Re: Question about Sent Invitations

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 04:20 PM, Ginger Iorizzo wrote:

Maybe a silly question, but deleting someone from the list of Sent Invitations will not delete them from the group, correct??

That's correct...it only deletes the invitation.

Bruce

Question about Sent Invitations

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Maybe a silly question, but deleting someone from the list of Sent Invitations will not delete them from the group, correct?? I'm new to Groups.io and don't want to inadvertently delete members who actually want to belong to our group.

Thank you to all of the moderators here who have been keeping up with answering so many questions.

Ginger

Re: Attachments from Yahoo, Storage capacity #yahoo

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 03:11 PM, Alan wrote:

We were warned that "Attachments" would not be transferred from YG -
? - Is there a way to move those attachments manually either directly from YG to Groups.io, or from my PC to Groups.io ?

Alan -- If you can download them to your PC, you could then upload them to your group's files area. At that point you could edit each of the affected messages to include a link to those files. But that's the best you can do. There is no attachment icon on the message edit toolbar, thus no way to "reattach the attachments."

The following is a YG help question, but perhaps you would indulge ?
?- How can one see how much storage space one is using on YG ?

Go to your group and click on Files. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. You will find something to the effect of "Using XX.X MB of maximum 200 MB"
Now click on Photos, followed by Albums. At the top of the page this time, you will find something to the effect of "Using YY.Y MB of maximum 100 GB. ZZZ photos uploaded so far."

Adding XX.X and YY.Y will get you a rough estimate.

Bruce

Re: Add Moderators #addmembers #owner

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Can you share how you got it done with PG4?

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 8:58 AM bret <bmaverick@...> wrote:

Exactly.? Our owner went missing back in 2009.? All the settings were then locked int an auto-pilot mode.?? Our moderator for 11 years tried to ask Yahoo to turn the group over to him, but to no avail.? We believe the owner actually DIED.
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Now the story gets even worse!? Our groups is the 2nd largest tractor membership on Yahoo.? JD only beats us out.? But there are 4 other related groups as well, created by our SAME owner!? Thus, we are now transferring all 5 groups over into 1 larger one.
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Wild, eh?? PGOffline has been the useful tool getting all of this data to one place, reviewed, structured and then ready to upload into Groups.io.?
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We are very pleased with the PG4 folks.? It's helped a great deal.? To do the regular Groups.io transfer would have been crazy for all the groups into one and the cost burden too.? Then the complications with not just the transfer, but the merging too.?
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Other than our group over there, 2 of the others are on full auto-pilot because the mods left a long while back too.

SOOOOOOOO,? YES, it's good to have the ability to transfer ownership or allow a mod to step up and take over when the time for a change of guard happens.?

-Bret

Re: Selected "Group not listed in directory, private messages" but my group shows publicly

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 02:38 PM, MdDS Foundation wrote:

My group [redacted]

By including the full address for it on this group (readable by the public), you've also made it visible to any of the search engines that scan this site.? You may want to edit your post and remove that link.
As Bruce said, anyone that knows (or can guess) the group name can see the home page.? I'm not sure you want to leave your Guidelines and Wiki publicly visible either.

Duane
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Re: Best way to follow a topic?

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 03:55 PM, Frances wrote:

However the only other suggestion is to create subgroups. That are always on topic!

Of course, she would be Special Notice only for the main group.?

Frances
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Re: Best way to follow a topic?

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A member is reading the latest posts by clicking on the Messages tab and then on a topic. She is reading a thread in a topic.
She decides to subscribe to the topic.

In the email footer, there is a Follow link - if you have the Advanced Preferences activated.
It does bring you to a web-based link that you must click.

Perhaps she would prefer to do one of a few other options.
- She could subscribe to Daily Summary.?
- or if she wants no email at all, subscribe to Special Notices (I like to disable No Mail, but that's up to the group owner.) Then she goes to Groups.io (logged in) and clicks on Groups.io and looks at Feed.

Feed is amazing - it gives you just the subject of recent posts (nested by topic) and any upcoming events.
Try it yourself. No changes needed. Just go to Groups.io and click on Feed.

However the only other suggestion is to create subgroups. That are always on topic!

Frances

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Re: Best way to follow a topic?

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 03:41 PM, Tom Field wrote:

Here's the scenario I'm asking about:? A member doesn't want any emails unless they decide they like a specific topic.?

A member is reading the latest posts by clicking on the Messages tab and then on a topic. She is reading a thread in a topic.

She decides to subscribe to the topic.?

Are you saying she has to leave the message, climb out to Groups.io and then Topics and then find the topic?!

Tom -- Well yes, or at least climb out of the Message view, as you put it.

I'm surprised that the footer of the web view of a message doesn't have this option. It only has "Reply" and "Like" and "More"

The web experience within a group is only somewhat customizable, and is based solely on the settings for that group. What you propose would require the "footer" (for lack of a better term) of the web view of messages to be dynamically rendered based on an individual subscriber's Advanced Preferences.

To this point, that level of granularity in the web display has not been implemented. Maybe we'll see something like that when the groups.io app is eventually rolled out.

Regards,
Bruce

Re: Best way to follow a topic?

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Thanks, Frances.?

Is the only way to subscribe to a topic (while on the website) the Feed, Topics screen as described here:?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Managing-Muted-and-Followed-Topics?

