Due to recent messages on one of my list I have decided for the first time, in nearly 20 years as a list admin, to put the list in moderation.............This worked well for the first few days. But now messages are getting through without moderation.........any assistance please Carol -- Carol Sklinar www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk www.genealogyjunction.org.uk www.whoareyou.org.uk

Carol Sklinar wrote: > Due to recent messages on one of my list I have decided for the first > time, in nearly 20 years as a list admin, to put the list in > moderation.............This worked well for the first few days. > > But now messages are getting through without moderation.........any > assistance please Are the messages from subscribed list members? If so, put just the offending members on moderation. When a member tries to post, bounce the message back with the standard list rejection message. If they carry on, unsub them. You don't have to accept them if they want to resub. If you do, put them straight onto moderation again. Are these messages in the archives? If they are and they getting through to the list while it's still on moderation, then you (or your admin assistant, if you have one) may be inadvertently accepting them. It's easily done. Ask Gerhard, the listmaster, to remove the posts and responses to them. Give him the URLs of all them. It makes it easier to find them. If they are coming through via an associated message board, add the gc-gateway@rootsweb.com address to the ban list but make sure you don't have the list set to discard though. If the list in question is the Morley one, then I'd definitely unsub and ban the one using a nickname that's probably breaching copyright and put one other person on mod. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Go to your admin page, under "General Options", select the 'yes' button for "Emergency moderation of all List traffic" This will place the entire list on moderation without having to 'tick' all the "boxes". As things settle down, if any member continues to cause problems, tick them individually for moderation. Then when things are pretty quiet, uncheck the "Emergency moderation of all List traffic" and that will clear the way for most members, but you will still have the trouble-makers on moderation. Depending what happens, you can then progressively take the individual off moderation. Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.299" S by 142° 34' 11.9094" E; 11m above sea level This message can be considered to be in the public domain. The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/Weather/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than ONE correct answer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Sklinar" <carol@wakefieldfhs.org.uk> To: <Listowners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 7:46 PM Subject: [LO] List in Moderation > Due to recent messages on one of my list I have decided for the first > time, in nearly 20 years as a list admin, to put the list in > moderation.............This worked well for the first few days. > > But now messages are getting through without moderation.........any > assistance please > > Carol > > -- > Carol Sklinar > > www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk > www.genealogyjunction.org.uk > www.whoareyou.org.uk > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message