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Limited number of invites? #invitation

 

I didn't realize that there was a limited number of invitations that could be sent at one time?

I received this: "You have reached the limit for number of invites that can be sent out without approval. Once your new invites have been approved, they will be sent out. You will receive a notification when this happens."


Re: 24+ hours and no acceptance of Yahoo Group invitation to [email protected] from groups.io transfer agent

 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 09:48 AM, Adrian Segar wrote:
So I am stuck waiting. Please advise on what to do.
Continue waiting.? You can check the status box at the top of your transfer page to verify that the invitation has been received by GIO.? Once it has, it's a matter of waiting.? Right now that can be an extended time because of the sudden demand.

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24+ hours and no acceptance of Yahoo Group invitation to [email protected] from groups.io transfer agent

Adrian Segar
 

I wish to move an existing group from Yahoo to groups.io. I have set up the new group on groups.io and paid for a premium plan. I sent the invite from my Yahoo group for [email protected] to join the Yahoo group over 24 hours ago, but groups.io has not accepted the invitation. (In other words, I've not seen [email protected] join as a member of the Yahoo group.) According to the documentation, that invite should have gone out in a few hours. So I am stuck waiting. Please advise on what to do.

Thanks!

-Adrian Segar-


Message (re-)numbering #messages #transfer

 

I want to clear up my initial misunderstanding of the transfer.

1. Are Yahoo message numbers preserved?
At first, I thought they were; now I think not - they are just a serial number assigned by g.io. #8391 on Y!G became #8197 in g.io

2. What happens to hyperlinks to a message? from within another message? from within a file? Are they transformed to the new path and message number?
Nada. The link is unchanged, pointing to the old Y!G message number. Aargh - that's going to take some tracking down.
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3. Has anybody come up with a way to map g.io message numbers to the original Y!G #s?
Maybe something could be derived from a PB Offline download provided the g.io transfer was to an empty message archive and there had been no deletions on Y!G relative to the PBO download. Thinking that it could be as simple as a SQLite query on the PBO database.
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4. Searching for such links is a problem. g.io seems to ignore the forward slash "/" in the search term. Is there an escape or control character to force it to be a literal? Does it even search within the hyperlink tag? Are there any search tips?

TIA,

Tom


Re: A few questions about the yahoo change

 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 03:25 PM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
Thankfully. :-)
Hopefully might be closer to the mark. :)

Chris


Re: A few questions about the yahoo change

 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 10:24 AM, Ken Kloeber wrote:
HOLY COW! Is it time to start a
¡°Transfer-from-Y!-help¡± io group?
It would be dead as a doornail in two months anyway.?

Thankfully. :-)

B


Re: A few questions about the yahoo change

 

HOLY COW! Is it time to start a
¡°Transfer-from-Y!-help¡± io group?
??????


Re: Can you stop a migration request

 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 09:54 AM, William Ellis wrote:
Is there a way to stop a request, as I want to put the group in a sub-group.
That depends on where you are in the process.?

Go to the transfer page at?/yahootransfer, select the group from the Existing Transfers menu, then click on the big red "Delete Transfer Request" button on the resulting page.

If this button is not present (i.e.: you've already given the go-ahead), you're too late.

Regards,
Bruce


Re: Yahoo Transfers: can we exclude all members from being rolled over and let that happen manually?

 

Thanks for your advice, Chris. ?Our member numbers stay relatively constant, but a decent proportion of members are added and dropped every year. So a lot of past posts are from former members who will not get transferred. I assume like Duane said that just gets posted with their id/email. I just didn¡¯t want them all looking like I wrote all those messages as a group owner.?

Sorry to add to any confusion. You guys are handling these questions so well, trying to learn as I go.



Can you stop a migration request

 

Is there a way to stop a request, as I want to put the group in a sub-group.


Re: Deleting photo albums with 0 photos

 

lolol...maybe I'll task group members to do it...
Cheers!

Howard Hoyt


Re: Display names vs User names #displayname

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On 2019-10-21 09:27, Pablo Sanchez via Groups.Io wrote:
On 2019-10-21 09:17, JerryW wrote:
Hello

What is the difference between a display name and a username? Why have both?