Here's the scenario I'm asking about:? A member doesn't want any emails unless they decide they like a specific topic.?

A member is reading the latest posts by clicking on the Messages tab and then on a topic. She is reading a thread in a topic.

She decides to subscribe to the topic.?

Are you saying she has to leave the message, climb out to Groups.io and then Topics and then find the topic?!

I'm surprised that the footer of the web view of a message doesn't have this option. It only has "Reply" and "Like" and "More"

Re: Selected "Group not listed in directory, private messages" but my group shows publicly

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 03:38 PM, MdDS Foundation wrote:

My group?/g/mddssupport?is set for "Group not listed in directory, private messages" but the group's home page is publicly viewable.?What admin setting am I missing?

Holly -- There is no setting that will hide your home page from those who already have the URL.

Regards,
Bruce

Selected "Group not listed in directory, private messages" but my group shows publicly

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My group is set for "Group not listed in directory, private messages" but the group's home page is publicly viewable.?What admin setting am I missing?

Thank you,
Holly

Re: My Welcome letter available to use as a template

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Eric,

Which one would Shal's message go in.

The two examples on that wiki page are different examples of the same thing: wording you might consider putting into a Member Notice of type Welcome just before the transfer starts (anytime before stage 4).

After the transfer completes you would probably want to change the text to be more appropriate for members joining the group under normal conditions, or just uncheck the Active box on that one, and make a second Welcome notice to be Active during normal times.

We are down to about 15 groups ahead of us. I've deleted all the test messages and wait with a worm on my tongue. (Old Compuserv saying)

Yup, baited (bated) breath.

But with so few remaining this reply will likely reach you too late.

Shal

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Attachments from Yahoo, Storage capacity #yahoo

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Dear Mods.

First of all, a big thank-you for the fantastic guidance and help on this forum which helped us gain a smooth transition to Groups.io from YahooG.

We were warned that "Attachments" would not be transferred from YG -
? - Is there a way to move those attachments manually either directly from YG to Groups.io, or from my PC to Groups.io ?

The following is a YG help question, but perhaps you would indulge ?
?- How can one see how much storage space one is using on YG ?

By going to "Billing" I have been able to see how much storage space we are using in Groups.io.

Thanks in advance

Alan D

Re: Group Not Listed in Public Directory

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They appear to be sorted in ASCII order.

Jonathan

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On 11/11/2019 3:47 AM, Chris Jones via Groups.Io wrote:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 08:07 AM, I wrote:

    It's slightly difficult to comment in detail without knowing the
    name of your group

Ah; your group /is/ publicly listed; it is this one 
</g/antiqueradios>, and is the second one in the search 
return that I linked in my previous post.

However, this has revealed another bit of weirdness in the way the A - Z 
list of groups is set out. By way of example the "A" list sets out all 
the groups with an upper case A first, and once it has exhausted those 
it starts again with a list starting with a /lower/ case a. It is not 
truly alphabetical; this may be something for beta once the hue and cry 
has subsided.

Chris

Re: Best way to follow a topic?

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Hi

Go to Subscription in group home page. Menu on the left. 
Scroll down to Advanced Preferences. Open by going to the arrow on the right. 

In email footers there is a Follow. 

More in the GMF wiki. 

Frances


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Re: My Welcome letter available to use as a template

Eric Johnson

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Like many here, I'm a bit overwhelmed by boxes to fill in as templates. Which one would Shal's message go in. I like it very much but am afraid of using it as the wrong template and thus being a bit confusing when it appears in context to a new user..

We are down to about 15 groups ahead of us. I've deleted all the test messages and wait with a worm on my tongue. (Old Compuserv saying)

Eric Johnson

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On Monday, November 11, 2019, 11:07:04 AM CST, Steve Bass <stevebass@...> wrote:

David,

Shal cleaned it up and put it in the Wiki:
On Monday 11/11/2019, [David Riecks] said:
________________________________
Steve:
I'd love to see this as well, and tried to email you, but when I "copy email address" I only get stevebass@... which isn't going to work.? Can you add "anonymize" it and have it added to the wiki?

Re: Group Not Listed in Public Directory

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Frances,

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The member moderation line was a carryover from Yahoo groups. You are right - removing it is a good idea.?The line about SCARS is there to promote membership in our radio club, not to join the forum. It can see how that may be confusing, though ...I'll work on it :)

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Thanks,

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RD

Re: Group Not Listed in Public Directory

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Chris,

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I didn't realize that upper case listings have priority.?Thanks for answering my question :)?

?

RD

[Mod Note: This is just an artifact of the sorting algorithm, capital letters come before lower-case in the ASCII digital representation.]

Re: New members trying to join by email: what did I not tell them?

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 01:53 PM, Brian Jennings wrote:

That kind of is a fail for this platform, if the dude in the hospital at the center of the group I made cannot join!?

Brian -- Is there some reason you can't invite him??

Bruce

Re: New members trying to join by email: what did I not tell them?

Brian Jennings

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Hmmm.? You may be on to something Bruce.? I have no idea what "BT" mail is, but the messages I'm seeing are exactly like tha, at least for one person.?

That kind of is a fail for this platform, if the dude in the hospital at the center of the group I made cannot join!?

BJ