I was actually unsubscribed from CostaRicaLiving and had to re-subscribe.

After I resubscribed I was only a member but oddly enough I received a Moderator Alert to my email that a new member had joined (that was me, of course) but when visiting the group I still have no Administrative Access in the left sidebar.

So the Groups.io CRL recognizes me a owner/morerator on some level but I do not have access when I visit the page. [ sigh ]

Hoping one of our wise GMF mavens will be able to unravel this mystery for me.

Regards,

Paul M.
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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 04:32 pm, Mike wrote:

Sorry if I did not make this clear.

I just checked into your group, based on your message footer. You seem to have 14 subgroups, some of which are open, others are restricted. Is that what you're talking about?

I have no experience with subgroups...others will need to look into that and report back. But I can think of no logical reason why display name should be locked based on the spam control settings.?If that's actually the case, it sure sounds like a bug.

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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 04:32 pm, Shadow Grafix wrote:

Thank you Shal no, it's all the same email address, but I'm not receiving any mail from this particular?group.

Be sure to check your spam/junk mail folder to see if messages are landing there. Also check your subscription settings to see if you're receiving "individual emails."

It could also be that your account is in bounced status. Did you receive any emails from groups.io asking you to click on a link to unbounce your account?

Failing that, it could be that the group just doesn't have much traffic right now and you'll soon receive something. You could try sending the group an email yourself and see what happens.

Good luck,
Bruce?

Gentle GMF Members,

I logged into Groups.io just now and found that I am no longer Owner of my IO group and thus have no access.

What would cause that to happen? I haven't changed anything except for my Display Name, and that was done several days ago.

How can I resolve this and recover the ownership of my group? (I was the only Owner but there were two other Moderators. Also the group is inactive right now with only moderators allowed to post.)

Very strange!

Paul M.
CostaRicaLiving
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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 04:32 pm, Mike wrote:

This applies to groups that are restricted.? Open groups are no issue.

It was me who was not being clear...I did my testing in a restricted group, and it worked just fine.

Sorry I couldn't help...

Bruce

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Hi Bruce,

This applies to groups that are restricted.? Open groups are no issue.? As this group is open, the Display Name works correctly for a direct edit.

I tested this both with my owners account on my restricted group as well as a test account on the restricted group.

Sorry if I did not make this clear.

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Under Settings ? Privacy ? Group listed in directory, private messages. Then a popup comes up and says if I choose this I cannot change it later. ? My question is if I choose this can the Owners & Moderators still see the messages? ? Becky

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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 04:00 pm, Bruce Bowman wrote:

If you want to keep subscribers from contacting each other

This can't really be done completely because each email sent out will have the sender's/poster's email address in it.? There have been suggestions made on the beta group to add an optional setting for this.

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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 09:48 am, Jim Wells wrote:

Love groups.io, just wondering if there is a way to disable private email for entire group.

If you want to disable "reply to sender" (per your message subject), go to Admin->Settings->Message Policies. Select "Reply to Group" from the pull-down and check the "Remove Other Reply Options" box.

If you want to keep subscribers from contacting each other via the Directory, the only way I know to do that is to make the Directory invisible to them. Same page, "Privacy" section, pull down the menu and select either "Moderators and Owners" or "Member Directory is Disabled."

Hope this helps,
Bruce

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 10:40 am, Tom H wrote:

It appears that the reply subject is derived from the original Topic and subgroup name [docuwiki] before the changes[dokuwiki]. I'm not sure this is necessarily a bad thing; for email subscribers keeping messages in a thread, it would keep them altogether under the original subject. However, if they have only the latest message and wish to look up the discussion on the website, the current Topic may be unrecognisable.

Incoming emails are grouped into a topic by subject line (the hashtag is part of the subject line). If you change the subject line online but someone replies to an email that was already sent out with the original subject, it shows up as a new topic.?If you're concerned about this, the only way to remedy it is to keep merging the topics as new emails filter in.

If people show lots of interest in the topic and it generates a lot of traffic this process can become quite burdensome. For that reason I try to resist the urge to correct posts in this manner. See also this post on merging hashtags:?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/7610

Of course, the link in the email footer would take them to the right message regardless of the Topic (I hope).

The link in the footer is based on the message number in your group, which should not have been altered by your edit.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:48 pm, Mike wrote:

I'm having some issues getting my members in one of my groups to edit their Display Name in, what is a restricted group, any restricted group for that matter.

For example, in any open group (no moderator approval to join needed), one can modify their Display Name via their Subscription/Group Profile/Edit Group Profile.? No issues there in an open group.

Now when trying to do the same thing within a restricted group, Display Name is not editable.? One must go into their Account/Identity/Groups Profile (your master profile) to make that Display Name change.? You can't change a restricted group (Group Profiles below your Account Profile) here either.? But you can change unrestricted groups here without issue.

Hmmm. I am unable to replicate the problem you are describing. I even disabled the Member Directory, and I was still able to change the Display Name on my test account via the group's Subscription path. Could you be logged in under the wrong email address?

Bruce


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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:49 pm, Bruce Bowman wrote:

Has anyone actually completed a transfer lately?

Per the beta group, Mark is back online and just beginning to work through the Y!G transfer backlog (ca. 400 of them).

Bruce

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 09:48 am, Lena wrote:

Linkedin spams every email address in every new sucker's address book.

There are currently 6625 public groups in the groups.io directory. If I was so inclined, I could go to "Find or Create a Group," spider those 6625 names, convert each to an +owner email address, and know that every message I sent would go through.

Just because the spammer sent the message from LinkedIn is no reason to believe Marina's address book was compromised. Having said that, I agree LinkedIn has certainly become a spammer's playground in the last few years. Let's hope that doesn't happen to groups.io.

Bruce

Yes, it is possible...see the note at the bottom of the transfer page instructions. My guess is that you provide both the main group name and subgroup name to the transfer agent. Details will need to be provided by someone who has actually done it.?

Bruce