How to move Active (but apparently abandoned by unresponsive group owner) Yahoo Groups???
I belong to several active Yahoo Groups, one of which was recently ported over to groups.io. I had emailed the owners of those remaining active groups about moving their groups off of Yahoo, only to
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George Czerw
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#10651
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Re: Sidebar - Gmail dotted email addresses
Ken, I've cited the relevant standard. If you think there is some standard being subverted, please cite it. In Merle's case the dot was a factor. The two different spellings of Merle's Gmail address
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Shal Farley
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#10650
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Sent invitations
#membership
#addmembers
Under the admin menu, in the Invitations screen, there's a button to show Sent Invitations.? I like to keep track of who I've got outstanding invitations to via this list.? Is it okay to remove
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Gary Vaught
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#10649
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Re: Sidebar - Gmail dotted email addresses
Well I don't want to start trading insults, but I am somewhat dismayed by the cavalier attitude to standards being displayed by some participants of this thread. The Internet rose to prominence over
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UKenGB
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#10648
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Re: Sidebar - Gmail dotted email addresses
Well yes indeed, Microsoft is a prime example of not abiding by even their own standards. However, I did not say standards cannot be changed, just that there's a right and a wrong way to try and
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UKenGB
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#10647
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Re: Concurrent usage
#yahoo
#transfer
#howto
Peter, I realize you said it was water under the bridge, but for anyone else in that position I think the procedure is to go to the In Process page and delete the completed transfer record. Then you
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Shal Farley
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Re: Concurrent usage
#yahoo
#transfer
#howto
Hi, Shal, on 7/29/2018 you replied to Gary, below about a second transfer attempt. Thank you for answering that question. I had a similar situation.? I approved the transfer process when I realized
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Peter Rupprecht
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#10645
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Re: True permalink for photos?
#suggestion
Andrew, Apparently not, according to Bruce's tests. It is something I wished for long ago, but hasn't happened yet: https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/8662 That thread is locked, but perhaps the
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Shal Farley
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#10644
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Re: True permalink for photos?
#suggestion
Yes, it seems to be correct. I was able to change the "photonumber" by simply editing its description. I've been fiddling around with this for the last 20 minutes, right-clicking and saving download
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Bruce Bowman
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True permalink for photos?
#suggestion
I have seen the following advice regarding linking to album photos. ¡®Each photo in your group has a URL of the form: /g/GROUPNAME/photo/ALBUMNUMBER/PHOTONUMBER?(starting at 0)¡¯
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Andrew Dumbleton
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#10642
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Re: Sidebar - Gmail dotted email addresses
UKenGB, It isn't a case of subversion. Gmail's usage is compliant with the standard. From rfc5322: 3.4.1. Addr-Spec Specification An addr-spec is a specific Internet identifier that contains a locally
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Shal Farley
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#10641
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Re: Transfer from a national yahoo group
#howto
#transfer
osvclua, Ignore it and put your group's name in anyway. The invite you send in Step 2 will bring the transfer agent to the correct group. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help:
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Shal Farley
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#10640
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Re: Sidebar - Gmail dotted email addresses
The internet is still working and Microsoft has been doing this for a long time. Standards do change. If you're big enough, you get a big say in how they change. ? -- Gerald
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Gerald Boutin <groupsio@...>
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#10639
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Transfer from a national yahoo group
#howto
#transfer
Hello: ? ? I want to transfer my group hosted in yahoogroups.com.ar (pease note the ".ar" (argentina) domain. The transfer "from" box has wired the domain "yahoo.com" and cannot be changed. Is there
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osvclua@...
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#10638
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Re: Concurrent usage
#yahoo
#transfer
#howto
I highly recommend that you NOT do that. All member content will be associated with you (the owner's) account; and although you can manually reassign much of it back to the individual members later,
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Bruce Bowman
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#10637
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Re: Sidebar - Gmail dotted email addresses
When someone misspells their email address, the chances are that the different spelling is actually used by someone else. Hence why so often you are forced to type your address twice to try and ensure
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UKenGB
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#10636
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Re: Weekly Summary...?
#messages
There is a Daily Summary option, but I don't remember ever having a weekly option. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at
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Duane
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#10635
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Re: Member welcome letter
In Settings, member notices tab. There is a Welcome letter plus others. Be sure to click on Update Notice after you edit. Frances
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Frances
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#10634
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Member welcome letter
Where can I find, and amend, the welcome letter that is automatically sent out on approval please? Thanks, Tim
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Tim Morris
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#10633
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Weekly Summary...?
#messages
Do members have the option to get a weekly summary of posts? I was sure that was once available, but I can't find it now. Norman
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Norman C. Berns
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#10632
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