On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 12:05 PM, John Prescott wrote:

This is the first group provider I have experienced where members' email addresses are displayed to other members by default.

Even YG did this, it's the nature of email lists (forums are a different animal.)? Groups.io has had lawyers investigate GDPR and they believe that it's in full compliance.

You can minimize the harvesting by vetting members before allowing them in the group.

The only way to prevent members from seeing the email address of others is to not allow posting.? If you have the Directory enabled, they can always use that though.? And make sure you don't have the Members list viewable by subscribers.

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On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 05:05 PM, John Prescott wrote:

Therefore, how can I ?suppress or make members' email addresses invisible by default to all except Moderators and above?

I'm not sure if the addresses are visible "by default" because I don't know what the default setting is. It is something you should perhaps have checked when setting up your group.

However, go to Admin > Settings >scroll> Privacy and set Members Visible to something other than Subscribers.

Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Update Group.

Chris

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 12:05 PM, Steve Bass wrote:

1. I think I know the answer, but is it possible to exclude emails once the transfer has started?

2. At what stage in the transfer process will I begin to see progress notes like this? (I got this from another e-mail here on [GMF].)

1.? No, once the group is exported from YG, no changes can be made.

2.? You won't get them formatted like that.? It will just update the top line on the transfer page.? This message was created using a record of that information.

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On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 05:33 PM, Duane wrote:

It never was and never will be.? It's only on the YG.

Gary; can you please confirm that the transfer agent was invited to your Yahoo group, not your Groups.io version?

Chris

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 12:09 PM, Victoria wrote:

Isn?t there a feature where these calender hashtags can be avoided for good?

The only way to keep system hashtags from showing up is to NOT use any feature that creates them.

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On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 12:04 PM, Gary Hauser wrote:

[email protected] is no longer a member or moderator in [email protected]

It never was and never will be.? It's only on the YG.

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On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 11:10 AM, monamouroui wrote:

I noticed the other day a message on here stating groups could not have an underscore in the name. I had created my group 4 years ago

Unless you want to have subgroups, it isn't necessary to change it,

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I?set up and set as active a welcome message about a week ago for our group (cpsparents).

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 01:02 PM, Larry N8LP wrote:

I set up a transfer from a yahoo group today, but yahoo groups will not let me send an invite to groups.io. How do I complete the transfer?

Larry -- Like most aspects of Yahoo Groups, the invitation function can be balky. Several folks have reported here that they had to make several attempts. A hard refresh (Ctrl-F5) just prior to sending may help...or it may not.

Do you not have the necessary permissions to send an invitation? Are you getting an error message of some kind? Does it come up with a status page afterward saying that you have 99 invitations left today (usually a sign that it actually went through)? Have you checked your transfer status page to see if it groups.io has received it? Generally, can you be more explicit in telling us what is happening??

Regards,
Bruce

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 01:09 PM, Victoria wrote:

Isn?t there a feature where these calender hashtags can be avoided for good?

Victoria - There is no group setting that will suppress these or other system hashtags.

Regards,
Bruce

Hi,

as non-twitterers or other hashtag adorers we in our group are not really amused to constantly see these calender hasttag symbols appear on our frontpage every time the calender has sent out a new event.

It seems like a Sysyphus job to have to delete these things every time.Isn?t there a feature where these calender hashtags can be avoided for good?

Victoria

I am having a terrible time finding the page that gives us the status of our transfer. Could someone step me through this again? I didn’t have trouble earlier this week but I must have forgotten something, We are at stage 3 waiting to be transferred into our premium group.

Thank you!
Susan B

[Mod Note: Instructions are at /g/GroupManagersForum/message/19948]

Hello,
I have to issues with a new group (LA Producers).? One is a potential member who is receiving a notice that he is already a member.? He has repeatedly asked for the email to be sent, and it never arrives.? He has checked his junk folder and there's nothing there.? He has his own domain and although there isn't an official web site, the email I send him from my personal email has arrived to him.? I'm attaching the screenshot I asked him to forward to me.? I also tried logging in with his email and got a similar response.? I did a search within our group and he is definitely not a member.

2nd issue.? Another member joined the group added a password and confirmed the email but is seeing "Big Cheap" as the group, not LA Producers.? FYI, "Big Cheap" as far as I can tell based on a search, is not a Group.io.? I asked for a screenshot.

This is the first group provider I have experienced where members' email addresses are displayed to other members by default.
This is surely not a good nor a safe policy for a group, ?because:
1. email addresses can be harvested by those with malign intentions (that is already a pretty risky thing to allow in view of GDPR regulations)
2. group discussions and contacts can be sidetracked into offline or private channels, while the whole idea of the group is 'public' / open discussion and contact.
Therefore, how can I ?suppress or make members' email addresses invisible by default to all except Moderators and above?
Grateful for any help.
Regards
John Prescott

Now that I'm in the queue (Your group is awaiting import into Groups.io. There are about 982 groups ahead of it in the queue. [Step 3 of 4]), I have two questions:

1. I think I know the answer, but is it possible to exclude emails once the transfer has started?

2. At what stage in the transfer process will I begin to see progress notes like this? (I got this from another e-mail here on [GMF].)


Date????? ET??? Place in Queue
Thu 10/24 0945? 198
Fri 10/25 1200? 101
Sat 10/26 1200? 77
Sun 10/27 1120? 68
Mon 10/28 1330? 56
Tue 10/29 1800? 27
Wed 10/30 1345? 18
Thu 10/30 2341? GROUP TRANSFER COMPLETE!

Thanks Diane.......

I'll keep a sharp eye out.

Regards,
Chuck, CABGx3

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I set up a transfer from a yahoo group today, but yahoo groups will not let me send an invite to groups.io. How do I complete the transfer?

Larry

It took 3 full days for me - the second time. The first time my invite disappeared. So keep checking your page to make sure it doesn’t suddenly change from “waiting” to “send invite to”

I lost a full week because I didn’t realize that could happen.

Diane