RE: Is there a mediator for this group?

Hi Thomas,
 
Can you have multiple moderators?  I did think about this option but it
concerns me that if only a single person can moderate that there's the
danger that if they go on leave for a while that the list grinds to a halt.
Also, with timezone differences someone in an opposing timezone won't be
able to get a quick answer to a question.
 
I had to disable my ISPs spam filter.  They could only configure it
site-wide and the settings caused many legitimate emails to get rejected due
to certain HTML content.  I'm using a Bayesian filter which makes my 200+
spams per day much more manageable, though still tedious.
 
Regards,
 
Steven

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From: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Thomas F. Divine
Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 3:39 PM
To: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [windowsce-dev] Is there a mediator for this group?


I run a Yahoo group dedicated to NDIS developer topics at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/discussion-pcausa/

I've had it for about five years.

I encountered the worst "spam" problem during the Bush/Gore elections - then
commercial spam later.

What works for my group is to require all posts to be moderated - except for
those posted by a few members who I personally trust.

The moderation for a list with a small number of posts (less than a hundred
or so a month) is really easy. Yahoo sends an email with the post to be
moderated. To accept, just reply to the message. To ban the member, just
follow a link.

It's a little extra work, but insures no garbage hits the list.

Thomas F. Divine

P.S. Having a Blackberry, PDA or phone with email capability makes it
easier. Posts to be moderated come in anywhere and can be approved just by
replying to the message.

Spam is a terrible plague. I get 500 to a thousand spam a day. Many are
tossed by spam filters at my ISP, so only a hundred or so hit my inbox.

Thomas 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Reddie
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:26 PM
> To: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [windowsce-dev] Is there a mediator for this group?
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> Hi Paul, and All,
>  
> I've just setup a googlegroups discussion list.  I'm 
> interested to know whether you would all be interested in 
> moving across.  The spam on this list has become so out of 
> control that I'm ready to quit.  It's a real shame as I've 
> gained a lot out of this list over the years and feel that 
> I've been able to help others at times.  I do recall that 
> this list has already transferred once quite some years ago.  
> The two lists coexisted for a while, but traffic on the old 
> list dropped off pretty quickly.
>  
> I have set the new group up as anyone can join, but only 
> members can post, but it occured to me (and Paul echoed 
> below) that this effectively means anyone can post.  I've 
> just looked at all of the spam that I've received through 
> this group and although some are from the same user the 
> majority are not, so stopping the spam on a totally open 
> group would be a loosing battle.
> Therefore I'm proposing changing it to new members must be 
> approved to join.
> If possible I will set it up to allow several of us old 
> timers to admin the group and therefore approve membership 
> requests, although I don't yet know whether googlegroups 
> allows for multiple admins.
>  
> Anyone interested?  If not I'll just delete the new group.  
> If so, I'll post details here after I get consensus on 
> whether to go for "new users must be approved" mode.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Steven
> 
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> From: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Paul Yao
> Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 3:03 PM
> To: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [windowsce-dev] Is there a mediator for this group?
> 
> 
> I sent him mail, but have not heard back from him. I'm 
> guessing he's swamped with other things. I'll contact Yahoo 
> to see what we need to do to get control of this group again. 
> (I think that Kenny put it in "no moderator" mode - so that 
> anyone could join, and therefore post, to this
> list...)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Reddie
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:58 PM
> To: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [windowsce-dev] Is there a mediator for this group?
> 
> Paul, did you have any luck getting in contact with Kenny?
> 
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> From: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Paul Yao
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2005 3:44 PM
> To: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [windowsce-dev] Is there a mediator for this group?
> 
> 
> Kenny Goers used to be the moderator. I will ping him to see 
> what he is up to these days.
> 
> Best,
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> raghavendra shankar
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:30 PM
> To: windowsce-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [windowsce-dev] Is there a mediator for this group?
> 
> hi,
>       Ian is absolutely correct is there any moderator for 
> this group please stop all these junks mails its flooding my 
> inbox and its
> absolutely   disturbing a lot
> 
> 
> ey03 <ian.casey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been getting email from this group, lately seems to be 
> all junk from MOX. 
> 
> Although I'm not a primo ce - developer I am interested in 
> winCe developments.
> Just wish I didn't have to run over to the email when MOX and 
> other junk mail comes through channels like this. Other 
> groups I'm on, kick them off the 1st time?
> 
> Just a thought,
> 
> Ian
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