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Re: AOL e-mail and the Oath pledge and SPAM unsubscription
Ken -- Where can one find this "Oath pledge?" When I type it into a search engine I get all kinds of stuff about the flag.
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AOL e-mail and the Oath pledge and SPAM unsubscription
Very recently on several groups.io lists I moderate, I am seeing list members with aol.com e-mail addresses unsubscribed (groups.io e-mail flagged as spam by their e-mail provider), most immediately rejoin with the same?AOL e-mail address.?? ? About a month ago Oath?blocked e-mail?delivery to my aol e-mail account unless I took the OATH pledge to hold Oath blameless no matter what.??I took the Oath pledge and my e-mail delivery resumed. For those unfamiliar with Oath; it is a new company created after Verizon acquired Yahoo and AOL.? It's business plan is as a mobile media provider and to?date it has been unclear about plans of YahooGroups and the e-mail providers it acquired.? What has been clear recently is that Oath has gone from dormant to aggressive.? They certainly have the ability to identify Oath customers who have left Oath for lists on Google, Facebook, and groups.io? ?Of those three list host competitors, groups.io is definitely the weakest and most vulnerable.? And if your e-mail provider is now part of Oath or controlled by Oath and you haven't taken the Oath pledge; Oath's current action may seem like harassment. I fully understand those who won't take the Oath pledge, when as a list owner on YahooGroups, I refused; However delivery of my AOL e-mail was a different story and I surrendered.? If you do not want to take the Oath pledge, I recommend getting a non-Oath e-mail account and using that for your list membership on groups.io ? -- ken clark www.shastasprings.com |
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Re: Need to add to and modify the footer of each message
On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 11:56 pm, Jim Pruitt wrote:
Can you tell me how to add to and modify the footer that is appended to each message?? I would like to add a link to the files section for the group, the photos section, and a specific web site.? Can that be done?? How?See Admin->Settings->Message Formatting->Message Footer. I would like to have an html editor here, so we can create real links; but at this time you can only insert the full URL as plain text and cross your fingers that each recipient's email client will "linkify" it for you.? Another thing to keep in mind is that any links to your files or photos sections will NOT WORK unless the subscriber is already logged in (they will be redirected to the login page). Clicking a link that takes you someplace you don't expect to go may be more confusing than helpful. A link to an external web site should work fine, however.?? Hope this helps, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: Uploading list of members to remove?
Scott,
But is there a way to upload a list of emails to remove?Yes. See the Bulk Remove button on your group's Members page. In the row of three buttons above the list. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Need to add to and modify the footer of each message
Jim,
Can you tell me how to add to and modify the footer that is appendedThe first item in the Message Formatting section of your group's Settings page is a text box where you can enter a group-specific addition to the message footers. See here for examples of what it looks like. Approximately, the footers have been changed a bit this week, but the page hasn't yet been updated to match. /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Footers#Group-specific-addition-to-the-footer I would like to add a link to the files section for the group, theEnter the plain text URL of the links. In HTML formatted messages that will be automatically converted to a link (as shown in the example). In plain text messages it will be passed as plain text (of course), whether it displays as an active link depends on the receiving member's email interface. I also some a comment in one of the messages this weekend that spokeSeems to be working fine on my messages, at least as I see them. We may need more detail on the circumstances to understand what's happening. Are you looking in the group's Messages section, or in your email interface? What email interface? Any special settings? I seem to recall that there may have been a bug with viewing formatted messages in plain text, but I thought that had been fixed. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Transferring from a PG Offline database (.pg4) to groups.io
#pgoffline
Dale,
He has tried numerous email logon's and can't get in.Look in your Y!group's Manage Members list, on the Moderators tab, and see what is listed for him in the Yahoo Profile column. The one with a blue crown, if he has more than one entry in the list. That's the ID he needs to use to sign in as owner. Nevermind that the sign-in form now requests an email address, it still accepts the original Yahoo IDs. I assume "Mark" is the head of Groups.io?Yes, Mark Fletcher. /static/about Click the link to the Groups.io announcement for more detail on the origin story. So far, I haven't even set up the new group on groups.io, preferringAsk away. I hope we can help. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Inviting Members
June,
I have sent out invitations to new members but when they respond to"Seem"? - you should be able to tell for certain: look at the Sent Invitations tab of your group's Invite page. Or look in the Member Activity tab of your group's Activity log or the Members list itself to see if they appear. I just tested replying to an invitation by email and it worked so there doesn't seem to be a general problem with the invitations. Both the From address and the Reply-To field of the invitation are set to the special address described by Bruce, so it should work correctly with just about any email interface's interpretation of "Reply". If the members who didn't get added to the group are still waiting you could ask them to CC you (at your personal email address) on their reply to the next invitation you send them. That would let you carefully check their reply for whatever error they (or their email interface) might be making. Or just advise them to use the link instead. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: How Long for Messages/Digests to stop Being Delivered After Someone Unsubscribes?
On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 07:41 pm, Patty Sliney wrote:
Does anyone know how long it takes for messages and/or digests to stop being sent to someone who has unsubscribed?It's pretty much immediate, from what I've seen. Bruce? -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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How Long for Messages/Digests to stop Being Delivered After Someone Unsubscribes?
Simple question:? Does anyone know how long it takes for messages and/or digests to stop being sent to someone who has unsubscribed?? I know with Y!G, it could take up to 48 hours.? Is there a timeframe for message/digest stoppage on Groups.io? I looked in the Help section, but did not see anything on that page that answered this question.? Thanks!
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Re: Mute a hashtag?
#hashtags
On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 02:07 pm, Dan Hartford wrote:
But, one more question.? Once someone mutes a hashtag for a period of time.? How do they un-mute it if they change their mind?Log in to the site, go to?/?, and pull down the Hashtags menu at left. ? Regards, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: Inviting Members
On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 11:13 am, <junemansfield@...> wrote:
I have sent out invitations to new members but when they respond to the email as in the instructions noted below, they don't seem to get added.?Are they actually replying, or forwarding? The invitation message has a special "reply-to" field that looks something like?[email protected] If the reply message it later receives is not sent to that address, the invitation will fail. Hope this helps, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: trying to set up my io group before I port my yahoo group over...
Jim is correct.?Note that these settings appear in the home page of your group.
If you have a public message archive, group messages can be read by ANYBODY...they don't have to even need to have a groups.io account. In my groups, we consider this a desirable thing to attract new subscribers; but if I was running a private group and suddenly decided to make all past messages public, I think existing subscribers would have every right to be upset. Regards, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: "Empty Messages"
If your group is set to Plain Text Only, a message that only contains html coding should be converted properly.
Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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Re: Mute a hashtag?
#hashtags
On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 02:59 pm, Dan Hartford wrote:
moderator can mark a hashtag as un-mutableThere is no marking, it's automatic for a hashtag set as Special.? Only moderators can use those.? All this is mentioned on the Help page. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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