How do I report SPAM?
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 11:15 AM, Barry Porter KB1PA wrote:
My groups have been getting a lot of nonmember spam not related to the group.Every group does. Since it comes from non-members, it generally doesn't get forwarded. How do I report this? The messages are rejected, but I would like to report this SPAM. If you're seeing a pattern, I suppose you could report that . I'm curious as to what you expect to be done about it.
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The simplest remedy is to stop accepting non member posts, I see none at all in my various groups
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The instructions to join and post are very simple, so why accept non member posts at all? As to reporting spam, IMHO its a complete waste of time Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 28/11/2024 15:45, Barry Porter KB1PA via groups.io wrote:
My groups have been getting a lot of nonmember spam not related to the group. How do I report this? The messages are rejected, but I would like to report this SPAM. |
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 12:19 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote:
A useful suggestion but after setting one's group to not accept non-member posts how then do potential new members contact one's group to request joining? Just curious . . . . Paul M. CostaRicaLiving == |
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 01:51 PM, Epicatt2 wrote:
A useful suggestion but after setting one's group to not accept non-member posts The applicant for group membership would click on Apply for membership. Or email the group owner email address.?
They would not be able to simply email the whole group.
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As Frances has said, joining and enquiry links are all on the home page which anyone wanting to join would start from
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Granted I do not allow non member posts but I have never had an enquiry except using the join this group button on the home page And can't recall getting a request or enquiry to join via the owners address which is also clearly on the home page Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 29/11/2024 18:04, Epicatt2 via groups.io wrote:
On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 12:19 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote:A useful suggestion but after setting one's group to not accept non-member posts |
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 02:02 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote:
And can't recall getting a request or enquiry to join via the owners address which is also clearly on the home page I was thinking someone might want more info about the group before joining. But not likely if you have a reasonable homepage description.
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I do allow non-member messages to my groups, but these messages are moderated, so I can let them through (likely with an updated subject line) if they are useful.
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However the non-member doesn't get to read any replies to their post, unless someone (me?!) contacts them by regular email about it. ?Useful on occasion though, especially for committee Groups where our housing management might want to contact the committee. Then I summarize any replies and send it off to the Management.
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The subject line for this thread is How do I report SPAM. I do see occasional spam. First, to the group-owner email address and I just delete it. Then, from non-members trying to post to the group, but since it is moderated, I delete it. And then there are spam-like messages from group members who wander off topic - way off topic!
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My own groups are mostly restricted and unmoderated. A big travel group is not restricted but moderated.
There is a setting in Message Policies relating to this is:
Allow Nonmembers to Post
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Frances
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Your experience is happier than mine. I get requests to join from people who are already members.
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 01:02 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote:
And can't recall getting a request or enquiry to join via the owners address which is also clearly on the home page |
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 02:32 PM, Erikag59 wrote:
Erika, they must be trying to join with another email address. Do you think that they are trying to change their email address? Or is it forgetfulness?
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If you try to Join with an email address that is already registered with the group, you get an error message:
Email Address?
That email address is already registered. To use it, Log In. ?
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Frances,
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Yes, I think it's forgetfulness. No, they're not trying to join using the usual channels. They're sending a "Please add me to the group" message to the group posting address.
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People who use different email addresses for different groups and can't remember which is which are another headache.
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 01:38 PM, Frances wrote:
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Do you get many non member posts?
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If a groups message archive is open anyone can read the posts, but to be able to post or reply requires a person to join the group to my mind A non member post is moderated and if passed does it then go to the group? the non member is not informed of this and if anyone replies to it the non member isn't informed, so I can't really see the point of that, surely the aim is to get that person to subscribe to join in with the conversation? Of course different subjects may require different rules but for mine which are for genealogy I would want them to subscribe before any further interaction Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) I believe this experience varies... |
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 04:58 PM, Erikag59 wrote:
They're sending a "Please add me to the group" message to the group posting address. A lot of those come from spammers.? I ignore anyone that can't figure out how to join the group properly and don't allow non-members to post.
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Duane
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