Has Anybody actually heard back from Groups.io?

Karen (mod)

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I would like to pay the $110 to get our email archive migrated.

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#1 Has anybody actually heard back from groups.io? Heard from a real person? Has anybody gotten word about how long this will take and how much of a back log there? is?

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I did send a query request yesterday and did not hear back on that. And that was before I knew we had to go the pay option because I set the account up in 2016 but did not do the move.

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It might take months for them to get through a backlog--there may be 10,000 requests for a transfer.

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#2 Is it really just one guy doing the work?

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We might lose all functions at Yahoo before our group gets migrated.

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#3 has anybody done the pay route and gotten the process started--seen stuff moving over yet?

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#4 Does anybody know if we can start conversing on the new group if we intend to have our emails imported?

Would that mess up the transfer. Do we just sit and wait?

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#5 will we have search ability for our archived Yahoo messages?

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Feel free to type your responses between the lines.

I almost feel email is a bad way to do this discussion. We need a Slack board or something ( :

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Thanks for your help and I feel your pain.

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Best,

Karen at GlyphStudy Yahoo groups

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Re: [email protected] not working for me

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:46 PM, Deborah Cohen wrote:

The instructions don't say that after sending the invite you're supposed to click on the Start Group Transfer button on the bottom of the page. I did click on it though, because it's there and it "felt" wrong to just leave the page after just sending the invitation, but now I'm not sure that I should have done that. Do you think I've screwed something up?

Deborah -- I don't think clicking the "Start Group Transfer Process" a second time with empty group fields is going to hurt anything. But you can check status as follows:

Return to the Yahoo groups transfer page and select the transfer you've initiated from the pull-down menu at bottom right. There should be a status banner at the top of the resulting page. Based on what you've told us, it should say something to the effect of "we have received your invitation and will accept it soon, there is no need to send another invite." If you see that, you're fine.

Wait until [email protected]?joins your Yahoo group (you should get an email), and promote it to a Moderator. Instructions for promoting can be found at?.

At that point the button on the same transfer page at lower left should say "Give Go Ahead to Transfer." Click that when you're ready, wait for the process to complete, and (hopefully) rejoice.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

Re: Browser crash when uploading a file

Chromatest J. Pantsmaker

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In the mean time, you can probably zip the file so it's encapsulated, and upload that.

Re: Group Transfer Issue

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BillSF9c,

We have a group for Transfer but have a crippling issue; Only 1.Moderator remains and he cannot make the io.transfer (name?) also a Moderator.

That's unfortunate.

Without someone with that capability you're out of luck for the Easy Group Transfer. You'll need to basically start with nothing as far as Conversations are concerned, manage the Invite or Direct Add of members yourself, and upload any other content you want that you can salvage from the Yahoo Group.

Shal

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Re: Confusion re Upgrade payment #transfer #upgrade

Bee

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Thanks Bruce, will email them.

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On 17 Oct 2019, at 22:35, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:

?On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:33 PM, Bee wrote:

My group is now listed as having the full Yearly Premium package selected. ?However the only payment saying ‘successful’ is the $10 one.

I need the $10 refunded and the $110 payment put through. ? I don’t know if the $110 has gone through yet as it takes a while to show on my credit card account. ?
Bee -- We are a peer-to-peer help group, and no one from groups.io support or management is here to answer your question. You will need to send this inquiry to?[email protected].?I'm sure they will soon get you fixed up.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups

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Thanks for confirming my fears. Sadly I'm not prepared to wet-nurse them by correcting their errors and omissions, unless it's related to the technicalities of the subject, otherwise I could spend all day doing it and it's for their benefit as much, or more, than mine.I guess I need to find how to make suggested improvements..to .io

Nick

Re: How to Effect a Transfer (was: create subgroup with transfer)

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Yes this makes sense,
thanks again Bruce!

Susan
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The good news is that your active members probably WILL follow your instructions and WILL bother to migrate on their own. In fact, I found that the migration to groups.io was a great way to clean out all the deadwood. I can't speak for every group owner, but I'd rather have a dozen subscribers who actually participate than 1000 lurkers.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

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Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:36 PM, Nick Kempley wrote:

Hitherto there has been little discipline amongst members about naming of albums or photos, making searching difficult to say the least.

Sadly there is no reason to expect that to change. As Bruce said you can edit album titles and the like but It can be a lot of work. Just don't ask me how I know...

Chris

Re: [email protected] not working for me

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So, in January of last year (when it was free) I did request a transfer to the i.o. group I set up, did the invite from my YahooGroup, and then never heard back. I wish I'd have followed up then but I didn't. Now I've just paid the $110 (I cannot afford) to transfer my group. I printed out the instructions on how to transfer that are printed here, but once I clicked on Set Up New Transfer I saw that the instructions on the i.o. page say they've changed, so I used them instead. Here's where I'm stuck.

Note, # 3 of the i.o. instructions is to send an invite from your YahooGroup. (Done)

#4 says, after i.o. accepts the invite, to make them a moderator.

The instructions don't say that after sending the invite you're supposed to click on the Start Group Transfer button on the bottom of the page. I did click on it though, because it's there and it "felt" wrong to just leave the page after just sending the invitation, but now I'm not sure that I should have done that. Do you think I've screwed something up?

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Deborah

Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups

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Oh man, missed that bit. THAT will be a huge issue on my groups. What will happen to all those on digest when the change happens, do you think? They just won't get any emails at all??

