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

I wonder whether you have set permissions on your groups.io home so that only the owners and ?moderators can see the Member Directory. This may not be the problem, but you could try.

Also you can stop members from downloading the group data archive. That's one of the options too.

Frances

Hi Shal thank you so much for your help.?
I have kept the mail that came through and on checking with my co owner they were going to the group but she's removed them already.?
This is the from field from one of the ones using my address;[email protected]; on behalf of; Gilly Gmail [gilly.pidler@...]? which fully appears to be my address, and the To field is;?[email protected]

They are definitely not in my sent folder on the Gmail webpage though, I use Outlook standalone full software for mail.?
The messages are definitely going to the group as I had some very shocked members this morning that know I would never say things like that.?

As I said I've changed my IO password and asked all members to do the same, so I'm hoping the group itself will be safe (as in no one can do anything to the actual group), and put myself and 2 members on moderation to see if that stops them coming to group.?
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??

Are you planning to manually invite them to the group? If so, you enter their name and email on the invite screen as needed.

Joe Smith <jsmith@...>

This would enter their name in the system on acceptance.

Correct

If the email in a subscription request, it gets the name off the email

If there is a name on the email address
and if that is their name, rather than a ‘user name’, ‘handle’, or ‘nickname’.

and if they sign up on the web, its from their profile.

If they do
and if they enter their name, rather than a ‘user name’, ‘handle’, or ‘nickname’.

Can you explain your form and how it will tie to the group?

The form would require for name as well as email address
Upon acceptance (if group is restricted) the system would enter the name as it does when entered in an invitation,
(and would ‘tie to the group’ in the same manner).

Gilly,

Most of it is childish filth but it's not on and the weird thing is I
can't see any of the said mails in my Gmail sent folder or on the
group messages page.

Sounds like a spammer or malcontent collected addresses from your group and is sending this stuff directly to members (not via the group). But you should check the Message Activity tab of your group's Activity page just to be sure.

That the messages do not appear in your Gmail sent folder implies one of two things: 1) they were smart enough to delete them after sending; 2) they were not using your Gmail account to send the messages.

For case (2) there are two types of spoofing out there. The more prevalent these days is spoofing of the "display name" portion of the From field only. This is very easy to do, and most recipients don't think to check the actual address, which chances are isn't yours. Spoofing the actual email address in the From is only slightly more difficult, but it makes the message far more likely to be caught and either discarded or diverted to junk by the receiving email service.

Anyone else had issues like this and is there anything else I can do
to protect my group.

A list I'm on (mailman, not Groups.io or Y!Groups) has been plagued by something similar sounding. A scammer apparently joined the list and collected the email address of anyone who posted. Then the scammer would send to that person messages of the "want a hot date tonight" variety. Some of them very NSFW (nude pictures), which upset the members who were in fact (like me) receiving the list messages at work.

This has really upset me, I was a Yahoo group owner for many years and
have never had to deal with anything like this and I do not want my
members dealing with this.

Unfortunately things like this tend to be intractable - once the email addresses are known anyone can send to them. You may have been lucky in your Yahoo Group, I've been a member of a few that have had this type of thing crop up from time to time.

Shal


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Barbara,

I joined groups.io in order to transfer everything from my Yahoo group
in April this year. I have made groups.io a member of the Yahoo group
but so far nothing has happened.

It doesn't take months and months. Check the In Process page for your transfer to see if there's any status message in a box at the top. Instructions here:
/g/GroupManagersForum/message/8352

See also our collection of notes about the transfer process here:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups

EXCEPT that I have one new member here at groups.io who has been able
to join without my vetting them for membership.

In the Spam Control section of your group's Settings page, see if the "Restricted Membership" box is checked. If not, people may join freely.

If that box is checked have a look at the group's Activity page for any entries related to that member. Enter the full email address of the member into the search box and click the blue Search button if that will help you find them. That should tell you something about how the member joined.

Shal


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Hi, as of yesterday afternoon around 3.13 when I wasn't even online my Gmail address that I'm group owner and member here with has apparently been sending malicious e-mails that have been upsetting my RA group members, understandably so. Most of it is childish filth but it's not on and the weird thing is I can't see any of the said mails in my Gmail sent folder or on the group messages page. Also today at some point one of my other members appears to have been targeted and their email is being used to fend filth.?
I've so far changed my Gmail password of course and added another layer of security there, changed my IO password and suggested strongly that all group members do the same asap. I've also put myself and other said member plus one other new girl on moderation to see if I can filter it out that way.?
Anyone else had issues like this and is there anything else I can do to protect my group. This has really upset me, I was a Yahoo group owner for many years and have never had to deal with anything like this and I do not want my members dealing with this. Any advice please??

Sorry I didn't manage to complete the original message before Thanking everyone and signing off,

Thank you,?

Barbara