New list policy [Mod]

[Guest guest]

Please note that in light of a recent spam problem that with immediate

effect [1] a new policy will be instigated.

 

Any new r who is suspected of joining solely for the purpose of

spamming the list will be placed on moderation until their first posting to

the list. A notification will be sent to any affected members that will

notify them of this action. This policy will be applied retroactively,

although it will only affect a handful of members.

 

In order to keep these lists as transparent as possible I will notify the

lists of the criteria used to determine whether someone is suspected of

being a spammer. At this time this means all addresses which

have random letter patterns as a username, as though the keyboard was

bashed. e.g. iojdffpoihj Any inconvenience this would cause to

genuine members will be vastly outweighed by the benefit to the lists, and

I would hope that anyone affected will understand and appreciate the need

for such a measure.

 

This should be sufficient to stop the current spam problem. This policy

may be extended in the future to cover people who have been discovered

spamming other lists, although I do not feel this is necessary at this time.

 

If anyone has any questions or comments I can be contacted privately. Any

on list discussion would be most appropriate on the VegansUncensored list.

 

Michael

List owner

 

[1] Well it may take a few days to get around to it.