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Re: Possible Downgrade to basic from Premium

 

On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 11:38 AM, John Pearce wrote:
Would we lose anything there?
The only other thing I can think of at the moment is the Past Members page.

Duane
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Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

Bruce,

With what you had mentioned from that announcement and the group RECIPES was created with only 1 member.? What if that person is a squatter willing to sell the the group to a higher bidder?? For a while, web addresses were going that route for a few years too.

A legacy Basic group to acquire would be in higher demand vs. starting a fresh one now.? Wonder how many such groups exist.?

BMaverick


Re: Can you repost a poll?

 

Hi All,

I just edited a Poll in my group and nothing happened. I changed the subject line and added some text in the body of the Poll. I tried twice and then gave up. This way of producing a reminder does not work. In the end I re-sent the Poll by replying to it and using the Lasso icon to copy in the Poll message with the all important link.

Regads
John Russell


Possible Downgrade to basic from Premium

John Pearce
 

We have a premium group that used the automated move from Yahoo.? It's come time to renew in a couple of weeks.? We do use groups.io in a basic fashion, we only use about 330 MB of data and the group is restricted.? We would lose the following according to the billing page:

If you downgraded your group to free, these are the features that would be enabled and disabled:

  • Polls: Legacy Enabled
  • Calendar: Legacy Enabled?? (we don't use anyway)
  • Chat: Legacy Enabled????????? (we don't use anyway)
  • Member Directory: Legacy Enabled
  • Subgroups: Legacy Enabled?? (we don't use anyway)
  • Integrations: Up to 5??????????????? (we don't use anyway)
  • Photos: Legacy Enabled
  • Files: Legacy Enabled
  • Database: Legacy Enabled
  • Wiki: Legacy Enabled
  • Direct Add Members: Not enabled
  • Event RSVPs: Not enabled
  • Storage: 1GB

My subscription to the managers forum keeps me up to date on issues people face.? But I seem to remember that besides the ability to "direct add" that we would use when someone is not technical and is having trouble joining there may be other small items moderators use to manage the group that we would lose the ability to use?? My concern is the day to day management of the group like using monthly noticies, banning members, moderating members, restricting subscriptions etc.? Would we lose anything there?

John P


Re: Moderators List

 

On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 09:20 AM, Gene (Owner) wrote:
how can I bring up a list of moderators?? Owners?
See /helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/managing-members/reviewing-the-member-list

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Moderators List

 

As an owner, how can I bring up a list of moderators?? Owners?


Re: making the default setting for a group, not be allowed to post

 

Dan,

As Bruce said, there isn't a setting for that.

What you can do is set the group to All messages are moderated, or New Members Moderated. That way any posts from outside the small handful will be held in the pending list.

From there, you can change that individual to Not allowed (heading off future postings) and either just Delete the message or use Reject to send a templated message to explain why the user is not allowed to post.

Doing it this way makes the assumption that only a small fraction of the invited members would post a message. You can make the included text of your Invitation, and/or your Welcome notice suitably clear about this rule to minimize the number of members you'll need to deal with.

Those who don't post don't end up set to can't post, but if they don't post it doesn't matter.

I have a PTA group that runs on a similar basis: only a selected PTA unit board or committee chairs are allowed to post to the group (all of the PTA unit members can join the group). But rather than use Announcement-Only Group I simply leave the group on "All messages are moderated". It has actually been very rare that members attempt to post, and when they do it is a whole lot more in the PTA spirit for them to receive a personal reply from me or one of the unit board or committee members than a mechanical failure notice from the "mailer daemon".

That kind of service attitude may or may not be practical or appropriate for your groups, but it is a alternative to consider.

Shal


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Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

Done already.

On Friday, October 23, 2020, 9:31:48 PM EDT, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:


On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 09:30 PM, cshenk shenk wrote:
Thanks all, found it, non-public. Trying to join.
You can always try sending an email to [email protected]?

