On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 08:01 PM, Christos G. Psarras wrote:
I honestly think that's a bad idea, and I personally wouldn't recommend doing that, as it bypasses GIO's group approval mechanisms...
I very much second that; I don't think doing it that way is right from either the potential member's point of view or from Groups.io's point of view either.?
I also agree with Bruce's comments including the one from? 20th April:
It seems simpler to just provide a link to your group home page along with instructions to click the "+Join This Group" button once they arrive. Without your including all sorts of "points to note" with your application form so that applicants know in advance that they are applying for membership of a group hosted by Groups.io; as Bruce alluded the route they (should) take depends on whether they are already Account Holders or not; without that knowlege they could easily find themselves unwittingly setting up a second Account and that could create all sorts of complications later. While having different accounts with different email addresses at their core is a legitimate exercise it has to be done with a full understanding of the confusion that can arise as a result.
Should that happen are you in a position to help anyone thus affected? Note that one of these effects is that people find themselves trying to post to
other groups using a wrong email address, and you will have no klnowledge of that.
Chris
