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Re: A way to pre-authorize subscription requests? #addmembers

 

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 09:24 AM, Curt Gowan wrote:
The problem we are having is that most Gmail users who apply to a Yahoo group by sending an email are not seeing the ?"Please confirm your request" automatic replies from Yahoo Groups. Gmail marks them all as spam -- and the spam folder in Gmail is hidden.
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Will be Beta testing a similar join-by-email process for Groups.io with a sample of members.?
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Our members are very reluctant to set up an additional account anywhere -- and we don't need the browser-based features of Groups.io (chat, calendar, database, photos, files, wiki, donations) anyhow.?
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All we want for Christmas is an email-based, moderated discussion system with reliable email delivery
From the Groups.io Help for members:

Joining a group by email
If you have been given the subscription email address for the group, or you happen to know the group¡¯s name, you can send an empty email message to the subscription address to join the group (or request membership, if the group is restricted). The format of the subscription email address is:
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(Substitute the actual group name for groupname.)
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! Important: After you send a message to a group¡¯s subscription email address, you will receive a confirmation request message from Groups.io. You must respond to that confirmation request to complete your subscription and join the group.
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Tip: For other email addresses you can use for actions related to your group membership, see Standard group email addresses.
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And in the Owner's Help:
/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/managing-members/handling-members-marked-as-not-confirmed?single=true

Frances
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