Yes Bruce, I edited the subject line of a post that went up this past MON. So the 1 hour hashtag took effect one hour after MON's original post time.

Well practice makes perfect.

So the answer still seems to be that these hashtags will have to be added and removed manually if the original post is to be preserved.

Thanks for the help.

Paul M.
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Bob,

In the Invitation To Be Sent Field, _nothing_ can be edited.

Correct. Only automatic substitutions are made -- [Name] and [Invitee Email Address].

It seems so silly that I feel I must be mistaken.

Note that the Invitation To Be Sent box changes content to reflect any inclusion you make via the Customize Message field. So, apart from the automatic substitutions, you can see exactly what will be sent.

If I copied what appeared in the To Be Sent Field into the Customize
Message field, ...

That /would/ be silly.

Try something like this instead:
/g/GroupManagersForum/message/2530

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Donald,

What does it insert into the Hello, [NAME} field?

If, in the entry box for Emails on the Invite page, you use the form:
Display Name <email@...>
then it will substitute in the Display Name.

If you use the plain address format it will substitute the address instead.

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On Oct 4, 2019, at 9:22 PM, Donald Hellen <donhellen@...> wrote:

Bruce . . .

On Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:16:02 -0700, "Bruce Bowman"
<bruce.bowman@...> wrote:

Bob -- The only part that is editable is the "Customize Message" section inserted after "The following message was included by [you]:". The remaining boilerplate cannot be changed.

What does it insert into the Hello, [NAME} field?

Donald

Hi Donald,

In the Invitation To Be Sent Field, _nothing_ can be edited.

It seems so silly that I feel I must be mistaken.

If I copied what appeared in the To Be Sent Field into the Customize Message field, it would appear that the invitee would get both the email with the message in the To Be Sent Field followed by a message created by me in the Customize Message field.

As I say, it seems so silly, I feel I must be mistaken/missing something.


Bob
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Bruce . . .

On Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:16:02 -0700, "Bruce Bowman"
<bruce.bowman@...> wrote:

Bob -- The only part that is editable is the "Customize Message" section inserted after "The following message was included by [you]:". The remaining boilerplate cannot be changed.

What does it insert into the Hello, [NAME} field?

Donald



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On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 00:14:39 +0100, "Alan Melia via Groups.Io"
<Alan.Melia@...> wrote:

I receive an ''approval required'' notice which suggestsI can approve a sub
or message by replying to the notification email. However when I do this it
posts the approval message to ALL group members.

I thought some setting must be doing that, but see Duane's post about
something BT internet is experiencing.

I don't see that in my groups here, but I'm not using your ISP,
either.

You should contact BT internet after reading more at the links Duane
provided so you can explain things to their tech support people. The
more that complain, the faster it will get corrected.


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On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 09:13 PM, Bob Gerard wrote:

I went to Help and then to the section of the FAQ on inviting members to join a group, but nowhere did I find if or how it is possible to edit the generic text set up in Invitation To Be Sent?

The Hello [Name] at least ought to be editable, but I can't dope out how to do so.

Bob -- The only part that is editable is the "Customize Message" section inserted after "The following message was included by [you]:". The remaining boilerplate cannot be changed.

Regards,
Bruce

I went to Help and then to the section of the FAQ on inviting members to join a group, but nowhere did I find if or how it is possible to edit the generic text set up in Invitation To Be Sent?

The Hello [Name] at least ought to be editable, but I can't dope out how to do so.

Thanks.

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 08:20 PM, Epicatt2 wrote:

So . . . I added a 'one hour' hashtag to the 'forever' hashtag for the announcement post and it deleted the announcement post within five minutes of it having been added.

Did you go back and edit a previous post?

As I mentioned before, the clock starts when the topic is created, not when you add the hashtag.

Regards,
Bruce

harlan,

For what it is worth, I'm not seeing this behavior either.

Using Win10, Firefox w/LastPass installed and active.

In your report to support include details of your OS, Browser, and any browser plugins you might have that could auto-fill a field for you.

Since it seems to have started yesterday for you, it is possible that an update to your browser, any plug-ins, or to Groups.io itself is causing it.

My theory is that some software on your side is recognizing that that field wants an email address, so it is conveniently filling in your email address. The change in behavior could be because Groups.io changed something in the HTML code surrounding that box (for example, may have added something that identifies it as an email field, perhaps to improve screen-reader behavior). Or it could be an update on your end.

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On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 06:57 PM, Alan Melia wrote:

This is surely not correct (or have I something set wrongly)

This is an ongoing problem with some folks that use btinternet as their email provider.? There is a thread here on GMF at /g/GroupManagersForum/topic/34125793 and another on the beta group at that may help explain what's happening.? It's been about a week since the last posts, but BT apparently hasn't fixed it yet.
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Alan,

I have never seen this happen so here's an overview of moderating -?
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Approving---moderating-a-message

If you have other moderators who don't wish to get certain messages, their notices can be changed.

In Admin, Members, Membership, Notifications, you can set these:
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I'm back . . . .

So . . . I added a 'one hour' hashtag to the 'forever' hashtag for the announcement post and it deleted the announcement post within five minutes of it having been added.

Don't know why it acted so quickly but it appears that if I want to use such a 2nd hashtag it will have to be set as 'forever' and then deleted manually.

Now we know.

PM
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Interesting but my announcement post is not locked so that potential attendees may RSVP.

The announcement's (forever) hashtag is restricted to moderator use but does allow attendees to reply.

Let's see what adding a 'one day' hashtag to the post and it forever hashtag does.

Will let you know tomorrow.

PM
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On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 07:07 PM, Duane wrote:

In that case, I'd suggest that you and Cindy report it to [email protected] as a bug.

I have a Premium group too, and have tried my best to replicate this problem, to no avail. I even purposely set up my form auto-populator (or whatever you call it) to put the wrong information in these fields, using the same browser as Harlan, and it just didn't happen.

Kinda at a loss...but it's another datum, FWIW. Hopefully Mark will figure it out.

Regards,
Bruce

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I receive an ''approval required'' notice which suggestsI can approve a sub or message by replying to the notification email. However when I do this it posts the approval message to ALL group members. This is surely not correct (or have I something set wrongly) My members complain about me ''spamming '' them

Alan

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 05:45 PM, Epicatt2 wrote:

We'll see if the 'Foerever' duration 'main' hashtag will hold the post in place.

I did a couple of tests. One topic had a Forever tag and a Delete tag.? The topic was deleted.? The other had a Forever tag and a Lock tag.? It was locked.? I had both of them set for one hour, but it really took about 1:10 for the action to happen.

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On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 04:54 PM, Harlan Steinle wrote:

This same situation started to happen to me yesterday.

In that case, I'd suggest that you and Cindy report it to [email protected] as a bug.? It's best to include as many specifics as you can to help Mark nail it down.

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