Harvey,

This should be viewed as a suggestion.

beta@ is the official "suggestion box" for Groups.io, and here's the latest word on the subject:

I realize I can't complain since you're providing the service for
free.

For which, thanks,

Bruce, and the rest of us on GMF, are volunteers - we're all just fellow users. There are no Groups.io employees here.

Shal


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Gilly,

I have kept the mail that came through ...

I'd very much like to see the header of that message, off-list. In the Gmail web interface click on the More menu, to the right of the date/time in the preview or the open message. Select "Show original".

From there you can either click Download Original, then attach that file in a message to me, or copy the entire text box below that (the one that starts with "Deliverd-To: ...") and paste that into a message to me.

You may be able to do the same thing in the Outlook interface, but I don't use Outlook so I don't know.

... and on checking with my co owner they were going to the group but
she's removed them already.

Ok, that rules out spoofing of just the display name. So it is either a full-on spoof or they were using your Gmail account. I'll likely be able to tell from the message's header.

... and put myself and 2 members on moderation to see if that stops
them coming to group.

That's a very good idea. I keep myself on moderation in every group I moderate or own, in part for this reason. Back in 2004 or thereabouts Y!Groups suffered from a massive amount of spoofing by spambots and crooks, and I decided that it was most important that none of that stuff be posted to the group in my name.

Is there anything else that I can do or need to do please ...

You've done the most effective things, particularly changing your passwords and putting yourself on moderation.

and does this kind of childish/rude/nasty thing tend to fizzle out
when they get bored?

That depends.

If it is a malcontent member, or former member, acting out of spite then yes. In my experience they'll tire of it once they see that they're not getting any reaction. You may want to put the entire group on moderation temporarily (if that is practical) so as to remove all on-list reference to the spam, and to head-off a switch in spoofed address.

If it is a crook, sending phishing or scamming messages ("open this file", "click this link", "reply now", whatever the pitch) then maybe not. Those people tend to use tireless robots to mail their junk.

Shal


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We have recurring events and would like to have a standardized form that an admin could just plug in the changed data and send to the group. Is there an?option for notice "template" that will go out like a new topic from a user?

On 8/9/2018 4:23 PM, Bruce Bowman wrote:

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 03:42 PM, Tom Link wrote:
I was looking at a message in my group that I posted that included a
link. When I clicked on the link it did not open in a new window or
tab, it just replaced the content from groups.io. Is there a setting
that can force links to open in a new window or tab?
The raw HTML for this is target="blank"

In Firefox and Chrome this can be achieved by holding the Control key while clicking on the link. Other browsers may do the same.


Some browsers also have add-on extensions which provide a right-click option "Open link in new tab".

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In this forum, Select Polls in the drop down list that normally is labeled "Topics"
Open up the poll that Chris Jones did a while back and have a look.
As creator of the poll, the More menu gives you options to Edit, close, delete, etc.? When you "Post" the new poll, subscribers get a message where they can vote/respond to the (1) question in the poll.
Toby

Barbara,

For the first part I still have this message "We are in process of transferring your group. Depending on Yahoo and demand, this may take several days. You will be notified by email when the transfer is completed."

That being the case, have a look in your spam or other folders to see if the transfer agent needed to ask you a question and put your transfer on hold. If you don't find anything, write to [email protected] to ask about the status of the transfer.

But maybe doing it again will quicken the process.

I wouldn't do that until you've checked with the transfer agent, or support.

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On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 03:42 PM, Tom Link wrote:

I was looking at a message in my group that I posted that included a link. When I clicked on the link it did not open in a new window or tab, it just replaced the content from groups.io. Is there a setting that can force links to open in a new window or tab?

The raw HTML for this is target="blank"

I'm not aware of any group setting to control this. It's been my experience that if I insert a hyperlink in a message using the online message editor, it will automatically add this qualifier. If I insert a link using my email client and post the message to the group that way, it generally won't.

Your mileage may vary, void where prohibited, objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

Hope this helps,
Bruce
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On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 03:43 PM, Mebefebe wrote:

All of a sudden I can not get into MY group.

You are probably not logged in.?Logins expire after 30 days.

See?/static/help#password?

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Make sure you're using the correct email address.? Signing in is not for a specific group, but to the site.? Try entering your email address and asking for a link to be sent.

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You should change the name of your group to ct-ares.? Then create the subgroups Alerts and Leads.? Then change the address of the main group from Main to Announce.

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All of a sudden I can not get into MY group.
I am the owner, yet I am Tod I am not subscribed.
ANY HELP available?
Fever G.

I was looking at a message in my group that I posted that included a link. When I clicked on the link it did not open in a new window or tab, it just replaced the content from groups.io. Is there a setting that can force links to open in a new window or tab?

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On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 05:21 PM, Gilly Gmail wrote:

Is there anything else that I can do or need to do please and does this kind of childish/rude/nasty thing tend to fizzle out when they get bored?

Frances has made a couple of worthwhile suggestions in her post. Putting yourself (and others) on Moderation was also a good idea.

I would suggest keeping any more suspect / spoof attempts at posting (now witheld by being in a moderation queue) with a view to reporting them to your mail provider. I don't know if messages via Groups.io retain the originator's IP address or not, but if you look in the right place on the incoming mails it should show that there. Your mail provider may try to argue that if the traffic isn't being originated in their network then it's nothing to do with them, but you can counter - argue that someone pretending to be using gmail is sending highly inappropriate material that could cause reputational damage to gmail so it's in their best interests to try to help stop it.

I don't know if Groups.io stores emailed material or not (other than as posts on the web UI) but it might be worth an email to support to ask; if the messages are stored - at least until they pass moderation - then Mark may be able to determine the sender's IP address. On the off - chance that that is possible I suggest that you ask other moderators not to delete the inappropriate stuff in the moderation queue because that might delete any storage within Groups.io as well.

Chris

?Hi. I have a question about polls. What happens when they are created? Mainly, how does the site show responses? And also, how do I close them.
Thanks for your help.
From Michael.

I'm trying to shorten the name I chose from "[email protected]" to "[email protected]" but the new address ignores the period between ares and group and winds up having two '@' signs - one after 'announce' and the other defaults to before 'groups.io'.

Following the rename, I want to create two subgroups, Alerts and Leads.

TIA