Why yes, it is. Unfortunately lately many yahoo email accounts have been compromised and used to post spam to groups. I don't think Pack did this, I think his account has been hacked. Regardless, the account is now moderated.
I don't see how to prevent these from slipping through since they come from accounts that have posted valid contributions to the group, older members who have been taken off moderation. Putting everyone on moderation might possibly work, but that would also mean that posts would be delayed until a moderator checks them. At the moment I seem to be the only active moderator and I've been offline a lot lately, so that might mean a delay of hours to days before a post shows up.
We have always striven to be spam free and managed to achieve that goal until just recently. With this new technique by the bad guys, being completely spam free may be technically impossible. Just don't follow any link without a valid description, and keep your shields up.
How about a little input from the active members - would you prefer completely spam free but with delayed postings, or would you prefer timely posts with an occasional spam slipping through?
That this is not a vote, it is a request for opinions and suggestions.
spaceman
On 4/14/2012 8:24 AM, valledecalle@yahoo.com wrote:
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From: Pack McKibben <gakayaker@yahoo.com>
To: mdsflmk2304sdfsdfk@mail.com
Sent: Sat, Apr 14, 2012 14:16:27 GMT+00:00
Subject: [papercreters] RE:
wow this is pretty crazy you should check it out http://www.nbnews15.net/biz/?news=8891452
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