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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

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Susan P, no, I think Frances was answering my question. But our situations are similar. Mine differs in that my address for Yahoo group did not match ?address. I since have changed the Yahoo address to match.

Regards,
Susan B



On Oct 20, 2019, at 12:01 AM, Susan Pitlock via Groups.Io <strawberryblnd_101@...> wrote:

Me Susan? I did that tonight, switched to premium, paid for it, and still waiting for transfer to join my list to complete the transaction.
I hope it doesn't take long either. 151 members have joined on their own but that still leave another 10,100+ members sitting, waiting for the move to happen. I told them probably Monday.? <grin>

Susan


Susan, you have your group, and you changed it to Premium. And you went to YahooGroups and invited the transfer email address.

You might look at this page -?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups

Hope it won't take too long for your transfer!

Frances
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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:24 PM, Susan B wrote:
Bruce the page you linked to only talks about ¡°Easy Groups Transfer.¡±
Sorry. I edited it so it now points to the correct page.

Bruce


Re: Invite Approvals

 

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 12:27 AM, <mrsphbeardie@...> wrote:
Why do my invites require approval before they are sent out.?
See?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/20-Invitations-Limit

Regards,
Bruce


Re: A few questions about the yahoo change

 

Also keep in mind that transfer is going to take time. It may be a week or more. Someone who has inside track will be able to tell us about the backlog and continued rush of new conversions.
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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

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Thanks for the links. I¡¯ll read them.
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I thought I discovered why the status box was empty. The email I used for ?was different from the one I use for the Yahoo group. So I changed my Yahoo group email so that it matches the ?email address. I then re-issued the invitation to [email protected]. I then looked at the status box on . It is still empty. I don¡¯t know what to do
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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

Me Susan? I did that tonight, switched to premium, paid for it, and still waiting for transfer to join my list to complete the transaction.
I hope it doesn't take long either. 151 members have joined on their own but that still leave another 10,100+ members sitting, waiting for the move to happen. I told them probably Monday.? <grin>

Susan


Susan, you have your Groups.io group, and you changed it to Premium. And you went to YahooGroups and invited the Groups.io transfer email address.

You might look at this page -?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups

Hope it won't take too long for your transfer!

Frances
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Re: A few questions about the yahoo change

 

Hi Shal,
I just wrote a message to Frances about having a hard time issuing an invite to the transfer agent. Could you advise? My subscription email address to our yahoo group was different from the one I used to join . I just changed it on Yahoo to match the one on ?and reissued the invitation but the status box still says no invitation ?is being processed or completed. I¡¯m stuck and frustrated. I don¡¯t know what to do.
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I¡¯m a member of GMF at Yahoo and used to be a member of YGOG.
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Susan B


Invite Approvals

 

Why do my invites require approval before they are sent out.?


Re: A few questions about the yahoo change

 

Sally,

A few questions about the yahoo change
These may be covered in the Yahoo GroupManagersForum:

and would be more appropriate there.

That said (since you aren't a member of Y!GMF or YGOG):

1) Will digests stop after October 28? Or after December 13?
Good question. Pessimistically the 28th.

I think it depends on whetherthey stop storing even conversations at that point. If so then they'll have no copies of the messages from which to form digests.

2) If someone is still on digest after they stop, will they just get
no emails?
Another good question. I'm advising people switch their memberships to Individual Emails as soon as practical just in case.

3) Is there any easy way to switch 800+ accounts???
Tedious, but not difficult:


4) Will online editing of posts continue after Oct 28/Dec 13? (which?)
And if not, it seems like there would be no way to edit posts?
I presume you mean editing of Pending messages.

Again, good question. Yahoo says "admins will continue to have limited access to group settings and administration tools" - but which tools they haven't said. I'm optimistically hoping it includes all of the functions of the Pending Members list.

5) Looks like the member list will still be on the site, and editable
- correct?
Again, good question. I have to assume it will because it is the most fundamental administrative tool.

6) "No attachments" - will attachments to emails be allowed through
the system as a post?
I assume that means no storage for attachments, but that emails will go through with their attachments intact. Just as a precaution I'm setting my groups to:
HTML - Include Attachments in Email

Shal


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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

Hi

if you get your group transferred by the Groups.io transfer process from YahooGroups, your members just have to start using the new email address to send posts to your new home.
They will get email as usual, with the same settings.?

