I like that I can add keywords (I put # before each word) to my description.

I used white font (use the "hamburger" menu to open the advanced toolbar). The keywords show as black normal text on the search page for publicly accessible groups. But they don't show on my group homepage to mess up the look. Very cool!

Frances
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On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 03:49 PM, Patti In AZ wrote:

Also a search seems to bring up a list of groups by name (can’t choose other options) in reverse alphabetical order.?

You're right it does... sort of!

Having checked using a predictably productive search term it produced a reverse alphabetical list, but with lower case "z" as the top of the list; lower case "a" much further down, immediately followed by upper case "Z" with upper case A right at the "far end". Sort of weird, but harmless. It would take a lot to convince me that the order in which results are returned matters all that much.

I have also found that use of the wildcard designator * works, but in practice its use might prove less than helpful as it can force the inclusion of results that are completely irrelevant. I would certainly advocate against its use to find plural nouns; a search on "house" will not find houses (plural) and while a search on house* will find both singular and plural it will also return housewife, household, housefly, housemaid and so on if anyone has included those as keywords.

Chris

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 11:17 AM, J Forster wrote:

Can donations done this way be targeted to support particular Groups?
Could a number of donors send a few dollars each to support some particular group?

John -- Yes. In fact, that's pretty much all you can do with it.

This is a Premium-only feature. And no, you cannot redirect donations to groups.io in order to pay for Premium. You have to upgrade first.

More info at?. Please note that groups.io's percentage is now 5%, not 20%.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:55 AM, Eva Marie Mitchell wrote:

I have a member who was on the group twice after our transfer, one had her correct current email and the other did not.? I inadvertently removed the wrong one.? When I try to just correct the email address on the other one I'm getting an error message that the email is already subscribed.?

Eva -- Is that really what the error message said? I suspect it actually said that the email address was already in use.?

Each email address is its own account. Although two accounts can be merged, as a group owner you cannot do it for them. Doing so could affect those account's subscriptions in other groups.

I'm at a loss as to how to correct this now.?

If you have a Premium group, Direct Add the desired email address, then delete the one you were supposed to delete. Otherwise you will have to send an invitation (and perhaps eat some humble pie).

Bruce

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This is interesting.

Can donations done this way be targeted to support particular Groups?
Could a number of donors send a few dollars each to support some particular group?

Thanks,

-John

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I have a member who was on the group twice after our transfer, one had her correct current email and the other did not.? I inadvertently removed the wrong one.? When I try to just correct the email address on the other one I'm getting an error message that the email is already subscribed.? I'm at a loss as to how to correct this now.?
Thank you for your help and insight.?
Regards,
Eva Marie Mitchell

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:53 AM, <423sail@...> wrote:

I’d like a copy of your welcome letter. How can it be structured to be automatically sent to each new member?

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/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Member-Notices?

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I’d like a copy of your welcome letter. How can it be structured to be automatically sent to each new member?

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:50 AM, Ann Wild wrote:

How and when do you send it? ?Is it a member notice? ?If so, when do you send it?

Yes, it is a member notice. If it is activated, it will be sent automatically when people are transferred or join your group. If you don't customize your welcome letter, a default message will be sent.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Member-Notices
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How and when do you send it? ?Is it a member notice? ?If so, when do you send it?

Re including keywords within the group description:
if the description is long only a portion containing the “searched” keywords will display.
If the search is for a keyword that is unique the search will likely jump right to your group so it likely doesn’t matter.?

But if the searcher enters a more general terms such as “horse”, they may go through a few pages of results. If that general term/keyword is in the first line or two of your group description or in the group name they’ll find your group more easily. ?

Also a search seems to bring up a list of groups by name (can’t choose other options) in reverse alphabetical order.?

Hi

I can't test this, because I don't have a premium account but look in Admin, Activity, Payment Activity.
Groups.io uses Stripe to collect donations. (A moderator says that is also the system that Groups.io uses to collect Premium upgrade costs so you will have seen the interface users will see.)
There are several recent messages if you search in this group for stripe.

Frances
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Thunderbird works just fine. You have to rename the files sent by yahoo to add the .mbox extension and have at least one email client in Thunderbird to do it.

In Thunderbird, add the Import/Export Add-on.

Under "Local Folders" Right Click on Local Folders, the "New Folder" and add a new folder.

Right Click on the New FOlder you just made and Use the Import Add-on (Top of right-click menu).

Choose "Import mbox File"

Leave the first radio button on in the pop-up box and Click OK.

Choose you file and voila!

I am moving a Yahoo group to groups.io which charges $220/year. The forum members have expressed willingness to support the move financially. I see a donation button which I tried activating but got lost in forming an LLC - which I do not want to do.? I just want a simple donation collection box. Is there a simple way to do that?

Bob Sherer
Owner of the Beneteau423 group at groups.io

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:02 AM, CW Bill Rouse wrote:

When I search Photos and find the photo that I want, then press the DOWNLOAD button at the bottom of the photo, either nothing happens...

Is nothing really happening, or is your browser just rendering the photo again in full-screen?

When you click the Download button, the file is supposed to be sent to your computer as a binary stream. What happens with that stream depends on your browser settings/add-ons. Most browsers will simply render the photo again...to actually download it, you may have to right-click on it.*

...or a different photo appears to be downloaded.

There is a known bug in the sorting algorithm for the Emailed Photos folder. If you sort by anything other than Posted date, the thumbnails will be sorted correctly but the underlying links are not.?

Also, if you are deleting photos, be sure to refresh the thumbnail page between deletions. Things can get out of sync if your browser is caching the thumbnails.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

*There was a time when groups.io forced an actual download...but doing so caused other problems, and the change was subsequently reverted.

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:02 AM, Susan Pitlock wrote:

My list started in 2006. I see messages transferred over but from 2013 to Sept. 2019, there are no messages shown. Will they all be eventually transferred over?

Also where will it show any members bouncing??

About the missing messages - it seems that others had that problem and they finally appeared. Anyone with experience, please chime in.

About bouncing - in Admin, Members.
See this wiki page about status - two different coloured "B's".
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Status-Badges-in-the-Members-List
And there are links on that page to two pages about bouncing.
/static/help#bouncing
and Dealing with Bouncing.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/dealing-with-bouncing

Frances

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On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:02 AM, Susan Pitlock wrote:

My list started in 2006. I see messages transferred over but from 2013 to Sept. 2019, there are no messages shown. Will they all be eventually transferred over?

They probably aren't indexed yet. See?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/22978

Also where will it show any members bouncing??

See?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/22622

Bruce

My list started in 2006. I see messages transferred over but from 2013 to Sept. 2019, there are no messages shown. Will they all be eventually transferred over?

Also where will it show any members bouncing??

Thank you,
Susan

I seem to be experiencing a bug.

When I search Photos and find the photo that I want, then press the DOWNLOAD button at the bottom of the photo, either nothing happens, or a different photo appears to be downloaded.

I do not have this issue when not using the search option.
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Hello

While copying membership lists from Yahoogroups manually, it occurred to me that the main list of members INCLUDES members who are bouncing.

There is no option to display only members who are not bouncing.

So I wrote a quick little AutoIt script that compares the main list of members to the list of bouncing members, so that I can sort the main list of members by whether they are bouncing.



What's your strategy/method for getting this information?

Samuel