hey, good to know that there are a few people intersted! if you want
to be a mod, please contact me personal about this, ok thank you very
much :)

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com , "narfman96" <narfman96@...> wrote:
>
> I can be a co-owner or moderator. I already take care of about 10 or
> so groups and would be glad to help with this. I watch for the
> spambots and can recognize most of them as soon as they join. If they
> get really bad you can always set the list to moderate new members
> then approve them after several viable posts. This way all the
> knowledge and members in this great group can be preserved.
>
> Fran Bourdeau
>
> --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com , "Nicole Massey" <nyyki@> wrote:
> >
> > I tend to believe that a stable arrangement is 2 owners and 3
> moderators.
> > That way you've got 5 sets of eyes, (well, 4 if I'm one of those
> people)
> > looking at everything that passes through.
> >
> > I set my groups generally so that anyone can join without having to
> get
> > approved, and new members are moderated. I usually wait for the
> second
> > message before taking someone off moderation, and spammers are
> warned 3
> > times before being removed and banned. It does an extremely good
> job of
> > keeping spam messages off the list.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto: oberheim@yahoogroups.com ] On
> Behalf
> > Of phonophobie
> > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:46 AM
> > To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [oberheim] Re: Finding the Owner
> >
> > at the present time now, i don ´t going to do that... but somebody
> else can
> > do it, when we change the ownership... anyone ;)
> >
> > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
> 40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "somethingkillingyou"
> > <somethingkillingyou@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think, instead, that the join filter is the answer...
> > > even if you check it just once in a week, that's better than to
> let
> > > those fuckers join here without a problem...
> > >
> > > what do you think about it
> > >
> > > it's slower but is safer...
> > >
> > > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
> 40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "phonophobie" <phonehead@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > hello nicole, i ´m the owner of this little group. yes...
> > > >
> > > > i decided to keep this group open for everyone to join up,
> because
> > > > it ´s easier for everyone to join and i don ´t have the time to
> check
> > > > every join request. everytime when i sign in via yahoo i check
> for
> > > > spam, and i ban those stupid persons and delete the spam
> > > messages...
> > > >
> > > > however when anybody thinks it could be done better and want,
> check
> > > > every join request for example, we could do change the
> ownership if
> > > > this is possible. i have no problem with this. in the past, i
> just
> > > > wanted to create a group for oberheim gear, because there were
> no
> > > > active groups anymore...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
> 40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "Nicole Massey" <nyyki@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Phonophobie is the name of the person who started this list.
> I'm
> > > > thinking
> > > > > that if we can manage to track down this person, we can either
> > > get
> > > > them to
> > > > > reassert list ownership or pass it on to several willing
> members
> > > and
> > > > let us
> > > > > manage it.
> > > > >
> > > > > The other alternative is to just start a new list. That's a
> lot
> > > of
> > > > work, as
> > > > > it involves digging out all the links, files, photos, and
> users
> > > from
> > > > this
> > > > > list and diverting them to another list. Since the original
> list
> > > > owner made
> > > > > the members of the list hidden, this is a lot more headache
> than
> > > it
> > > > first
> > > > > looks to be.
> > > > >
> > > > > Phonophobie is, according to my preliminary web searches, a
> band
> > > doing
> > > > > electronica, and there's a good possibility that the band
> still
> > > has some
> > > > > contact presence somewhere for at least some of the members.
> > > Anyone
> > > > up for
> > > > > looking around
> > > > >
> > > > > The spam will continue until we manage to get rid of the open
> > > nature
> > > > of the
> > > > > group, and that requires a list owner.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>