I have a group with about 1500 members and do NOT want to have to change 99%
from moderated to unmoderated, so I take the risk of having a spammer sneak in a
message, then I delete the message and ban the spammer. I also have another
person that I have designated as a moderator who will sometimes catch them
before I do.

I tried having messages moderated until I changed the status to unmoderated, and
there weren't enough spammers to justify all that extra work. Members quickly
complain when someone posts spam, but it doesn't happen that often.

Members have also complained if an off-topic message is posted--usually a
humerous remark or a political comment during presidential elections. I do not
delete these since they are not all that offensive.

--- In roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com, "SueW" <gswidemark@...> wrote:
>
> I don't think that would work with the 120 groups I'm subbed to (and 14 of
> them I own and have to read every message). All the owner of this group
> would have to do is either clean it up (get rid of the spammers - most of
> them are 'BOUNCING' anyway) and have the first message from every member be
> moderated. Or delegate it... I'd be willing to help there. But something
> should be done.
>
> Sue
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 7:27 AM
> To: roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [roadracingukandireland] Digest Number 610
>
> There is 1 message in this issue.
>
> Topics in this digest:
>
> 1a. Re: leaving the group
> From: precinct4500
>
>
> Message
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 1a. Re: leaving the group
> Posted by: "precinct4500" no_reply@yahoogroups.com precinct4500
> Date: Fri Jan 2, 2009 9:34 am ((PST))
>
> I avoid the spam email problem with this group and others by not
> having messages emailed. Some groups have hundreds of messages, and I
> avoid reading a lot of them by just looking at the topic's subject and
> skipping those that don't interest me. You can usually spot a spam
> message at a glance.
>
>
> --- In roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com, "SueW" <gswidemark@>
> wrote:
> >
> > He was complaining about the spam or ad or porn emails sent to this
> > group which tends to cut down traffic. It's nice you don't plan on
> > shutting it down but would also be nice to set some restrictions like
> > moderating the first message from every user or approving memberships.
> > By now you would have to delete the spammers from the group also...
> > it's a job but worth it. Those spam emails spoil the whole thing...
> > just a thought...
> >
> > Sue
> >
>