If I understand
correctly Dan ... and I may not as I have not done this myself ... your
mistake is in setting the hashtag as 'special'.
Special
Notices can be sent from the web interface without a hashtag, or with a
hashtag that is not itself marked as special. That way replies will carry
the hashtag but will not be processed as
special.
I think ... others may prove me wrong
...
best, Malcolm.
On 07 August 2024
21:13:53 (+01:00), Dan Tucker wrote:
Our group
has a '#LastAlarm' hashtag that we use to alert members of the death of one
of our brethren; we have a second, similar hashtag set up to notify of a
retirement. I've got it set to the highest level, so it goes immediately to
ALL members, regardless of their Message Receive settings. This is
intentional and exactly what we want.
However, I cannot find a way to 'de-escalate' ALL replies to the
message - they all retain the same level of override and go to ALL members
just as the initial notice did.
We also want to make every effort to keep ALL messages - initial and
all replies - within the same thread; as 'stragglers' come in I Merge them
into the initial thread, but certainly don't want to have to moderate all
replies to the original message.
?
Is there a way to send an initial Message as Special, then have any
and all replies to that Special message become ordinary messages?
BTW, the setting is that Mods Only can initiate this hashtag, but it's
working as if any and all members can 'send it on' via their reply.
?
I've considered the "lock topic after sending", but then the 'Replies'
to that message (well-wishes, condolences, etc) don't remain as a part of
the thread - the thread is a single-message-long.
I've also considered sending the original notice as 'lock after
sending' and then sending another message to initiate the Replies 'thread.'
But that's redundant messages and could prevent replies from the few who
have themselves set to receive Special Notices Only.
?
Thanks for letting me access your brain cells.
--?
Malcolm
Austen -- malcolm.austen@...
