John,

From the FAQ I mentioned:

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Sally,

Thanks Bruce,
Sorry to bother you with this drivel.? I'll see what's up with the public viewing aspect of LA Producers.? I know that Groups.io site is still waiting for a transfer.? I'll get to the bottom of this and report back for educational purposes.

Bruce, one note.? The Group is "LA Producer".? I kept spelling it in plural with an "s".? Sorry for the confusion.? My mistake.

Peter

Sally,

On Oct 31, 2019, at 2:44 PM, Niman H <nimanh2000@...> wrote:

Our group is finally up and running yay! Still marvelling at the instantaneous message delivery :) Also the ability to message members from the pending post page is great.
One question - is there a way to change the subject which appears when a message is rejected? It's a little harsh-sounding: "Your message was not approved",

The subject used to be: "Your message was rejected".
"Your message was not approved" is both factual and less harsh - this was the result of the suggestion that 'rejected' sounded too harsh.

especially if the message was a note to the moderators.

in this case I would also explain that it 'was a note to the moderators' and therefore not approved so that it would not be sent to all of the group members.
I would also explain that the best way to send a note to the moderators is by using the 'Group Owner' email address, by either:
-clicking on "Contact Group Owner" near the bottom of most email messages from the Groups
OR
-click on "Groups.io" in 'Groups.io links' near the bottom of most email messages from Groups.io
and click on "<their Group>" in the list of their Groups
and click on "Home" in the left hand column
and scroll to near the bottom of their Group's Home page
e.g. for this group it says
Group Owner: [email protected]
OR
- add "+owner" (without quotes) before the "@" sign in their Group's posting email address
e.g. for this group change
[email protected]
to:
[email protected]


I would then try to answer their note, by having CC'd all Moderators (in the 'not approval notice',
and then Replying All to their quoted message.

Either they will understand that their more direct approach would have been to address the 'Group Owner' email address,
or they will find themselves repeating the above process, again and again, which they may be fine with, if they get their answer...

If not, has this been suggested before?

What alternative(s) did you have in mind?


-Michael

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 01:21 PM, Jesse Nahan wrote:

Our transition from Yahoo happened about an hour ago. A "you've been added" notice was sent out, but my active welcome message was not.

I haven't heard anyone report this before.

Have you confirmed this with other group members, or just yourself? Have you looked for it in your spam/junk email folder? Have you checked your own Email Delivery History?

Any solution or reason for this?

If it really didn't go out, you can always send it manually. The easiest way is to just paste it into a group message and post it as a Special Notice.

If you want it to go out to the people on "No Email" too..

1. Go to Admin>Members and click the checkbox to the left of the "Display Name" column header. This will select everyone on the page.?
2. Pull down the Actions menu at the bottom of the page and select "Send Message."
3. On the resulting page, pull down the Notices menu and select your Welcome message.?
4. Click "Send to Members"
5. Repeat for every pageful of members in your Member List

Hope this helps,
Bruce

The FAQ was updated yesterday. For info on checking your transfer status, see #8 in?
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/FAQ-on-Moving-from-Yahoo-Groups

Frances
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 03:01 PM, John Curran Ladd wrote:

I am having a similar problem. I follow the instructions to go to? /yahootransfer? but there isn't a dropdown box next to View Existing Transfer Status - it is just bare text

?

I only initiated the request 2 days ago, so that could be the problem

John -- There is no longer a dropdown box at this location. It is now just a list of links, one for each transfer you have underway. As best I can tell, this was changed yesterday morning. Apparently, too many people were struggling to realize that they had to actually click in the box and select a group name.

If you have no list of links here...and it appears that you do not...then you don't have any transfers started. Please also consider that you could be logged in with the wrong email address.

Regards,
Bruce

Hello,

I invited [email protected] last evening.? How long will it take for me to receive an email?

thank you,
debbie
[email protected]

From what I've read, a brand new member should be OK to join.? If an old member joins at Groups.io before the official transfer,? the old member settings and join date will be ignored.? These are relatively minor issues.

New posts at Groups.io before the official mirgration, from what I've seen in some groups, can cause minor issues with the message numbers.? The new posts will be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, .., N.? The migrated posts will be numbered N+1, N+2, etc.? So if the posts are sorted by date, the numbers will be jumbled up.? So if you go to message #1 expecting the see the first Yahoo post, instead you will see the first post at Groups.io.? Also, if you scroll through the messages one by one using the < and > buttons, there will be an error message that there are no posts before the #1 message, and therefore you cannot reach the old messages from Yahoo Groups by scrolling through.? But it only affects scrolling, and you can still access the old messages in other ways (e.g. sorting by date).

You can prevent the members from posting by placing them on moderation.? There is a group setting where the first N posts from new members are moderated.

Larry,

I was experimenting a little earlier today with a little test group I've had on Y! since, well, forever it seems like. I was able to send an invite to join the group to a non-Yahoo email account, so I think Duane's comment about the Yahoo functionality is correct. Unless they're deliberately blocking groups.io, of course...

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 02:53 PM, Niman H wrote:

One question - is there a way to change the subject which appears when a message is rejected?

Sally -- Not that I'm aware of.

It's a little harsh-sounding: "Your message was not approved", especially if the message was a note to the moderators.

Sounds better than "Your message was rejected."?

Suggestions for system enhancements should be posted to -- the official "suggestion box" for groups.io. Be sure to word it as a proposal. Saying you don't like something without providing an alternative is not a proposal.?

Regards,
Bruce

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 02:45 PM, Peter Keenan wrote:

Here's one other bit of info from the potential member.

When I go to the site, I go to Sign Up and I put in my email address.? When I click on create account button, I get the message that I am already have an account.? I might not be part of the group but it says I have an account.? Then I try to log in and I get the message that I don't have a password but a link will be sent to me, but it never is.

I asked if he registered with that email "rhys@..." and if he had checked his SPAM folder.? "yes" to both questions.

Well, clearly he already has an account, as Duane suggested earlier. He's probably already logged in, too.?

I suggest telling him to quit fiddling around with his account stuff and instead just go to your group home page and click the "Join This Group" button. You might want to give him the URL, too. I did my level best to find your "LA Producers" group myself and was unable to do so.

Bruce

Duane,

Here's one other bit of info from the potential member.

When I go to the site, I go to Sign Up and I put in my email address.? When I click on create account button, I get the message that I am already have an account.? I might not be part of the group but it says I have an account.? Then I try to log in and I get the message that I don't have a password but a link will be sent to me, but it never is.

I asked if he registered with that email "rhys@..." and if he had checked his SPAM folder.? "yes" to both questions.

Thanks,

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 10:55 AM, Duane wrote:

That notice means that the person has a Groups.io account, not that they've joined any groups.? He should go to your group homepage and click on the Join button down the page.

Thanks for the response, Bruce. I am the sole owner of the Yahoo group and have full permissions. It appears that after October 28, Yahoo is not allowing new invitations.

Thanks, Duane,

I've asked for a screen shot of the "Big Cheap" page.? After I asked this question, I realized that there are indeed groups that can remain private.? So for all I know "Big Cheap" exists.

Peter