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Re: How can I have a file sent out once a month

 

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 01:55 PM, star_gazzier wrote:
How can I have a file sent out once a month with usable links that work in the email file
There's no way to send the contents of a file.? You could create a Monthly Reminder Notice to be sent and include the correct formatting in it.? You can also send a link to a file.

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Re: Links Section?

 

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 01:42 PM, billsf9c wrote:
2) In trying to use Files as a repository, I am not seeing an option to
~"Create a text file."
There is no such function on GIO.? It's been suggested before (on the beta group), but I'm not going to wait for it to show up.? I can create such a file in Notepad and upload it easily enough.

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How can I have a file sent out once a month

 

Hi everyone got a question

How can I have a file sent out once a month with usable links that work in the email file..

Dan


Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups

 

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 01:07 PM, Words Of Faith wrote:
creates an Excel file. Can I open and copy the addresses from this file to an invite?
Not directly.? There can be NO formatting or extraneous characters included in the information used for invites (or Direct Adds).? See /helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/inviting-people-to-join-a-group/sending-invitations-to-join-the-group

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Re: Links Section?

 

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 02:42 PM, billsf9c wrote:
In YahOops I recall sections like Photos, Files, & Links.

1) I'm not seeing Links.
2) In trying to use Files as a repository, I am not seeing an option to
~"Create a text file."

I'm prone to report this to Beta as a suggested improvement.

Have I missed something obvious?
Groups I was in used these very often.
Others may reply differently, but our travel group had a large links library in YG. When we moved, I moved the links to the wiki.
You can see GMF's wiki - albeit used for a different function. But you can extrapolate.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki

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Links Section?

 

In YahOops I recall sections like Photos, Files, & Links.

1) I'm not seeing Links.
2) In trying to use Files as a repository, I am not seeing an option to
~"Create a text file."

I'm prone to report this to Beta as a suggested improvement.

Have I missed something obvious?
Groups I was in used these very often.

BillSF9c


Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups

 

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 01:07 PM, ro-esp wrote:
click management > manage members > action > export

( CSV or TSV ?)

click the list of emails and hit ctrl & C
I tried doing this, but I can't use the ctrl&C or ctrl&V since it automatically creates an Excel file. Can I open and copy the addresses from this file to an invite? Thanks for any help! Marie


Re: member unsubscribe

 

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This is what appeared when a new member (who never logged in ever on any device) clicked the unsubscribe link.?




On Dec 9, 2020, at 6:49 AM, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:

?On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 02:23 AM, Shal Farley wrote:
It /should/ have taken you to the web, but it should /not/ have required you to log in.


However, I seem to recall that early on there was substantial discussion of, and confusion about, what to do when the link takes you to a browser which /is/ logged in, but to a different address.
That seems to continue to be a source of confusion.

Both obvious options seemed like they would lead to more confusion: (a) display an error describing why the unsubscribe can't be done right now, or (b) log out the different address and then perform the unsubscribe. I don't recall whether one of those or some other approach was settled on.
This screenshot shows what actually happens (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wzrUeNMwY561yq95ojcoFnGQpGKKafUx/view?usp=sharing). I still think an mailto link to the +unsubscribe address may be more straightforward.

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Re: member unsubscribe

 

FYI, yes, I was on my computer and already logged in under my owner account when I hit the unsubscribe link in an email for a different account. So to test the below, I signed up my daughter from her device (she has never logged in) and when tried the unsubscribe link from her email/device she also got the same request to login. Before convert my entire yahoo group over any chance this is a setting I can fix? Otherwise I will have to tell folks about +unsubscribe in the welcome email, which is not something I want to highlight in a welcome. Thanks.

On Dec 9, 2020, at 2:23 AM, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

?Stephanie,

I then tried to test the unsubscribe link at the bottom of a group
email that was sent to my secondary email. However, instead of it
unsubscribing, it took me to the web to log in.
It /should/ have taken you to the web, but it should /not/ have required you to log in.


