Re: Require info from prospective members
I have put a Pending Subscription message on the lists that I run. The text is something like this. Does this seem to be an appropriate sort of message for this? ----- Thank you for your interest in
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Jonathan Sivier
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#4968
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Re: Receiving gifs, jpgs and creations in emails -html
Thank you so much for your reply! Of course you¡¯re not wasting my time! Thanks for the solution to your problem with the downsizing of images/animations in your scripts. I have adjusted the settings
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Karin de Jong
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#4967
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Re: Comment Option in the Membership Request?
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J, I think that some of these issues could possibly be addressed in GMF's Good idea. If you would like to take on the FAQ document I'll cite it. Post it as a New Topic, with a suitable subject line.
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Shal Farley
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#4966
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Re: After the transfer, some YG subscribers immediately opt out of new list on groups.io
There are protections in place so that the only owner of a group can never be demoted, leave, or be unsubscribed.? I've tested a few of the possibilities and all work fine.? If there is more than
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Duane
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#4965
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Re: FAQ on Hashtags?
Thanks Shal ... Sorry to waste your time J_Catlady
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Rachel
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Re: Require info from prospective members
it is automated .. as soon as a person applies for membership, the questionnaire goes out. Cherrill Carry a heart that never hates, a smile that never fades and a touch that never hurts.
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Cherrill <cdjamieson@...>
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#4963
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Re: After the transfer, some YG subscribers immediately opt out of new list on groups.io
My ISP emails me each morning a list of suspected spam messages. If something is not spam I can release it. It just occurred to me that this automatic unsubscription, due to a mistake in coding a
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Stan Gorodenski
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#4962
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Re: FAQ on Hashtags?
Rachel, See the help pages: /static/help#hashtags /static/help#muting See also GMF's Wiki pages (which are publicly readable):
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Shal Farley
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Re: FAQ on Hashtags?
/static/help#hashtags /static/help#muting There's a "Help" page clickable at the top of every groups.io page. People should have a look before posting here.
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J_Catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...>
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#4960
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Re: Require info from prospective members
A "pending subscription" notice can be sent automatically when someone applies for membership. Most of us include the questionnaire in that. Settings --> member notices --> create new notice -->
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J_Catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...>
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#4959
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FAQ on Hashtags?
Has anyone written up an easy FAQ or set of instructions on use of the hashtags (following, muting) shareable to members of groups? Thanks, Rachel
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Rachel
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Re: After the transfer, some YG subscribers immediately opt out of new list on groups.io
My understanding - and Shal and/or Duane will elaborate and/or correct this - is that the issue is related to a relatively recent email protocol, and that Y!G is so far behind the times that they had
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J_Catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...>
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Re: Comment Option in the Membership Request?
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Spurious advertising, some from characters who? stand on street ccrners or who provide "personal services",? People who just like to disrupt things.? Profile scrapers. Others just too numerous to
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Monica H. Bellizzi
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#4956
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Re: Require info from prospective members
Shal, we use that Comments field heavily for my groups, and not so much worried about making it customizable, but simply wishing the option was there to use, and make either mandatory for application
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Patty Sliney
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#4955
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Re: The Transfer
That's what I did about six months before the actual files transfer. The only negative is that YG lists members who joined early lost their earlier YG join date, the EGT did not transfer profiles for
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SP4149
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Re: Require info from prospective members
Cherill, is this automated, or do you have to manually send the questionnaire??? -- Patty S.
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Patty Sliney
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#4953
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Re: After the transfer, some YG subscribers immediately opt out of new list on groups.io
I don't fully understand this but if the same kind of thing happens in a YG's, then I would know it is not something new I would have to contend with in IO. Does the same thing happen in YG's? Stan
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Stan Gorodenski
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#4952
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Re: Comment Option in the Membership Request?
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I think that some of these issues could possibly be addressed in GMF's welcome message - something to the effect of "If you have transferred your group from Yahoo, here are some things you should
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J_Catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...>
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#4951
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Re: Comment Option in the Membership Request?
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I see Mark is planning on developing a questionnaire. I would like to suggest including another method similar to Yahoo. From my experience almost all prospective members, on their own volition, who
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Stan Gorodenski
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#4950
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Re: The Transfer
If you started a group on io and later did the transfer from Yahoo would that work? If so, a group could move before the messages have been transferred. Donald
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Donald Hellen
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#4949
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