Serene Vannoy > wrote:

>Soc.singles.moderated managed to keep itself almost completely free of
>spam by moderating not the individual messages, but the first message
>from any new posting address. There is a codeword in the FAQ for that
>group, and anyone wanting to post needed to include that codeword in
>their first post's subject line. The robomoderator would, if my memory
>is correct, then strip the codeword and post the message. This kept out
>all drive-by posts.

Excellent idea, and one I've never myself heard of before.

Steve