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Re: Only moderators can use hashtags?

 

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 01:40 PM, I wrote:
Having set it out fairly comprehensively
...but not comprehensively enough, because I did not check behaviour when posts are submitted by email. Woe is me.

If a Special hashtag is applied to a message sent by email (by a member, not a moderator) then the email is bounced and the originator is provided with a link to a page where they can edit the message, i.e. remove the offending hashtag. However, to edit the message the member has to log in. If the Special hashtag also has Moderated checked then the message is accepted and presented for moderation as described previously.

Now I think it's fairly comprehensive!

Chris

PS: Is this of sufficient value to include in the Hashtags section of the GMF wiki?
Re: that address is not valid

 

And

Cannot contain spaces, pluses, periods, or underscores.

Frances
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Re: Re-sending an invitation #invitation

 

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 10:57 AM, Ted Sarah wrote:
When I resend an invitation from the "Sent Invitations" list is the original message re-sent?
It should be, but I haven't verified that.

Duane
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Re-sending an invitation #invitation

 

When I resend an invitation from the "Sent Invitations" list is the original message re-sent?
Re: mods - owners

 
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Seems to me it is very dangerous to have only one owner of any group.? If that person dies suddenly, there is nobody left who can do some important things.? I've seen that in Yahoo groups and also in groups.io.? At least it is possible to get help in groups.io which it never was in Yahoo.

I was a member of a yahoo group that lost its only owner and then no new members could be approved or taken off moderation.? In the end someone had to set up a completely new group.? When I wanted to transfer the Yahoo group belonging to our local astronomical society, I found that the corresponding group in groups.io existed because a member, who had since died, had created it just in case.? After contacting Mark and explaining the issue, he made me the owner so that we could move our group over.

The pending death of Yahoo groups is evidently giving the owners of groups.io an enormous amount of work to do, so it isn't surprising that things are taking time.? This is reflected in the activity of this group.? I had 162 messages downloaded overnight last night.? I can't hope to read them all, but a huge Thank You to all those helpful people who answer all those questions.? This is the most helpful group I know.

Peter

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Re: [email protected] isn't a member of my Yahoo group

Edward Borg
 

Finally got the easy group transfer email!
I hope & pray everything gets transferred.
Thanks again to everyone.
Re: Finally!

 

Did any messages get transferred right away?? I transferred my group and got an email saying "Group Transfer Is Complete" but zero messages went over to the new groups.io group.? Just wondering if its a timing delay?? Can you let me know what your experience was?
When exactly do notifications go out to members that they've been transferred?

 

Sorry, I couldn't find this anywhere. Do email notifications go out to members when their profile has been transferred, or only after the entire transfer process of the whole group is complete? Thanks.
Re: Narrow formatting in Digests?

 

Phil Smith III <lists@...> wrote:

I¡¯ve attached a Digest, sent to list and to you directly, Bruce,
since I¡¯m not sure whether it¡¯ll survive list processing. (As I said,
I¡¯m new to groups.io¡ªbut I have been using lists since the original
LISTSERV on VM/SP in the early 80s, so I¡¯m used to the vagaries of
whether attachments are allowed or not!)
Attachment worked ok.

It looks like the formatting design is contained in the HTML code, to
fit nicely under the Groups IO graphic, which will be a fixed size. It's
not difficult to change this, but it's something Groups IO codewriters
will have to do.

A post in [email protected] would probably be more productive (or at least,
more likely to be seen by the right people).

I have not tried plaintext Digest, but I assume it wouldn¡¯t be
formatted narrow, since it won¡¯t be formatted at all.
You assume correctly. If a post isn't formatted by the sender, it won't
be formatted anywhere else until it reaches the reader.

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Re: Narrow formatting in Digests?

Phil Smith III
 

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Ah, so you mean via Gmail or equivalent¡ªinteresting. I wonder if those environments deliberately override the table width. I know that most Android clients don¡¯t scroll tables left/right in email; our corporate communications insists on sending announcements as tables, even though I¡¯ve told them ¡°I¡¯m not going to scroll left-right to read this one my phone, and you¡¯re presumably trying to communicate, so stop it¡±. iPhone mail does reflow tables. So there¡¯s something interesting going on there. I¡¯m not an HTML maven (and have no desire to be one), so have not investigated further.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Duane
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2019 9:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GMF] Narrow formatting in Digests?

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On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 07:05 PM, Phil Smith III wrote:

VERY curious! What MUA?

I read online.

