I cannot speak for everyone, but as someone who's been lurking for a while (due to amateur radio being on the backburner of hobbies for me), it would not surprise me that the amount of lurkers would be highly disproportionate to the number of active participants. Take a look at the ARDC discord server for example, the amount of weekly users is quite small compared to the server size.
Provided the moderation team is willing to undertake the extra load, I concur with Martin that moderation required for newcomers is a fairly low hanging fruit option.
However whilst the spam is unfortunate, I consider it to be a fact of life whilst on the internet and currently on this list it's not too bothersome.
Joe
M6MQW
On 31/10/2026 18:50, Martin A Flynn via 44net wrote:
As another member of the RB team, I would concur that on the initial signup, Individual moderation is in order.
If not, putting the list on moderation full time is the best option to prevent spam.
If that's the direction we choose, I'm willing to share message approval / moderation duties.
Martin
W2RWJ
On 10/31/2026 1:55 PM, Pierre Martel via 44net wrote:
Being part of the moderation team at repeater builder, one thing we have seen is that everyone should be moderated at first, unless very well known by someone in the team, and with time be unmoderated with normal interaction. It filters stuff like this very effeciently
Pierre
VE2PF
De : Charles Boling (AD7UF) via 44net 44net@mailman.ampr.org Envoyé : 31 octobre 2026 13:50 À : 44net@mailman.ampr.org Objet : [44net] Re: 44net Digest, Vol 42, Issue 3
If I continue to get this crap I am going to discontinue all my use of AMPR and 44Net.
Using services is quite loosely coupled to the choice of subscribing to a mailing list that discusses them, but Dave's disgruntlement adds juice to what I've been thinking in past months:
Given the low level of traffic on a mailing list that I assume has a large number of subscribers (if not, a large percentage of them sure find it hard to protect their email account!), changing the list to moderated would likely be a net positive to the overall membership, even though it would bring extra work to a few and delay the appearance of messages.
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