On 24/07/18 01:29 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:

the best long-term solution is to seek out a more reliable provider. I realize that sounds kinda glib, but it's the truth.

Are there any reliable email providers any more?

All of the providers bounce messages for no apparent reason.

For lists that I consider to be important, I have at least three
subscriptions, from different email providers (^1) scattered across the
globe. It is very unusual for the same message to be bounced by all of
those providers.


^1: I don't look at the branding, but who runs the operations. As such,
AOL, Verizon, and BT are the same provider. Similarly, Yandex, and
Mail.RU are the same provider.

jonathon

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 11:25 PM, Mom Munson wrote:

Just the ability to import a file like that into the main calendar would be enough. Then, we could make the planning calendar in google or ical and import from there. (or out and back again)

Note that you can export your groups.io calendar to Google...just not the other way 'round.

See this thread:??/g/GroupManagersForum/message/5824?

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Debbie,

Does "[TOS prohibition on collecting email addresses]" include
harvesting email addresses to send them invitations to another
groups.io group?

I would think so, if the invitations would be considered "unsolicited" by the recipients.

Note that might not have an obvious interpretation; the group's culture and norms come into play. Some groups consider off-list contact between members to be entirely normal (and hence participation in the group constitutes tacit consent) while other groups consider off-list contact to be forbidden or even reprehensible.

And there can be cases in between. For example, when discussing things here in GMF I've been known to send a member of GMF an invitation to join my test group. Often I'll mention that on-list, but I can't say that I always do. Sometimes I just write a personal note into the invitation itself. One could argue that such invitations (or at least some of them) are unsolicited in that the GMF member did not explicitly ask for an invitation. I would assert that their assent to be invited, even if post-facto, is a reasonable inference from the conversation about resolving a particular question.

Note also that I think the wording here implies that the aggrieved party is the invitee, not the owner of the group whose members were targeted.

If so, is [email protected] the correct place to report it to?

Yes. The very last sentence of the TOS:
"Please contact us at [email protected] to report any violations of
these Terms of Service or to pose any questions regarding this Terms of
Service or the Service."

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On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 10:25 PM, Mom Munson wrote:

Is there a central “wishlist”

Suggestions should be posted on the beta group.? There's an item for calendar features that you could add support for,

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SIRMick,

1. Can I change the photo for the sub group?

Yes. Same as the primary group.

Visit the subgroup's Settings page, click on the Cover Photo tab.

2. Can I have different setting as regards membership to the main
group

Yes, the subgroup's settings are (nearly) independent of the primary group's settings.

Moreover, each subgroup member can have different subscription settings in each subgroup and the primary group.

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Hi,

We recently set up a main mailing list and a sub group.? I've been through all the setting but have a couple of question.

1.? Can I change the photo for the sub group?

2.? Can I have different setting as regards membership to the main group

I haven't been able to find anywhere that I can do this.

Thanks in advance

It happened because Spectrum felt that Groups.io was sending "too many messages" to accounts on their network.

Jim H



Received from Donald Hellen at 7/23/2018 11:12 PM UTC:

Got it. Thank-you. Is there a central “wishlist” where one could request such a feature, in some future update, from the powers that be? ;-)

Just the ability to import a file like that into the main calendar would be enough. Then, we could make the planning calendar in google or ical and import from there. (or out and back again)

Thanks!

R,

... then we could transfer all those planned events to the main
calendar (viewed by the entire membership) all at once. Is this
possible?

Well, at the bottom of the planning calendar pages is a blue "Subscribe to Calendar" button. Clicking on that will give you a link to a page containing that calendar's events in iCalendar (.ics) file format.


But that's only half an answer, because I don't know of a way to then import that file into the main calendar.

Likewise one by one. In each event you can download it as an .ics file, but then there's still no way to import them into the main calendar.

Shal


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Don,

Has anyone developed a complete "How Too" for persons who want to join
a group but who have not been previously invited?

Quite possibly. But it is so easy that I'd be concerned that a step-by-step would make it seem harder than it is.

If they only want to post and receive by email, use the +subscribe email command:
/static/help#emailcommands
It doesn't say there, but should, that they'll receive a confirmation notice from Groups.io, and they need to follow its instructions to confirm.

If they want to access the group's web pages, go to the group home page and scroll down to the blue "Join Group" button (unrestricted groups) or "Apply For Membership in This Group" button (restricted groups). Then follow the instructions.

Hopefully including how too set up a password.

/static/help#password

Note that a password is not required to log in. The member can opt to use the "Email me a link to log in" function instead.

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On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 07:20 PM, Donald Hellen wrote:

I reset my bounce but I don't see why it even happened in the first place.

Typically this comes about when a mail service has extended problems with its servers.?Per what Shal said, check your own mail delivery history to determine what response your provider (or intermediate server) may have sent to groups.io.

With that understanding, one has to wonder what other messages they may have failed to deliver to your inbox.?Such issues can be expected occasionally; but if the problem persists, the best long-term solution is to seek out a more reliable provider. I realize that sounds kinda glib, but it's the truth.

More information on this than you'd probably ever want to know can be found at?/static/help#bouncing?
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On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 07:47 PM, Joseph Hudson wrote:

Good evening folks, so as don't know, me and another gentleman are moving a couple groups from mailman two groups.I0. In the process, of doing direct ad, he submitted our whole list to get moved over. And so he thought that the direct added feature Woodcock would completely ad everyone, well, this is not the case. Only maybe one third of our membership got transferred over.

I believe there may be a limit to how many you can add at one time without support's intervention. And support happens to be on vacation at the moment, with all that entails. See this thread on the topic.

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On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 08:53 PM, Marge in MN wrote:

I have a basic group.? It we have used up our storage limit, it sure doesn't take very much data.

Basic groups are limited to 1 GB total storage for files and photos. There are a number of ways to reduce your usage; but for now, go to Admin->Upgrade and tell us what it says.

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My largest group that I transferred has 698 members and all transferred. Ilene? ? ? ? ?

Hi,

I am a new owner/moderator for our homeschool group. ?We have created a planning calendar that is viewable by a subgroup. ?We would like to be able to upload/transfer the events on that planning calendar to the calendar for the main group 3 times each year. ?In other words, ideally a few people would be changing things and moving things around in the planning calendar for a while, then we could transfer all those planned events to the main calendar (viewed by the entire membership) all at once. ?Is this possible?

If not, is there a way to copy or transfer events one at a time from one calendar to another?

Thanks,
R Munson