Guest guest Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 In another health-related group I belong to, The moderator asks the potential member a series of questions that only another person with the same illness would know the answers to. Once they asnwer the questions correctly, then they are put on monitor status for several postings to see if they are who they say they are. No spammers on that site. Just an idea that seems to work. Sue C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 I think that it's a lot easier just to moderate the forum. If the message is spam just reject it. Dennis Barbara <bjarrett@...> wrote: Maybe so but I would consider that an invasion of privacy myself and would not join such a group. Maybe I'm looking for info for someone else and not myself. How is that going to help me? As I said, good idea for some groups but from experience not this one. Barbara spammers In another health-related group I belong to, The moderator asks the potential member a series of questions that only another person with the same illness would know the answers to. Once they asnwer the questions correctly, then they are put on monitor status for several postings to see if they are who they say they are. No spammers on that site. Just an idea that seems to work. Sue C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Thanks for the good work. May your pressure be low! Clarence E. Grim, B.S., M.S., M.D. Senior Consultant to Shared Care Research and Consulting, Inc. (sharedcareinc.com) Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology Med. Col. WI Clinical Professor of Nursing, Univ. of WI, Milwaukee Specializing in Difficult to Control High Blood Pressure and the Physiology and History of Survival During Hard Times and Heart Disease today. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 A thing I do now and then is set the recent folks to individual emails. That sends an email out to verify their address. regards. SPAMMERS Just an FYI I went through our members list and deleted about 8 members that were obvious SPAMMERS. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Thank you so much Randy!!! Kim --....I went through our members list and deleted about 8 members that were obvious SPAMMERS.... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 jwwright Thanx for the help.....I have been brainstorming about how to kind of make things current. I guess resetting them to " individual emails " would make them either recieve the emails or go to the group site and reset their preferences. Would you recommend doing that for all members to begin with and then maybe again on say an annual basis? Or once for a first time for everyone and then on the recent members on occasion? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you sincerely, Randy <><May we all be DASHing!!!><> -- " jwwright " <jwwright@...> wrote: A thing I do now and then is set the recent folks to individual emails. That sends an email out to verify their address. regards. SPAMMERS Just an FYI I went through our members list and deleted about 8 members that were obvious SPAMMERS. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 I think individual at sign on would be OK. We can see how it changes the problem. May your pressure be low! Clarence E. Grim, B.S., M.S., M.D. Senior Consultant to Shared Care Research and Consulting, Inc. (sharedcareinc.com) Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology Med. Col. WI Clinical Professor of Nursing, Univ. of WI, Milwaukee Specializing in Difficult to Control High Blood Pressure and the Physiology and History of Survival During Hard Times and Heart Disease today. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 I set em all to individual once a cupla years ago - got an uproar but it's almost a necessity once in a while. I don't see the reason for complaints because we don't get that many posts. It will force them to go to the site and reset them and that's ok. At least we know they're getting it and it's a real addr. If not, will check for bouncing and eventually remove them. I notice the spammers do not like to get a lot of emails back so they use a fictitious addr. This recent one from supermom was a member for a few months before misusing the group. I had just set them to not moderated and that's what they were waiting for. A more subtle type is the guy who posts as a user some simple question and makes several posts hoping to get unmoderated. You just hafta develop a " feel " for those. I hate to hafta moderate all of them just to stop a few spammers but it's necessary. If you moderate all they tend to go elsewhere. Actually, most of the old members are not moderated - mostly those in the last 18 months. Check your bouncing list and you may notice the hard bouncers have closed accounts. Regards SPAMMERS > > Just an FYI > > I went through our members list and deleted about 8 members that were > obvious SPAMMERS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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