put the membership on 'restricted', and when you get a request to join, you can
usually tell by their e-mail address that they're up to no good. I go to the
site, put them on 'moderated', THEN approve their membership.

carlo
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Johnson
To: ethelsmith@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:48 PM
Subject: Ethel Smith Re: UNWANTED VISITORS !


Sorry to clutter the forum with MY problems but;
How do you deal with the ones that Join, post their crap, then unsubscribe
before you have a chance to put them on moderated status? ( I run several other
forums too and that is what I hate most! )
Thanks in advance for any help!
Ed J.

----- Original Message -----
From: Carlo Pietroniro
To: ethelsmith@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: Ethel Smith Re: UNWANTED VISITORS !


that's what I do with the groups I operate.
once I see the member is legit, I remove the moderation.

carlo
----- Original Message -----
From: Darren
To: ethelsmith@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:09 AM
Subject: Ethel Smith Re: UNWANTED VISITORS !


As group owner of Hammond Zone I know what a pain these spammers can
be. One of our moderators suggested placing new members
on 'moderated' for their first few posts so we know they are not
spammers or troublemakers. This seems to work great.

Darren

--- In ethelsmith@yahoogroups.com, got9lives2k <no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
>
> There is almost nothing that can be done about these ###holes who
> join a club, post a message and leave. If a small club like this
> gets a few a year, imagine how the more popular clubs have to
deal...
> although there's nothing I can do... sorry anyway.. it really
pisses
> me off, but yahoo doesn't seem to be of much help in banning these
> people for good from using their services.




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