Bruce

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Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 09:30 PM, cshenk shenk wrote:
Thanks all, found it, non-public. Trying to join.
You can always try sending an email to [email protected]?

Bruce

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Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

Thanks all, found it, non-public. Trying to join.


Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

Yes I agree that could be the reason (wished I had thought to start a few) but no harm in asking I would have thought

If no reply or a negative one you know where you are anyway

Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

On 23/10/2020 20:48, Bruce Bowman wrote:
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 03:17 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote:
As it was created August 15th has one member and zero posts, perhaps
message the group owner and see if they really want it
It was probably created in response to this announcement <>. An unfortunate consequence of the changes that have occurred over the past year is that it gave birth to an underground economy in "legacy Basic groups" that still have grandfathered features without having to pay for them.
Regards,
Bruce


Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 03:17 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote:
As it was created August 15th has one member and zero posts, perhaps message the group owner and see if they really want it
It was probably created in response to . An unfortunate consequence of the changes that have occurred over the past year is that it gave birth to an underground economy in "legacy Basic groups" that still have grandfathered features without having to pay for them.?

Regards,
Bruce

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Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

As it was created August 15th has one member and zero posts, perhaps message the group owner and see if they really want it

Otherwise as suggested, slightly modify the name to suit yourself

Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

On 23/10/2020 20:04, Bruce Bowman wrote:
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 02:59 PM, cshenk shenk wrote:
Trying to create a group so we can move Yahoo group over called
Recipes.? Can't create it as the button says the name is in use, but
it's not when you search for it. If the group Owner has chosen for the group to not appear in the groups.io directory, it won't show up in a search.
See /helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/customizing-group-settings/privacy-settings </helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/customizing-group-settings/privacy-settings> Go to /g/recipes </g/recipes>?and you'll find that it exists.


Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

Simple solution is slightly modify the name. May be there is a non public list with that name.
?
MKR

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On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 1:59 PM cshenk shenk via <cshenk54=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi all,

Trying to create a group so we can move Yahoo group over called Recipes.? Can't create it as the button says the name is in use, but it's not when you search for it.? Did they reserve that somehow?

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Re: Recipes Group #recipes

 

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 02:59 PM, cshenk shenk wrote:
Trying to create a group so we can move Yahoo group over called Recipes.? Can't create it as the button says the name is in use, but it's not when you search for it.?
If the group Owner has chosen for the group to not appear in the groups.io directory, it won't show up in a search.

See?/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/customizing-group-settings/privacy-settings?

Go to?/g/recipes?and you'll find that it exists.

Did they reserve that somehow?
Not sure who "they" are, but someone did. The group only has one member.

You'll have to use something else.

Regards,
Bruce?

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Recipes Group #recipes

 

Hi all,

Trying to create a group so we can move Yahoo group over called Recipes.? Can't create it as the button says the name is in use, but it's not when you search for it.? Did they reserve that somehow?


Re: chapalagals group subscription

 

Bottom line all is now okay...tnx for your help.


Re: Email addresses on IO

 

Hi Leenie,

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Can that be automated -- or must the moderator/owner manually forward each mail?


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[Moderator Note: This appears to be a reply to a post from last March...?/g/GroupManagersForum/topic/71672530#30058]?


Re: changing a group's name

 


Bruce and All,?
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Thank you, I took the "for" and replaced it with "4" and it worked. ?Thank you to all who offered assistance.
?
Donna
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Re: making the default setting for a group, not be allowed to post

 

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 02:04 PM, Dan Eggleston wrote:
i'm setting up several groups & before i send out invitations, all ?groups need to be set up so that I and a small handful will be the only ones allowed to post.? i searched the FAQ & found a way to restrict single members, but not how to make this a default setting.?
Set up your group as an Announcement group (Spam Control tab). You can easily switch it to something else once you get everyone invited and things settle down.?

/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/customizing-group-settings/spam-control-and-moderation-settings?

If you are unwilling to give the "small handful" of people Moderator permissions there is really no good way to do that.

Regards,
Bruce

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