(I'm clarifying my wording here as an opportunity to demonstrate a feature of groups.io not found in Yahoo Groups: the ability to edit a message that's already posted.)
Olivia,
In my new group here, I see that archives are "visible to anyone." I
would like archives to be visible to subscribers only, as I see is the
case in at least one other group I belong to. But I can't find the
variable in "settings" for this. Where would I find this?
On the Settings page there's an item named "Privacy". This controls both whether the group is listed in the groups.io directory and whether access to the message archives are public or private (members only).
There are two things I don't like about this control.
First and foremost is that it is a one-way door: once the group's archives have been made private they cannot be made public again. I have that same complaint against Yahoo Groups, though I understand that many people think that it is a beneficial feature to protect members' privacy.
The other is that it controls two different things (directory listing and archive visibility), forcing you to consider and choose between which combination of settings you want. I think combining unlike things together adds to complexity and confusion.
Oh, yes, and while we're here: if you want your group to be found in web searches, best to have it listed in the directory. Even better to have the archives in public, but not if that goes against the nature of the group.
-- Shal
Shal Farley