Hi there,
I have voted for approval. The thing is that the spammers that joins
a mailinglist/group get access to every email address that the list
includes. This way they get more options to send more spam...

I have approved members only on the listst that I have and it is
quite easy to handle. The routine I use is for anyone who wants to
join to type the reason for joining. I get the applications straight
into my email and can immideately see if there is any "effort" put
into the application - in 8 of 10 there is no info supplied, hence:
spammer. When I get the ones with relevant info I go straight on to
approve them. The spammers I press "deny" when it is convenient for me.

Best wishes,

Lotta

At 16:03 2006-10-17 +0000, you wrote:

>Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the
>livemodelhorseshow group:
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>To "join" or not to "join"?
>Would you prefer this to be a group where members have to be
>"approved", in the hope of stopping the rubbish messages, or are you
>happy to put up with these (we can always have a rethink if they get
>worse) in exchange for being able to join without awaiting "approval"?
>(This poll will close at the end of the month but if you have any
>comments after that please feel free to let me know).
>I will put the decision on here; if you would like me to email it
>to you and you don't get the messages normally please also let me know.
>Thank you for your help.
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> o I am happy the way things are, the rubbish messages don't bother me
> o I would prefer members to be approved, even if this would mean
> having to wait, in the hope it would stop the rubbish messages
> o I have an alternative suggestion which I have posted here
> o I have an alternative suggestion which I have emailed privately
> o I don't mind either way
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