one may apply some personal judgement in order to decide if it is worth engaging the police on the matter.

Shal


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On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:23 PM, Victoria wrote:

what is AIUI and what is FWIW?

As I understand it & For what it's worth.?

Apologies for assuming that "everyone" knew these bits of internet shorthand.

Chris

Threats on ? ?Really?

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Chris,