You can refer them to this - or copy the bits that you want to share with them:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/home

For new members, check the section on Member Notices-?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Quick-Start-for-Group-Formation

You will probably have more questions but please look at the info we volunteers put together for you!
Then ask!

Frances?
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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

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Frances, will our group members get ?email messages from ?inviting them to sign up for our group on ? If they will, we need to hurry up and post our own message to our members.

I have not had a chance to find out what we should tell our members about what they have to do (if anything) to join our group on , how to get to the message board and how to post to the group via email. Can you tell me or point me to explanations for these questions? ?

Our group is always on moderation for all members except owners and mods. It can be seen in the directory but approval is required to become a member. To find out if they are eligible a short message goes out when they click the join button. It says ¡°tell us why you want to join.¡± Then they send back a sentence or two of explanation.


Susan B



On Oct 19, 2019, at 11:29 PM, Frances <frances@...> wrote:

Susan, you have your group, and you changed it to Premium. And you went to YahooGroups and invited the transfer email address.

You might look at this page -?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups

Hope it won't take too long for your transfer!

Frances
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Re: A few questions about the yahoo change

 
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Looks like the questions should be addressed to someone who knows the plans of Yahoo.
One quick solution to keep the continuity of the group's activities, would be to setup a GIO premium account and transfer member email addresses manually. This can be done very quickly. Once the membership email addresses are moved, members can continue to post messages and respond to them. This is what I have done for yahoo group.
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On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:25 PM Niman H <nimanh2000@...> wrote:

A few things my fellow mods and I have been wondering about, I haven't seen anyone specifically address them, perhaps someone knows?
1) Will digests stop after October 28? Or after December 13?
2) If someone is still on digest after they stop, will they just get no emails?
3) Is there any easy way to switch 800+ accounts???
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4) Will online editing of posts continue after Oct 28/Dec 13? (which?) And if not, it seems like there would be no way to edit posts?
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5) Looks like the member list will still be on the site, and editable - correct??
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6) "No attachments" - will attachments to emails be allowed through the system as a post?
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Thanks?
Sally

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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

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Yes, that is correct - exactly what I did. We¡¯re working on our welcome message. For now, I de-activated it until we can decide exactly what to say. We plan to post our own message to our Yahoo group informing members of the coming change, so they won¡¯t be surprised.




On Oct 19, 2019, at 11:29 PM, Frances <frances@...> wrote:

Susan, you have your group, and you changed it to Premium. And you went to YahooGroups and invited the transfer email address.

You might look at this page -?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups

Hope it won't take too long for your transfer!

Frances
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Re: A few questions about the yahoo change

 

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:25 PM, Niman H wrote:
A few things my fellow mods and I have been wondering about, I haven't seen anyone specifically address them, perhaps someone knows?
1) Will digests stop after October 28? Or after December 13?
2) If someone is still on digest after they stop, will they just get no emails?
3) Is there any easy way to switch 800+ accounts???
4) Will online editing of posts continue after Oct 28/Dec 13? (which?) And if not, it seems like there would be no way to edit posts?
5) Looks like the member list will still be on the site, and editable - correct??
6) "No attachments" - will attachments to emails be allowed through the system as a post?
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Thanks?
Sally

Sally, your questions are about what will happen on YahooGroups. I don't have the answers but likely someone else will.

If you are interested in finding out about moving your group to Groups.io, you might find this useful:?
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/FAQ-on-Moving-from-YahooGroups

Cheers,
Frances


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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

Susan, you have your Groups.io group, and you changed it to Premium. And you went to YahooGroups and invited the Groups.io transfer email address.

You might look at this page -?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups

Hope it won't take too long for your transfer!

Frances
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Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

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Bruce, never mind - I think I found what you were talking about. You have to click the button at the bottom of the page you linked to. The button says Yahoo Group Instructions and when the new page shows up, look down in the right hand corner here.?/yahootransfer??When I look there I see a blank box with the words ¡°You have no transfers in process or completed."

I did issue an invitation from our group to the transfer agent a little while ago.?

Susan B



On Oct 19, 2019, at 11:01 PM, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:22 PM, <jessica@...> wrote:
want to transfer all content from yahoo to the new platform.my invite was accepter by i have not received any email directing me to make the [email protected]?member a moderator.?
Please advise.? I would like to transfer everyone over.?
Jessica -- Are you sure your invitation was accepted? Or just sent? Waiting for the invitation to be accepted is the longest step of the process.

