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Re: Is there a way to automatically respond to people posting in my old yahoo group telling them to move to groups.io?
#yahoo
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 10:31 AM, Adam Carlson wrote:
I've put my old yahoo group in full moderate mode so that if anyone tries posting there it won't go through and I will get a message asking me to moderate the post. Then I email them and tell them we've moved to groups.io.Your members will get an email when you are transferred. You can edit the Welcome message; otherwise a generic email will be sent.? In: ?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups#Y21group-after-the-transfer Step 1: Customize your group's Welcome Member Notice
Your group@'s Settings page has a tab for Member Notices. There is a stock Welcome notice which you can edit. If you leave this notice Active it will be sent to the email address of each member of Y!group copied to group@[1], but it won't be sent if you uncheck the Active checkbox. You'll probably want to keep most of the stock text, but you may wish to personalize it a bit so that it sounds like a message that comes from you and relates specifically to your Y!group.
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Additional things to tell your members in the Welcome message:
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If you simply wish to receive and post messages to the group by email then you're all set - no further action on your part is needed.
If you click onto the Groups.io web site and you want to access members-only areas of our group@ you will need to log in using your email address (the same address used in the group). There are multiple ways to log in at Groups.io, but the easy way to start is to click the link to Log In, and since you don't have a password yet, click the "Email me a link to log in" button.
The link in the email Groups.io sends you will log you in for 30 days. Any time you want you can request another log in email, so no worries if you log out, clear your browser cookies or let the 30 days expire. There's no need to ever set a password, unless you prefer to log in that way.
?Here are some example Welcome Member Notices that others have used (usually as a temporary version).
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Tell your group about the move to Groups.io
It may be a good idea to tell the members of Y!group about the upcoming move to group@ well in advance of the actual move, and let them know the reasons why, and what benefits you expect to have.
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Immediately before starting the transfer process it is a good idea to tell (or remind) the members of the Y!group about the move. This can head off some panic when they receive the You have been added ... notice from Groups.io, and/or your Welcome notice. You may also want to warn the members that their spam filter may block those notices or other emails from the new group. Suggest checking their spam folder, adding the new group email address to their address book, or add groups.io to their spam white list.
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Here are some example messages others have sent to their Y!Groups (usually as "Special Notices").
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And how to create a member notice:/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Member-Notices Frances ? -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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Re: Including the message being responded to
On 15 Nov 2019 15:38, Bruce Bowman wrote:
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 09:37 AM, b&p wrote:Also, if you want to include the previous message without quoting it, itWhen I click to reply to a message on the groups.io page, there areClick on the "quote bubble" icon on the far left end of the editor often works if you "quote" the message and then use "decrease indent" on the advanced toolbar. See screenshots. Samuel |
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Re: sharing old posts
On 15 Nov 2019 15:30, Suzanne H wrote:
I'm only trying to share it within the group - to highlight wonderful posts from the past.? I need to do this from the web interface since I no longer have those posts in my email.Here's an idea that *might* work and might be useful: Create some bookmarks in your browser to the messages that you want to highlight. Then, go to the message itself (and if you're a moderator), click the "Edit Topic" button, and then add something to the start of the subject line, e.g. "FEATURED 15/11/2019:, and set the message as "Sticky". AFAIK this won't resend the message to the group, but it will put it in a prominent position for web users. Then, say, weekly, edit that post again to remove the "FEATURED..." text and make it unsticky again, and set the next post in your bookmarked list of posts as featured. Samuel |
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Android phone user unable to reply to messages
I have a very large group and this is the first time this problem has happened.
The user is complaining that when he responds on his android phone to a group message he gets an error that says: When I hit reply to group and type a message and send the send button on my e mail, I get a message that says. Eek we cannot send this e mail. Get the same message when I hit reply to sender.? I am using aol for e mail. when he goes to the library and uses a desktop computer he has no problems. Where can I start looking? peter |
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Re: How are "Links" represented in Groups.io after migrating my group from Yahoo! Groups?
#links
#transfer
#migration
#yahoo
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 01:03 AM, Matt Wirkkala wrote:
Tips like this it might be nice to be given some focus in the Transfer FAQ, for Groups.io noobs like me.I had added it on Nov 12. But I just bulleted the list of items transferred for emphasis since it was obviously overlooked! Frances ? -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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Re: sharing old posts
On 15 Nov 2019 15:30, Suzanne H wrote:
Would another way be to use the static url of the original post?? Could everyone in the group see that?Yes, everyone in the group should be able to see the URL of the original post. To get that URL, right-click the message number in the top right of the message, and select "copy link location" or similar. Samuel |
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Re: Removed member keeps rejoining, even though group is restricted
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 02:13 AM, Shal Farley wrote:
It feels like one shouldn't have to put on a ban just to guard against the re-use of a stale invitationHas the stale invitation been removed from the sent list?? I was under the impression that when an invitation was canceled/removed that it could no longer be accepted.? If that's not true, that could be a solution to this situation. I know that on the Trello list (which hasn't been updated in over a year) there are several items under the Invitations list, including making that system 'smarter'. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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Re: Second group to be transferred - stuck with the invitation process
#transfer
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 09:40 AM, Jens-Uwe Mager wrote:
With the second group (which is already a paying group) I invited [email protected]?and nothing happens. On the first group I was asked to make the transfer user a moderator, but nothing happened yet. Any clues what might go wrong here?Jens-Uwe -- Like many aspects of Yahoo Groups, sometimes the invitation system is balky. See?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/22605?for instructions on how to proceed. Regards, Bruce |
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Second group to be transferred - stuck with the invitation process
#transfer
I did transfer my first group fine, and all works nice. With the second group (which is already a paying group) I invited [email protected]?and nothing happens. On the first group I was asked to make the transfer user a moderator, but nothing happened yet. Any clues what might go wrong here?
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Re: Including the message being responded to
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 09:37 AM, b&p wrote:
When I click to reply to a message on the page, there are several options, but none I have found that will also automatically include the message being responded?to.Click on the "quote bubble" icon on the far left end of the editor toolbar. Is there a way to set the reply to include it routinely?No. Bruce |
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Re: sharing old posts
On 15 Nov 2019 15:25, ro-esp wrote:
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 02:12 PM, Suzanne H wrote:The Reply link causes your message to be send back to the group.I want to share some of our best old post that just got transferred to our newUse the reply-button? If you use the Reply link, there is sometimes a button called "Private", but pressing it allows you only to send a message to the original author of the message, and not to some third party. [Suzanne is referring to posts that are in the group's message archive, which can only be viewed via the web site (not via her e-mail system).] Samuel |
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Re: Problem response uploading member addresses
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 08:40 AM, CVActor wrote:
Everything was in a text document in a one-column table.Cindi -- This is the clue. There is no such thing as a "table" in a plain text file. To convert Excel to plain text, do the following:
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Re: I¡¯ve lost all groups, including several I am owner of
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 07:16 AM, David Kirkby wrote:
but could not log in with either accountHave you tried using the Send Me a Link option?? You could try it for both email addresses.? That should at least get you on the site, then you could figure out what's going on. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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