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Re: New groups.io pricing structure
I appreciate that, but some things are more valuable than profitable, life isn¡¯t always about ¡®profit and loss¡¯ sometimes it isn¡¯t about ¡®dreams and joy¡¯, you know?
Mod's note: 1. This increase does not apply to existing Premium groups, only those upgraded to Premium after January 18, 2021. To lock in the current price, upgrade now.
2. More details can be found at ?. Please read that before commenting. |
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Re: Bouncing
Two comments: the gmail outage screwed things up in subtle ways besides the gio bouncing issue. I use the gmail client but most of my email goes through non-gmail services. During the outage, the gmail client began failing to poll my non-gmail addresses. The effect was that gio appeared to have quit sending me email, although it was working fine. I was scratching my head because my gio email delivery log looked fine, but I wasn't receiving messages. After poking around, I discovered the problem and went to gmail settings to manually force gmail to read my non-gmail addresses. If members of your group are having issues, this could be one source.
I am rethinking my choice of email clients. I started using the gmail client to become familiar with it because I found myself helping a lot of people with gmail issues. Maybe it is time go back to Outlook or Thunderbird. Or something else. Second comment: Google appears to be entering rough regulatory waters and I would not be surprised if their business model changes in the next few years, but I doubt that this outage is related. Reports say that an internal automatic storage allocation system failed and some of their systems ran out of space for 40 minutes or so. Yikes! That's the kind of scenario that nightmares are made from. At Google's scale, that could cause a lot of damage, some of which might be subtle and cause instability that lasts longer than you would expect. Therefore, I would keep an eye on Google services for a while. Best, Marv |
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New groups.io pricing structure
I don¡¯t know if this is the correct group for this but I was informed by another group owner, I haven¡¯t gotten this from Mark yet.?
New premium pricing: additional 5? per member per month over 400 members? I understand there are costs involved but it is frustrating to those of us who manage large numbers of enthusiast groups, we are not in it for the money, we don¡¯t make any money from it, yet we must pay, pay, pay... [Moderator notes: 1. This increase?does not apply to existing Premium groups, only those upgraded to Premium after January 18. To lock in the current price, upgrade now. 2. More details can be found at??. Please read that before commenting. 3. No one here in GMF is involved in setting GIO pricing policies. If you want you be heard by someone who can do something about it, take it to .?] |
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Re: New Membership Subscriptions via Email Subscription Address
#membershiprequest
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That¡¯s exactly what it is for!? A reminder - if you invite them through Invite, the assumption is that you know who they are and they aren¡¯t sent the Pending Subscription notice. Frances -- GMF wiki for help.?Search box at the top of each page. Check out the?new groups.io Help Center??Use your browser to search or download?the PDF. |
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Re: New Membership Subscriptions via Email Subscription Address
#membershiprequest
On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 11:09 AM, Patty Sliney wrote:
I have a question about the email subscription address that is added on all group's? Home page:? Subscribe: [email protected].? If someone clicks on this and submits an email subscription request, are they also sent the automatic Member Notice that we can set up to be sent to all pending subscriptions?Yes...every subscriber that goes into Pending status is sent a Pending Subscription notice. ...is they a way to remove that Subscribe email from our Home page so it's not an option?Only Enterprise groups have a fully customizable home page. Regards, Bruce Check out the groups.io Help Center?and?groups.io Owners Manual |
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New Membership Subscriptions via Email Subscription Address
#membershiprequest
I have a question about the email subscription address that is added on all group's? Home page:? Subscribe: [email protected].? If someone clicks on this and submits an email subscription request, are they also sent the automatic Member Notice that we can set up to be sent to all pending subscriptions?? We try to screen all prospective list members by setting up that "Pending Subscription" notice, and have them answer a couple of list-related questions.? Trying to screen out list spammers.? But, I am concerned that people who try to subscribe via that email subscription option will NOT get this automated Pending Subscription message.? If they do not, is they a way to remove that Subscribe email from our Home page so it's not an option?? I still wish that Mark would allow us to set up a questionnaire at the "Join Group" page, that forces a prospective list member to answer questions we can set up.? A feature that can be turned on if a list owner would like.? Yahoo Groups had this option, and it was seamless - a new prospective list member couldn't even submit the membership request without answering the questions.? The way we have it now is hit and miss.?
-- Patty S. |
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Re: difference between a chat and a topic?
On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 08:36 AM, Kat Hathaway wrote:
Any advice about the difference between a chat and a topic?I'd say the main difference is that you must be logged in to participate in a chat, and anything typed into one isn't sent out as emails.?Chat discussions also generally occur in real time, and the associated messages tend to be short (kinda like Twitter), although you don't have to use them like that. Think "telephone conference," but you're typing instead of talking. See ?and?/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/working-with-chats/understanding-the-chats-feature? Regards, Bruce Check out the groups.io Help Center?and?groups.io Owners Manual |
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Re: #issue #invitation
#issue
#invitation
On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 08:51 AM, Neill Simpson wrote:
I tested it with a friend using the syntax: [email protected]. This has not been successful. Is there another syntax?No, that should work.? For your particular group, it would be [email protected]? If they send an email to that address, they should go onto the Pending Subscription list. Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center. GMF's Unofficial Help Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki |
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Re: Strange entry in activity log
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 07:26 PM, Duane wrote:
... this will change their email address on ALL groups that person belongs to.? I'd contact Walt to see if that may have happened.? If so, it's good to know that the information is logged in all groups the person is in.That's a good idea. I'll ask him about that. I suppose that's what happened. I do change an email address, from time to time, for some of my members who aren't very good about working with computers. But most of my members aren't connected with any other groups.io mailing lists. (I think moderators must be aware that a person can't change an email address without affecting all the groups to which that person belongs. There's a prominent notice to that effect on the member's "subscription" record:) Note: Changing this email address changes the email address for this person's account, affecting all of their other subscriptions. Thanks. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas / |
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