Bill,
How about a probationary period for new members? It shouldn't take
more than a post or two from a new member before it's evident his or
her interest lies in celestial or "heavenly" bodies.

I think, but I'm not sure, that's it's possible to have multiple
moderators so if the probationary mode becomes burdensome. (I'll
volunteer, if need be.)

On another note, I get so much spam now, that it's second nature to
hit the delete key.

RB

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@p...> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've removed the offender. At present, I've not switched
> over other settings, such as from "open membership" (anyone can
> subscribe and start posting right away) to "restricted" (anyone
> can subscribe, but has to be approved by a moderator before
> starting to post.)
>
> I'm open to suggestions, though truthfully, I'm hoping to
> avoid settings requiring large amounts of "management" (approving
> lots of messages and users, one by one.) That may prove
> necessary, though, if this sort of thing recurs.
>
> Thanks to files sent by Marcin Siekierko, Guide now runs in
> Polish. See
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/update8.htm#polish
>
> for details.
>
> Jean-François, thanks for the comment about the 'Add a Comet'
> bug. This arose because the second month was known as 'Fev' at one
> point, and as 'F‚v' (F, e-accent-grave, v) in another. Download
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/franc_g8.zip
>
> and the problem is fixed. (There is still a problem in that
> Guide should do better error checking on the input date...)
>
> You also asked about "blocking" the sky, so that things do not
> appear through a transparent ground. I posted a comment about this,
> long ago:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/guide-user/message/2348
>
> Around that time, I think I said that it should be possible to
> do this in a more "user-friendly" manner... still true!
>
> -- Bill