Lord Cam:
"Dear IPC Goddess"
CR did not make the post. The post was made by office.
"Inviting them individually by automated emails which will be problem free because we know they are genuine"
On year 2000, when Ahreeman started IPC, he used to do that. Invitation only and searching for qualified selected emails, can be very time consuming.
"We have to join other clubs finding active member."
We used to do it in Yahoo. But now, it is time consuming and we have no manpower.
"Allowing people to view but joining under certain conditions."
Makes sense. In the future, maybe we move to this security level.
"Do we have resource to join other clubs? 2. Can we make an automated emailing service after approving a person in other clubs and who could be able to send the emails?"
We have members who are also members in other exiled forums (ex: Liberator) and members who are also members in inside Iran forums (Operation members). Making email lists of active members of other forums is easy and sending emails is also easy. But isn't it better and more practical to once a while, post an informative article in other selected forums for public viewing, so anyone interested, can come here and join? Please notice that lots of people don't like to receive invitation emails because they consider them as spam!
From time to time, we post informative articles around selected Iranian forums inside and outside Iran. We get better results by doing this, rather than collecting email lists and sending invitations, which is also time consuming.
Our Private List
But we actively collect email lists of all relevant Iranian:
Political parties
Political organizations
Political personalities
Cultural Organizations
Selected Media
Interesting Persons of Intellect
And we save this list for future mailing of special announcements. This is the only list, worth collecting. This special list is collected and updated by Ahreeman and Catayoun only.
Thanks for your deep thoughts. Inform us with more thoughts. Your thoughts are very useful.
Our Concerns, Our Dilemma
We can enforce the highest level of security to protect IPC from spamers, but this can also hurt us, because most of our members are inside Iran. We are the only Iranian exile based Forum which majority of its members are inside Iran. Iranian forums/organizations in exile have no members inside Iran, and that is why they are of no relevance or importance inside Iran. Inside Iran members are most important to us. Many of these readers/members are not fluent with English Language and Technical Procedures. This unfamiliarity can avoid them from joining. So this can cost us members inside Iran. These are the members, which we desperately seek and need their connections inside Iranian Universities and private sector. These are student members in universities of Iran. The reason IPC is relevant, is because majority of our members are inside Iran, morely we are the only Iranian exile based forum with readers/members inside Iran.
The Plan
For now, this is the plan,
Why don't we follow CR's Anti-Spam Manual.
Anti-Spam Manual
http://www.iranpoliticsclub.net/club/vi ... =2859#2859
And follow this protocol:
Update
IPC Security Plan
Level 1 Security: By this date, anyone could register in the club.
Level 2 Security: As of now, we register members, by email validation only.
Level 3 Security: If doesn't work, in future we register members, by approval only.
Level 4 Security: If doesn't work, in future we register members, by required information only.
Level 5 Security: If doesn't work, in future we switch the club for registered members' viewing only.
Level 6 Security: If doesn't work, in future we accept invited registered members only.
Regards,
IPC Office