Duane
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Re: Acceptance time frame for [email protected] account #transfer

 

Update #4 on timeline for transfer of my Yahoo group: about 5,000 messages and 267 members:
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Tue 10/22 0900 ET
Purchased Premium Plan, requested a transfer from Yahoo Groups, and invited [email protected]
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Tue 10/22 1844 ET
Received email from groups.io to make [email protected] a YG moderator, did so and gave the transfer go ahead
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Thu 10/24 0945 ET
Your group is awaiting import into Groups.io. There are about 198 groups ahead of it in the queue. [Step 3 of 4]

Fri 10/25 1200 ET
Your group is awaiting import into Groups.io. There are about 101 groups ahead of it in the queue. [Step 3 of 4]

Sat 10/26 1200 ET
Your group is awaiting import into Groups.io. There are about 77 groups ahead of it in the queue. [Step 3 of 4]

Sun 10/27 1120 ET
Your group is awaiting import into Groups.io. There are about 68 groups ahead of it in the queue. [Step 3 of 4]
Re: that address is not valid

 

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 11:31 AM, degibbs9 wrote:
I am trying to create a groups called AlphaCollections-AardvarkAnimations. It says that address is not valid???
What does that mean?
Group names must be 32 characters or less.

Bruce
that address is not valid

 

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I am trying to create a groups called AlphaCollections-AardvarkAnimations. It says that address is not valid???
What does that mean?
Re: Is it possible to edit a subject? #messages

 

Yes, you can edit a subject. Go to her post on the group website, and use the dropdown menu.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Editing-a-message-or-topic

You can also split or merge posts in a thread.?

About merging -?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/How-to-Merge-Threads
About splitting -?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/How-to-Split-Threads

Frances



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Re: Is it possible to edit a subject? #messages

 

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 08:56 AM, Bee wrote:
Almost immediately someone replied to the message with their own Intro - with the result her Intro is headed ¡°Abi #Intro¡± ?

Is there a way I can edit the subject on her reply to read her name, whilst retaining my own name in the subject of my original post? ?Otherwise searching for members¡¯ introductions is going to become very confusing!
I'd change the #Intro hashtag attributes so that it gets Locked as soon as it posts if you don't want responses to them.? If you do want responses, you could use the Moderated attribute so you'd need to approve them.

For this situation, you could Split the response to a new topic, giving it the subject line related to her, then lock that topic (and yours.)? (Edit Topic, Split, and Lock Topic are in the More menu below each message.)
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Duane
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Is it possible to edit a subject? #messages

Bee
 

Just a quick query -
After S etting up ¡°Intro¡± as a hashtag on my group, I then sent my own intro with the subject ¡°Abi #Intro¡± explaining how my (mainly elderly) members could go to the online group and create their own intro.

Almost immediately someone replied to the message with their own Intro - with the result her Intro is headed ¡°Abi #Intro¡± ?

Is there a way I can edit the subject on her reply to read her name, whilst retaining my own name in the subject of my original post? ?Otherwise searching for members¡¯ introductions is going to become very confusing!

Thanks!
Abi

ps. ?Just seen that posts to this group have tripled in the last month. ?Big shout out to all of those keeping up with the sudden influx of questions and being so patient with all us newbies! ?What a great job you¡¯re all doing - you have my gratitude!?
Re: Only moderators can use hashtags?

 

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 01:26 PM, Dave Funk wrote:
Thanks for the confirmation
Having set it out fairly comprehensively, hopefully it will be of help to others at some point.

FWIW it was an interesting voyage of discovery for me as well. :)

Chris
Re: Only moderators can use hashtags?

 

Chris,

Yes, I tried all that, and I agree that it works just the way you described. ?Thanks for the confirmation!
Re: Hashtag search has no results

 

Yes - it took mine a little over 24 hours.
Re: mods - owners

 

See below:


On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 07:23 AM, lady.dove@... wrote:
1.? Role-?? Mod?/ Owner? as?the ?last?option?in yahoo ? 2nd? Owner "" cannot delete group"??
???? ?Moderator privileges cannot be changed.?? Can this be implemented on groups.IO ??
Yes, there are many permissions that can be set (or not) for each moderator.? Rather than owner, you should make the additional people moderators and give them most permissions.? As long as you don't give them "Modify Group Settings" or "Set Moderator Privileges" you should get what you want.

2.? Can billing - be hidden from members and mods alike as "" the monetary information?should ?not? ?be seen by others""
???? If there is a way -??to hide this info please advise.
Only moderators or owners see that.? Moderators would need the "Billing" permission to see it.

3.? In sub groups,?? why is there a need for the member to be in both groups?? Main & sub.
???? both deal in separate graphic issues - the posts would be heavy indeed,,?
???? one group is 800 + members??? the other a small group -? 27.? The small group would be deluged with mail..
Being a member of the main group in order to join a subgroup is a function of the way Groups.io works.? To avoid this, you could create another group for the second, smaller group to make them totally independent.? Members can set their email preferences for each group and subgroup separately.? No need for members of the subgroup to get any messages from the main group if they don't want to.? They could set it to No Email if you allow that on your group or Special Notices if you don't.

As an aside, many of us have created an account for our group that only has member privileges so we can see what regular members see.? This can be handy when you have questions about things like this.

Duane
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