Well, thanks Gail.

And if there is a moderator of this group out there
somewhere... can you please do something about this.

--- GAIL TURLEY <anthrogail1@...> wrote:

> There is an owner for this list, but I don't know
> how active they/she is. The problem with a lot of
> groups on yahoo is that the owner(s) make them open,
> so anyone who applies to be in is automatically in.
> then the owner/moderators have to be paying
> attention to the group to know if anyone is causing
> trouble. Some owners, while retaining ownership of
> groups, don't use them any more so no one is
> watching. And the owner or a moderator appointed by
> them is the only one who can actually ban people
> from a list.
>
> All the groups I own are moderated which means i
> have to approve members, though I don't approve all
> messages (because they're not moderated for that)
> unless i have a known troublemaker then i might
> moderate their messages until they learn to behave.
> Unless i already know someone is trouble I approve
> them, and look for them to behave after that. Some
> people have had piles of trouble, i haven't. I did
> start my own list related to one celebrity because a
> list I belonged to for them was virtually taken over
> by someone constantly promoting their dating site.
>
> As far as Annette Martini herself, you're right; she
> probably doesn't even know what groups she sends her
> messages too. When she was after Tanith Belbin she
> probably just had herself, her husband or someone
> connected to them join a lot of FS related groups.
> Now they probably just send out mass mailings when
> they have something else to go on and on about.
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