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If they don't fix the spam problem, all the redesigns in the world won't help them. edit: here's a page of a google group I used to read, with all the spam hig

• jameskilton 16y ago
  My thoughts exactly. Gmail has one of the best spam filters I've ever seen. Google Groups has no spam filter at all as far as I can tell. How has this oversight gone on for so long?
  • jamesbritt 16y ago
    "Google Groups has no spam filter at all as far as I can tell." Sure it does. In the admin section are a few different options for controlling spam. One of the best is to require that first-time posters have their initial post held for moderation.
    • timmorgan 16y ago
      ...which works great for the small groups I manage, but can get unmanageble for larger groups. I believe jQuery moved from Google Groups to Zoho due mainly to the spam problem.
• metajack 16y ago
  I count myself very lucky that this hasn't happened to any groups I run yet. I have moderation turned on, and that seems to stop all of it. /me knocks on wood.
• xtho 16y ago
  To some extent that's rather a problem of a missing moderator (especially in usenet groups and mailing list mirrors). I could also understand though if some moderators simply gave up to manually mark spam posts.
  • JoachimSchipper 16y ago
    Usenet does quite well without moderators - not least because sensible news providers will drop spam before you see it. Google Groups doesn't.
    • llimllib 16y ago
      Not to mention that when you look, most of the spam originated from Google Groups.