Hi Jerry,

My understanding is @user_name is a shorthand reference to a user within Groups.io.? A clever user might set it and from there on out, add it to their signature.? This informs others how to tag them on a message.

Correction to my post:? it seems @user_name is currently a placeholder for future functionality.? ;)

I claimed pablos as pablo was already taken.? If only my parents had the foresight to name me x233? (or some such unique name)

Cheers,

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Re: Deleting photo albums with 0 photos

 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 09:32 AM, Howard Hoyt wrote:
Is there any facility for bulk deleting photo albums with "0" photos??
Not that I'm aware of.

I had to do a second transfer from Yahoo to get photos transferred, and the first try left dummy albums with zero photos.? Since there are over 550 of them I do not want to do it manually...I have a life!
Not anymore, it would seem. :-)

Regards,
Bruce


Deleting photo albums with 0 photos

 

Is there any facility for bulk deleting photo albums with "0" photos?? I had to do a second transfer from Yahoo to get photos transferred, and the first try left dummy albums with zero photos.? Since there are over 550 of them I do not want to do it manually...I have a life!

Cheers,
Howard Hoyt
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Re: Display names vs User names #displayname

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On 2019-10-21 09:17, JerryW wrote:
Hello

What is the difference between a display name and a username? Why have both?

Hi Jerry,

My understanding is @user_name is a shorthand reference to a user within Groups.io.? A clever user might set it and from there on out, add it to their signature.? This informs others how to tag them on a message.

The Display Name is the name you'd like displayed when you post.

Cheers,

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Re: Display names vs User names #displayname

 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 09:22 AM, JerryW wrote:
What is the difference between a display name and a username? Why have both?
See?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/17310

I tried to search for information about this, but I couldn't even work out how to!
See?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Using-the-Search-Engine

Hope this helps,
Bruce


Display names vs User names #displayname

 

Hello

What is the difference between a display name and a username? Why have both?

I tried to search for information about this, but I couldn't even work out how to! The search facility at my group page only looks for other groups. I eventually found a way to search hashtags but neither of the responses to a #displayname search were about display names .. and like this page, has no search facility otherwise, that I could find.

I am a recent refugee from Yahoo, as I expect many new members/group owners are, and I am already finding it much better than Yahoo .. just a bit confusing!

Jerry W


Re: Incomplete Transfer

 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 07:49 AM, Isidro Berniol wrote:
It looks normal to me that some old attachements could not be transfered.
Yes, there was a "cleansing" by Yahoo some years ago.? If anyone knows the exact date, that might help others to avoid an ulcer. ;>)
/g/GroupManagersForum/message/19854

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Re: Incomplete Transfer

 

A second transfer attempt with only Photos selected has worked.? The only rub is the first attempt had populated the Photos section with empty markers for each photo...which were not deleted when the new ones were loaded.

I'm not going to complain about this at this point, at least the photos did transfer the second time.? I have started a third transfer to get the files over, hopefully that will be as successful!

Thanks guys!

Howard Hoyt


Re: Incomplete Transfer

 

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Same to me. I have an old yahoo account, my login isn't an email address, its a name. PG Offline don't work with this.

I had to set up a new account at yahoo, with this account it works like a charm.

I allreaddy made a backup for myself of 5 groups without any issues.

So my panic settle to loose all this stuff...

A fast and stable internetconnection helps for my opinion.

It looks normal to me that some old attachements could not be transfered. But I talk about attachements from 2003 to 2006. This don't hurt me.

Isidro Berniol


Am 21.10.2019 um 04:34 schrieb Howard Hoyt:

Wow,

Our experiences differ...when I try to log in to do anything, it gives an authentication error, even though it never has in the past, and all credentials are correct.? I have tried tens of times and no joy.

Howard Hoyt

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On 10/20/2019 10:15 PM, Duane wrote:
On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 08:50 PM, Howard Hoyt wrote:
I used PGoffline for years as well, but it is now dysfunctional with YGs.
Actually, the program still works very well, it's YG that is dysfunctional.? Folks on the PGO forums are having various amounts of success.? Several have gotten everything after numerous attempts, especially files and photos.

Duane