However, I seem to recall that early on there was substantial discussion of, and confusion about, what to do when the link takes you to a browser which /is/ logged in, but to a different address.

Both obvious options seemed like they would lead to more confusion: (a) display an error describing why the unsubscribe can't be done right now, or (b) log out the different address and then perform the unsubscribe. I don't recall whether one of those or some other approach was settled on.

This was in the wake of the third option, which of course was unacceptable: (c) unsubscribe whatever address happened to be logged in. This had happened during testing of a simpler version of the unsubscribe link.

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Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups

 

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 07:43 PM, John Burk wrote:
I can¡¯t export my group. I have no management button. I even went to all my groups list and clicked on the group name with crown next to it.
What Shal said.

To be clear, the only thing you can export is your member list. Files, photos, your message archive, and everything else was removed a year ago.??

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Re: member unsubscribe

 

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 02:23 AM, Shal Farley wrote:
It /should/ have taken you to the web, but it should /not/ have required you to log in.


However, I seem to recall that early on there was substantial discussion of, and confusion about, what to do when the link takes you to a browser which /is/ logged in, but to a different address.
That seems to continue to be a source of confusion.

Both obvious options seemed like they would lead to more confusion: (a) display an error describing why the unsubscribe can't be done right now, or (b) log out the different address and then perform the unsubscribe. I don't recall whether one of those or some other approach was settled on.
This screenshot shows what actually happens (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wzrUeNMwY561yq95ojcoFnGQpGKKafUx/view?usp=sharing). I still think an mailto link to the +unsubscribe address may be more straightforward.

Bruce
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Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups

 

John,

I can¡¯t export my group. I have no management button. I even went to
all my groups list and clicked on the group name with crown next to
it.

Do I need to use a computer?
Yes, I think so.

As I recall the mobile version of Yahoo Groups included only approval of pending messages, none of the other moderator/owner functions.

And now, presumably not even that.

Shal


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Re: Creating New Topic in a subgroup for main group members

 

Green,

Is it possible to create a New Topic in a Sub Group to send to the
main group ...
No.

To send a new topic to the primary group, create it in the primary group. New Topics and Replies created in a subgroup will be sent only to members of that subgroup.

When she creates a New Topic in the Main Group the members see here
personal email address and she would like it to be something like
Activitie.Director.
In the primary group she can edit her Profile so have "Activities Director" as her display name. But that sort of assumes she never posts to the primary group as herself or for other purposes. Switching her Display Name at need would be possible, but tedious (and error-prone).

Nor does it change the fact that her personal email address will be in the From field of messages received by email. However, many email interfaces will show the Display Name instead of or together with the actual email address, so that may not be so bad.

I thought about creating an email address for Activities but then the
members of her group could not share that address.
There are only six members in her group.
The shared address could be a member of the primary group, separate from each of those six people's personal addresses, which would be members of the Activities subgroup (and perforce the primary group as well).

I'm not a big fan of creating "shared" email addresses - it can lead to problems when one of the people doesn't play nice, or just generally in terms of accountability. I haven't looked recently, but it may also be against the terms of service for many email services.

Maybe the best answer is for each of the six to have their own second email address, for use when acting as Activity Director. Then at least you (the managers of the primary group) always know who's saying what.

Shal


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Re: member unsubscribe

 

Stephanie,

I then tried to test the unsubscribe link at the bottom of a group
email that was sent to my secondary email. However, instead of it
unsubscribing, it took me to the web to log in.
It /should/ have taken you to the web, but it should /not/ have required you to log in.


However, I seem to recall that early on there was substantial discussion of, and confusion about, what to do when the link takes you to a browser which /is/ logged in, but to a different address.

Both obvious options seemed like they would lead to more confusion: (a) display an error describing why the unsubscribe can't be done right now, or (b) log out the different address and then perform the unsubscribe. I don't recall whether one of those or some other approach was settled on.

