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Re: #membership #suggestion
#suggestion
#membership
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 07:43 PM, Frances wrote:
I see it would be helpful to have the other option - approve the message and add to the group. Or Approve the message and add as member.In most cases, I believe we shouldn't allow creating accounts at email addresses that we haven't confirmed are capable of receiving a group email. It seems like a back door to Direct Add, something most people have to pay for. Just my opinion, Bruce? -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: #membership #suggestion
#suggestion
#membership
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHi I would like to keep the ability to approve a message from a non-subscriber without adding the person to the group. You are right - it says approve the message and unmoderate. So that needs a rewording. Perhaps "Approve the message for non-member." I see it would be helpful to have the other option - approve the message and add to the group. Or Approve the message and add as member. Frances
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Re: Transfer Timeline
It all depends on the backlog and any plans/changes being made for the site.? It can be as short as 24 hours or as long as 3-4 weeks.
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Re: #membership #suggestion
#suggestion
#membership
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 06:58 PM, Shal Farley wrote:
The major downside is that a basic (free) group may only have 5 of them, but if you don't mind them arriving with the same display name then your repos could share an integration address.Another option is to pay for an upgrade to Premium. Then you could Direct Add those addresses without confirmation and set them directly to No Email, without concern about going over the 5-integration limit or confusing one repo vs the other. Regards, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: #membership #suggestion
#suggestion
#membership
Emre, So, when I receive a message from a non-subscriber (I have enabled this in settings), and I click "Approve and unmoderate senders", the sender is not automatically subscribed.? I think it may be a bug that you're shown that button on a non-subscriber. Maybe there should be a different button for "Approve and add to group" or something, but "unmoderate" is the wrong function there. Is there any way to add an address that can't receive email and allow them to post messages without moderation? Yes, use an email Integration. See the Integrations page (in the Admin group of buttons, on the left in your group). See also the (somewhat scanty) help for integrations. The major downside is that a basic (free) group may only have 5 of them, but if you don't mind them arriving with the same display name then your repos could share an integration address. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Photo question
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 05:46 PM, Bill Burns wrote:
I assume it's then the case that these images are also not restricted byEmbedded images are resized to a maximum of 640px in the longest dimension (ref:?), no matter what your group settings are.?What intrigues me more, is whether in this case they have been stored in the group archive, or simply forwarded. If so, it sounds like to truly keep Subscribers from using up any group space you may also have to set Message Formatting to Plain Text Only. If the OP can check her Emailed Photos folder to see if the offending images are there, I think this would be a good thing to capture for future reference.? Regards, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: Photo question
Janice, I have my group setting to not allow attachments of any kind.? Today, a member posted an item for sale and three pictures were in her posting.? I am assuming they were not attachments but that she somehow embedded them in her message.? Do youthink that is what happened? Yes. If your group allows formatted (HTML) messages then there is an HTML element which inserts an image into the body text. Traditionally that image was conveyed in a file that was either attached to the message
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or fetched from a web server (http: protocol), but there's a third way now: the image file can be encoded directly into the HTML message body (data: protocol). Strictly speaking one might expect the cid protocol (traditionally the most common) to be treated like an attached file, but being used in an HTML message body it is often considered to be part of the message body rather than "attached" like a traditional file attachment. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Analytics / Metrics
adelynzhou, Is there a way to see analytics on activity by member?of how many messages they replied to or sent? It sounds like you mean for mods/owners only. There once was a "Top Posters" list on the group's home page, visible to members, but it got taken down by popular request (beta topic ). But no, so far as I'm aware no statistical summary of member activity is currently available. I'm basically trying to find a way to evaluate how active certain members are, to find the lurkers and to encourage the contributors. Things like this have been mentioned a few times in beta, but so far nothing has come of them. Stats for web feature usage (beta ). Stats for message posts (beta ). Stats for likes (beta ). The first two are rather old, maybe it is time you could reiterate the request. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Ip address of group members
Toby,
X-Originating-IP: w.x.y.z - the address displayed on my messages?is my public IP address. ?
Not all email services reveal that information. For example, Gmail does not reveal the IP address of users who post through their webmail interface (but they do show the connection address in a Received field for those who post from an email app via SMTP).?
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Re: Add mygroup+moderators alias?
wunder,
Why would anyone guess that there is such a thing as a moderator as distinct from the list owner? The non-rhetorical answer is that +owner is the only contact listed in group message footers and on the group home page, so that's what you use. Also, for those members coming over from Yahoo Groups, that's what the -owner address does there - forwards to all owners and moderators. And yes, I do realize that your same question was sometimes asked over there. I wish I could think of an effective search term to use for this issue, I have a nagging feeling that this was discussed once long ago in beta. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Ip address of group members
Interesting question...? It's not explicitly logged that I can see.? But owner/mod can do More -> View Source when viewing the message and the following header should be displayed:
X-Originating-IP: w.x.y.z - the address displayed on my messages?is my public IP address. Toby |
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Re: Add mygroup+moderators alias?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýWhy would anyone guess that mygroup+owner goes to the moderators?
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Re: Add mygroup+moderators alias?
wunder,
I read about the setting, but that requires a) that owners know aboutThat's something each mod and owner should check, to be sure that they receive what they expect to receive. That would be true regardless of which alias the member sent to. Also, it doesn¡¯t address my second scenario:¡±¡ as a group member, I¡¯dI think I misread your post in beta. I thought you were suggesting a +moderator alias because you believed that the +owner address did not include moderators. You could reply in beta to clarify that you know +owner includes both, but that you'd like +moderator to be a synonym for it. If that's what you're actually suggesting. An email alias in the public help seems a lot easier for group membersI don't understand this comment. It isn't an either-or situation. Creating a +member synonym for +owner wouldn't change the need for mods/owners to set their subscription appropriately. Each group's +owner address is listed on the group's home page, if that was a concern. Perhaps the suggestion to make is that it be described there as including moderators. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Add mygroup+moderators alias?
I read about the setting, but that requires a) that owners know about it (I didn¡¯t) and b) that they set it (no idea if I have).
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Also, it doesn¡¯t address my second scenario:¡±¡ as a group member, I¡¯d probably still try and send email to moderator if there was a moderation-related question.¡±
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An email alias in the public help seems a lot easier for group members than a checkbox buried in the admin options.
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I¡¯m sure I learned this convention from some software, but I can¡¯t figure out what it was. I¡¯ve used or operated so many mail and conferencing systems over the decades.
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Bruce
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