This is a problem I tried to address a while ago when the first spam msgs
started
appearing.This group was created by a Cindytalk fan and cinder/Cindytalk have no
moderating capabilities here.
I contacted the list owner/moderator through various ways,many times,so that he
would
add me as moderator or pass this Yahoo group list ownership onto Cindytalk
themselves
but all my messages so far have met no with no reply.
It is quite likely that he doesn't check in here often - or at all- and is
therefore not aware
of the situation.He might as well have forgotten passwords,etc.
In any case,I do agree that it is a hassle and has unfortunately gone out of
hand recently.
I am going to try again and I am sure cinder will do the same.
As you both have pointed out,it is extremely easy to get rid of this kind of
spam.
In the meantime,I suggest you change your membership preferences for this group
and
request not to have individual e-mails sent to you.
You can also cancel your membership and join some other time in the near future
when
this problem has,hopefully,been addressed.
Most of the information regarding Cindytalk can now be found in various
websites.
I suggest you visit the archivist's blog,"Of Ghosts and Buildings",where a list
of links is
available.
I am hoping we will find a way to solve the spamming situation soon.It would be
a pity to
close this group and lose a very important number of very special fans who have
been
supporting the band for so long,not to mention a wealth of information regarding
the
band.






--- In cindytalk@yahoogroups.com, Bauke van der Wal <bauke.vanderwal@...> wrote:
>
> I run an 800+ group myself and it's indeed a small extra to prevent
> this spam from going through. i don't know who is the list owner
> (cinder?) but i am willing to do the cleaning up. it will be an hours
> work tops and the only change that will be enough is to approve new
> members (and IF one slips through, delete him)
>
> cinder, feel free to contact me and add me as moderator. it will
> truly be no problem at all!
>
> cheers,
> bauke
>
> --
> the law-rah] collective
> http://www.darkambient.net/
>
> > I love Cindytalk, but lately I'm wearied past endurance by getting
> > nothing but idiot spam from this group. I'll give it a few more days
> > to see if anything changes before declining any further emails. I run
> > a group with two hundred or so members, and it's not been hard to
> > spare them any of this stuff: if anyone with moderator powers is
> > listening, please just eject the existing culprits and opt to take a
> > look at new members' postings before they appear. As soon as anyone in
> > my groups makes a single relevant posting, I remove moderation from
> > them for good. It doesn't take much time, and works perfectly.
> >
>
> --
> ps: i'm fasing out the darkambient account because of too much spam.
> please use this addres from now on: bauke.vanderwal@...
>