This was in the wake of the third option, which of course was unacceptable: (c) unsubscribe whatever address happened to be logged in. This had happened during testing of a simpler version of the unsubscribe link.

Shal


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Re: Creating New Topic in a subgroup for main group members

 

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 04:32 PM, Green Gate Grove wrote:
Is it possible to create a New Topic in a Sub Group to send to the main group with the members address?
I have an Activities Director that has ownership of an Activity Group and wants to post a Notice to the Main Group about activities and wants the members to know that it is from Her or any other member of this group.
When she creates a New Topic in the Main Group the members see here personal email address and she would like it to be something like Activitie.Director.
I thought about creating an email address for Activities but then the members of her group could not share that address.
There are only six members in her group.
See the visibility options on the help page -?/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/using-subgroups?single=true
You might find a workaround.
Remember that subgroup members are also members of the main group.

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Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups

 

I can¡¯t export my group. I have no management button. I even went to all my groups list and clicked on the group name with crown next to it.

Do I need to use a computer?

On Oct 18, 2020, at 3:13 PM, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

?Ronaldo,

Somehow I haven't been able to repeat this. Does it only work with
less than 20 subscribers? Did I miss something?
It isn't as simple as whoever you quoted said. Groups.io does not understand either CSV or TSV format.

After copying the list from Yahoo, you have to simplify it: remove all the extraneous information and commas or tabs. Pay attention to the formatting examples on the Invite page:

| Emails can be of the form:
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| email@...
| Name <email@...>
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| One email address per line.
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| Upload Addresses
| Upload a file containing the email addresses to invite, one per line

I'll add to that: "no leading or trailing spaces, tabs, or commas".

In the correct format you can (and should) paste or upload as many addresses as you have. If that's more than 20 (in 24 hours) then there will be a delay before groups.io sends them out, but breaking the list into smaller chunks just incurs more delay.

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Creating New Topic in a subgroup for main group members

Green Gate Grove
 

Is it possible to create a New Topic in a Sub Group to send to the main group with the members address?
I have an Activities Director that has ownership of an Activity Group and wants to post a Notice to the Main Group about activities and wants the members to know that it is from Her or any other member of this group.
When she creates a New Topic in the Main Group the members see here personal email address and she would like it to be something like Activitie.Director.
I thought about creating an email address for Activities but then the members of her group could not share that address.
There are only six members in her group.

Mod's note: ?changed subject to Creating New Topic in a subgroup for main group ?members


Re: block a email

 

Thanks. Yes I wanted to ban this person who keeps trying to join.

I now know how to do it. Thanks again

Anita


Re: member unsubscribe

 

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 01:29 PM, Stephanie Hilwig wrote:
I then tried to test the unsubscribe link at the bottom of a group email that was sent to my secondary email.? However, instead of it unsubscribing, it took me to the web to log in.? Why is it doing this?? Most of my members will be email only and never use the web site so won¡¯t have a login to unsubscribe.
Stephanie -- The unsub link in an email is easily clicked by accident. For that reason the link takes you to groups.io to display a page and confirm your intent to unsub.?

As to why you have to log in to get there, it's not unusual for group messages to be forwarded to others, complete with message footer. In such cases you don't want someone other than the original recipient to be able to click a footer link and unsubscribe someone else by proxy.

For those who never log in, it will probably be better to educate such folks about the availability of the +unsubscribe email address than direct them to the footer link.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

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member unsubscribe

 

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I just set up a new group and in order to test features before transferring my yahoo group members over, I joined my own group using a secondary email address.? I then tried to test the unsubscribe link at the bottom of a group email that was sent to my secondary email.? However, instead of it unsubscribing, it took me to the web to log in.? Why is it doing this?? Most of my members will be email only and never use the web site so won¡¯t have a login to unsubscribe.

Stephanie ?