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I will acknowledge that my experience with RSS feeds - and such "news" in general - suggests that subscribers soon grow weary of them. While those who dislike them can always mute the associated hashtag(s), few will actually do so. You may need to be prepared to have subscribers start marking them as spam and getting unsubscribed. /helpcenter/faq/1/group-member-faq/q-i-got-a-message-that-i?

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Regards,

Bruce

If one were to implenent such a feature, one would want to give the proposed recipients a way to disable it. I, for one, try to limit my daily incoming unsolicited (non-spam) emails to ?less than ~200.

?Have you considered Integrations such as an RSS feed?

Hi, I'm looking for some advice on the best options to provide our group with "on this day in history" facts.

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For each day of the year we might have between four and six historic events that happened. I'd like members to get an automatic email each day with the events associated with that day, and also be able to browse through the events.

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It seems a recurring event in calendar might work, or maybe store the events in a database? Uploading of the data is something we need to consider.

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I'd be grateful for any advice.

Thank you
Dan

On 25 February 2025 17:48:40 (+00:00), Bruce Bowman via groups.io wrote:

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM, The Review Crew wrote:

The link you provided says group owners CAN'T disable the ability for members to DELETE their own messages. However, this member doesn't see that option in the hamburger menu from her message.

Another thought occurs to me. Could she be logged in under a different email address than the one that posted the message?

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If so, she should log out and log back in with the correct email address. At that point I suspect the edit function might become available, too.

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Regards,

Bruce

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On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM, The Review Crew wrote:

I'm trying to help a group member who wants to edit her own message....

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...however, when she follows these instructions, the only options she sees from the hamburger menu are "report message" and "see source". Is this a function that might have been limited by the owner of the group?

Yes, message editing can be disabled in group settings. ?/newhelpcenter/manual/ownersmanual/groupsettings/settings_msg_policy.htm?

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If necessary, she can delete her original message and then post an edited version. The end result is similar, the only real difference being the date/timestamp.

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Regards,

Bruce

Malcolm.

I'm trying to help a group member who wants to edit her own message. From the member manual:

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To edit the content of a message that you posted:

1. Log in to Groups.io?and?go to the group’s website.
2. Locate the message you want to edit.
3. Look for and click the?More??at the lower right of the message.
   
4. In the popup menu, select?Edit Message.
5. On the Edit Message page, make your changes. In addition, it is good practice to include a short note that explains your edits. That note will be included in the updated message that is sent to the group.
   Note:?You cannot change the subject line because it appears in all messages in that topic. Only group owners and moderators with the necessary permissions can change topics’ subject lines.
6. Click the?Save And Send To Group?button. The edited message is sent to all group members.

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 04:46 AM, Emily Rosenberg wrote:

Their formatting is all over the place and drives me crazy.? Some use three colors for their fonts, some forget to put in the date, many fail to put in their full name.? Can anyone visualize a way to do this so that it is easier for me to read as moderator and there is at least a modicum of consistency in the posts?

The first thing you should do is create a Guideline/Rule of the format to be used, possibly including an example.? That will give you something to enforce.

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You could also select the option at Admin > Preferences > Settings - Message Formatting to Normalize HTML Emails.? As noted, that removes all the fonts and colors.

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On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 05:46 AM, Emily Rosenberg wrote:

My people post a lot of events.

Are you talking about adding things to the group calendar? Or are they just sending an email announcing something?

Their formatting is all over the place and drives me crazy.? Some use three colors for their fonts...

If you check the "Normalize HTML Emails" box in group settings, it will strip out most such nonsense. ?/newhelpcenter/manual/ownersmanual/groupsettings/settings_msg_formatting.htm?

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[We have this turned on here in GMF, for much the same reason.]

...some forget to put in the date, many fail to put in their full name.?

I don't think we can help you with that. The only thing you can do is moderate the group and reject any posts with missing information.

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Hope this helps,

Bruce

My people post a lot of events. Their formatting is all over the place and drives me crazy.? Some use three colors for their fonts, some forget to put in the date, many fail to put in their full name.? Can anyone visualize a way to do this so that it is easier for me to read as moderator and there is at least a modicum of consistency in the posts? I don't want to go the route of Google forms because that requires too many steps and would not show up in pending posts.? We do not want to post their information on the group calendar because the group should not be seen as a sponsor. ? TIA. Emily

Hi everyone!

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Thanks for responding to my question.

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I just want to report that I figured it out! I removed the member from the subgroup, added them back, and the display name from the main group cascaded to the subgroup.

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Cheers!

Christine

On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 08:23 PM, Anne Goldsmith wrote:

why would it crop up now after all this time?

It's not unusual for Google to make changes while trying to 'improve' things for you, as well as give them access to more of your information.? We may hear more complaints about this if that's what happened.

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Did you click Add Event & Invite Group on some of the events?? I'm assuming here that you added them online.

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Duane

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A lot of us use Gmail so I don’t think that is the issue - plus why would it crop up now after all this time?

It’s just strange. ?

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