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Bob . . .
On Sun, 6 Oct 2019 10:39:52 -0400, "Bob Gerard via Groups.Io" <rfg1647@...> wrote: I recognize that this varies depending on what method one uses to receive one¡¯s email (go to the website, use a mail aggregator, use a Spam filtering app, etc), but won¡¯t simply adding the Groups.io email address to one¡¯s contact list or application solve many, if not most, of this problem?It might be all that's needed but will depend on the email provider. That wouldn't work in my case. With Roadrunner email (Spectrum cable), they don't even tell you that they filter your spam before they send it to you. I use a third party email program (forte Agent) to receive my RR email. (Few use their webmail and most subscribers aren't even aware that you get several email addresses for free.) I was missing some emails that I suspected I should be receiving and did some searching and found that I can set their filter up to mark it as spam if it thinks it is but send it on anyway for me to decide. Their filter wasn't very good, and neither is Yahoo's from what I've seen for their groups. (The recommendation in Yahoo's GMF is to turn off the spam filter for groups.) I guess the main point is that it's the member's responsibility to take care of this, but unfortunately many don't know what's going on or how to access the settings for their email account. With webmail, I doubt you're going to have a phone number to call to help you figure this out and change settings. If the group owner wishes, they can step in to help. Or they can leave it up to the members to contact the owner for help. I expect the marking messages as spam to happen more frequently right after moving a group from Yahoo to IO. Not everyone likes being moved to another platform. Donald ---------------------------------------------------- Join the Icom group, a general Icom (amateur radio) discussion group on Groups.io: /g/ICOM (recently launched, growing slowly) **also, a new self-help group dedicated to your cat's health: /g/CatVet (just launched) |