You can check status as follows:

Return to the Yahoo groups transfer page (/static/transfer) 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. If it says something else, come back here and tell us what it says.

I know you're anxious to get this done, but be patient. There are probably 100 groups ahead of you in the queue...with 100 owners, all feeling the same way you do. You will receive the anticipated email soon.?

Regards,
Bruce


A few questions about the yahoo change

 

A few things my fellow mods and I have been wondering about, I haven't seen anyone specifically address them, perhaps someone knows?
1) Will digests stop after October 28? Or after December 13?
2) If someone is still on digest after they stop, will they just get no emails?
3) Is there any easy way to switch 800+ accounts???

4) Will online editing of posts continue after Oct 28/Dec 13? (which?) And if not, it seems like there would be no way to edit posts?

5) Looks like the member list will still be on the site, and editable - correct??

6) "No attachments" - will attachments to emails be allowed through the system as a post?

Thanks?
Sally


Re: switch from yahoo groups to groups.io

 

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Bruce the page you linked to only talks about ¡°Easy Groups Transfer.¡± Is there another page and link to find out this status?

Susan B



On Oct 19, 2019, at 11:01 PM, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:22 PM, <jessica@...> wrote:
want to transfer all content from yahoo to the new platform.my invite was accepter by i have not received any email directing me to make the [email protected]?member a moderator.?
Please advise.? I would like to transfer everyone over.?
Jessica -- Are you sure your invitation was accepted? Or just sent? Waiting for the invitation to be accepted is the longest step of the process.

You can check status as follows:

Return to the Yahoo groups transfer page (/static/transfer) 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. If it says something else, come back here and tell us what it says.

I know you're anxious to get this done, but be patient. There are probably 100 groups ahead of you in the queue...with 100 owners, all feeling the same way you do. You will receive the anticipated email soon.?

Regards,
Bruce


Re: How to create a new member sign up questionnaire

 

On Oct 19, 2019, at 1:04 PM, Steven Silverstein <steve@...> wrote:

Sorry if this has been discussed. I did a few searches but was unable to find any info.
I would like to have the members of my Group complete a sign up questionnaire prior to being approved. Is there a way to do this?
Groups.io doesn't have that, hopefully someday it will.
This is what I do:


MAKE YOUR GROUP 'Restricted Membership' and use a "Pending Subscription Message"
Admin > Settings > Spam Control
Check the box next to "Restricted Membership"
I also recommend checking the box next to "New Users Moderated"
and use the "Unmoderate After" menu to select "1, 2, 3, or 4 approved messages"
Click on "Update Group" at bottom of page.
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Admin > Settings
Click on "Member Notices"
Click on "+New Notice"
Select "Pending Subscription" from "Notice Type" menu
I change the message "Subject"
from: Your pending membership in the [email protected] group
to: Additional Information Required
Make sure box next to "Active Message" is checked.
Compose your "Pending Subscription" message telling them what you want to approve their membership
I suggest you tell them why and who wants it.
Click "Add Notice"
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This "Pending Subscription Message" (sent to anyone who applies to join) and the "Subscription Approval Needed" notice that is sent to Owner/Moderator will both be sent at the same time, and a 14 day clock before the subscription application is automatically deleted will be started.

The "Pending Subscription Message" will not delay the "Subscription Approval Needed" notice, however an Owner/Moderator can put the 14 day clock on hold by 'Claiming' the application.
Click on "View Pending Member" in the "Subscription Approval Needed" notice email,
or go to the group's website Admin > Members
Select "Pending Members" (in the drop-down Members menu) if not already shown
Click on the row (not the check box) of the Pending Member
Click on "Claim Sub" at bottom of the page
The words "Claimed by <your name>" will appear in a blue box to the right of the applicant's email address
Now the 14 clock has been stopped and only you can approve this Subscription by email.
NOTE: All Owners and any Moderator (with appropriate privileges) can still approve this Subscription at anytime at the website.
This allows you to wait until you get a reply to the "Pending Subscription Message".

To resend the "Pending Subscription Message" (if you get no response):
Check the box at the left end of that Pending Member's row
Select "Resend Pending Membership Notice" in the drop-down "Actions" menu
Click "Yes" in the "Verify Action" dialog window.


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