Per ?:

Files
Polls
Links
Photos
Folders
Calendar
Database
Attachments
Conversations
Email Updates
Message Digest
Message History

Regards,
Bruce

Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups

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Oh yes thank you for bringing that up! My list of 10,000+ members is a high volume list so if the digest function goes away, people are going to be upset.?
Susan

On Thursday, October 17, 2019, 02:25:52 PM PDT, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:23 PM, Niman H wrote:

Do you mean the digests won't work anymore after Oct 28 or Dec 14?

Per ?:

Files
Polls
Links
Photos
Folders
Calendar
Database
Attachments
Conversations
Email Updates
Message Digest
Message History

Regards,
Bruce
P.S. I don't know what they mean by "email updates."

Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:36 PM, Nick Kempley wrote:

I have just migrate a group from Yahoo. It went as well or better than expected, bar the usual problems with missing photos (about 25% in my case) and non-transfer of attachments.

Under the circumstances, I'd be pretty happy with that!

Hitherto there has been little discipline amongst members about naming of albums or photos, making searching difficult to say the least. Is there any way of forcing hashtags to photos in the same way that they are forced to messages?

There is no such functionality, but you can update the names of photo albums yourself. Just click the Edit Album button and change the Title field to something more mnemonic.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

Goodbye Yahoo Groups

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I have just migrate a group from Yahoo. It went as well or better than expected, bar the usual problems with missing photos (about 25% in my case) and non-transfer of attachments. Hitherto there has been little discipline amongst members about naming of albums or photos, making searching difficult to say the least. Is there any way of forcing hashtags to photos in the same way that they are forced to messages?

Nick

Re: Confusion re Upgrade payment #transfer #upgrade

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:33 PM, Bee wrote:

My group is now listed as having the full Yearly Premium package selected. ?However the only payment saying ‘successful’ is the $10 one.

I need the $10 refunded and the $110 payment put through. ? I don’t know if the $110 has gone through yet as it takes a while to show on my credit card account. ?

Bee -- We are a peer-to-peer help group, and no one from groups.io support or management is here to answer your question. You will need to send this inquiry to?[email protected].?I'm sure they will soon get you fixed up.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

Confusion re Upgrade payment #transfer #upgrade

Bee

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Hi, I have a problem with trying to upgrade my group in order to have a transfer from Yahoo.

I accidentally payed for the 1 month Premium. ?When I realised it had only take $10 from my card, I went back and tried to upgrade to the full Yearly Premium package.?

My group is now listed as having the full Yearly Premium package selected. ?However the only payment saying ‘successful’ is the $10 one.

I need the $10 refunded and the $110 payment put through. ? I don’t know if the $110 has gone through yet as it takes a while to show on my credit card account. ? I have initiated the invite from my Yahoo group but now I’m unsure if my group is actually in the correct Yearly Premium package - it SAYS it is but as I say, the only successful transaction listed is for the monthly - and therefore I don’t know if my group-transfer will go ahead? ? So far no response to the invite but I would think there is a backlog to work through.

Any advice??
Thanks in advance.

Re: Browser crash when uploading a file

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Tom -- Some files have in the past been reported to cause a "broken-link" type thing to appear in the dialog box, trying to render a thumbnail image. But that was a cosmetic problem; if you subsequently clicked on the "Add" button the upload proceeded anyway.

But for that FITS file, I tried it too, and had to reboot my computer to get a browser window (Chrome) back.

So this is a new one on me, and I suspect only support can help you. Be sure to tag it with a #bug hashtag to catch his eye. Some things can linger in the queue for quite some time after initial triage, but he's usually pretty quick about fixing actual bugs.

Regards,
Bruce

Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:23 PM, Niman H wrote:

Do you mean the digests won't work anymore after Oct 28 or Dec 14?

Per ?:

Files
Polls
Links
Photos
Folders
Calendar
Database
Attachments
Conversations
Email Updates
Message Digest
Message History

Regards,
Bruce
P.S. I don't know what they mean by "email updates."

Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups

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Regarding the last sentence:?

You won't be able to use the group's Conversations section to post a New Topic or Reply, but you will still be able to post or reply to the group from your email interface. Hint: be sure your membership is set to receive Individual Emails.

Do you mean the digests won't work anymore after Oct 28 or Dec 14?

Sally

Re: Controlled Access?

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Hi. You could use the “pending subscription” notice as a way to do it.

Thanks.

From Michael.

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From: [email protected] on behalf of Valerie Bock <vbock@...>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2019 10:07
To: [email protected]
Subject: [GMF] Controlled Access?

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Hi, I'm not exactly how to phrase this question, so I hope I can make it clear.

I want to move a yahoo group (doesn't everybody, now?)? We actually looked at moving a while ago, but could not find a feature we depend on, namely, the ability to vet an application for entry.? ?We ask people who would like to join to share a sentence or two about what qualifies them to join us.? We are a support group where sensitive things are shared and don't really want looky-loos or researchers, and while we can't be sure they are not lying, our experience is that asking people to state their qualifications tends to keep out a lot of the riff-raff.

On Yahoo, that statement appears next to the applicant's name on a page available to all moderators, so it's a simple matter of checking the approve button if the statement passes muster, or sending a followup email if the person failed to provide any info or if they say something like "I'm a student of this thing"

I manage a neighborhood list here on Groups.io, and have seen that all I get is a notification email that somebody wants in, there doesn't seem to be a place for them to put anything but their email.? I wind up blindly approving new folks there, as we are hardly a magnet for anybody not in the neighborhood.

Is there a way we can do this sort of vetting on Groups.io?

Re: Controlled Access?

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:06 PM, Valerie Bock wrote:

Is there a way we can do this sort of vetting on Groups.io?

Yes; set up a Pending Subscription Message; this will automatically be sent to anyone who applies to join, and you can ask them to explain their interest in your group and admit them (or otherwise) depending on their reply.

Chris