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Re: transferring from yahoo best practices
I'm probably in that silent majority. I recently completed the transfer of a group with over 20 years of history. We'd had to migrate within Yahoogroups twice because were approaching the archive limit. All three groups, plus a couple of smaller ancillary groups, transferred with very few issues. Of my 800+ current subscribers, only three had some kind of database error, according to the report email, and needed to be added manually. The report indicated a problem with the databases, but as far as I can see they're intact. The only thing that didn't come over properly were the links, but since most of them have been dead for five years or more, that wasn't a problem!
I did notice that not all of the messages showed up in our archives immediately. The topic count grew over the course of a couple of days, and it now looks more or less correct. At least, I haven't seen any obvious holes in the history. As for paranoia, anyone whose membership is pitching a fit over the move might want to state up front that Groups.io's privacy policy is [i]much[/i] friendlier than Yahoo's, and since Groups isn't advertiser-driven, it's more likely to remain that way.? -- Bryan Ray, Christian Gamers Guild christian-gamers-guild.groups.io |
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Re: Notify member why message was not approved
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 09:54 AM, Fabien wrote:
If a member sends a message, and I want to let them know why it was not approved, I know you can send a message that does it automatically when you do not approve it, but also how do you do it with the reason why, and to that specific member?Fabien -- When you click the Reject button, a dialog box pops up where you can do just that. Hopefully I making sense here.Not a whole lot, to be honest, unless there's a fine point that I'm missing. I suggest you put yourself on moderation, send some messages to your own group, reject them, and get in some practice that way. Regards, Bruce |
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Re: Separate Accounts (NOT Groups) on Same Home Page?
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 09:43 AM, J R wrote:
Previously on the Yahoo Group Home Page on the upper right, if I clicked on my name I had a choice of?my different accounts and?I could choose which one I wanted to go to?see?the groups in that account. I'm wondering if Groups.io has the same option?J R -- No, this is not an available option. Having to sign-in and out of each account has been driving me crazy, and is very time consuming!Well, at least you figured out what was going on! Many folks struggle with that. Instructions on how to merge accounts can be found at?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Profile-and-Email-Address-and-Merging-Accounts Bruce |
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Re: Question: removing a member for spam?
Check your subscription = checkboxes there.
Notifications
Email when there are messages needing approval.
Email when there are members needing approval.
Email when a member joins/leaves this group.
Email when group storage limits are reached.
Email when someone creates or deletes a subgroup.
Email when someone reports a message.
-- Frances FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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Re: Question: removing a member for spam?
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 09:37 AM, Sharon Pohlman wrote:
I don't like this option I wonder how often this happens?Sharon -- To be totally clear, it is not an option that you can turn on and off. What happened is that this recipient's email service sent a request to groups.io to stop sending "messages like this." Rather than risk developing a reputation for sending unwanted emails, groups.io complied. Bruce |
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Re: Question: removing a member for spam?
wow no kidding? thanks ok so that's what we have moderators for . I don't like this option I wonder how often this happens?
On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 08:18:08 AM CST, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 09:12 AM, Sharon Pohlman wrote: Sharon -- The question is:? Do you want to STOP receiving notifications that your subscribers have been removed? If not, then there is nothing to turn off. If you want to keep this from happening altogether, the shortest answer I can give you is...you can't. If you want to know what's going on, we have a wiki page for this kind of incident at?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Removed-for-spam It is not brief, but there's no way to give a satisfactory explanation in one or two sentences. Regards, Bruce |
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Re: Question: removing a member for spam?
On 13 Nov 2019 15:11, Sharon Pohlman via Groups.Io wrote:
I got this in email: But I don't know what to "TURN OFF".I had the same question when I first joined. I suspect you have to go to /g/<groupname>/editsub, which is *your* subscription and notification settings. Different owners and moderators from the same group can have individual notification settings. The "notifications" are about halfway down the page. I'm just not sure which of the notifications you should disable. The official help file says nothing about these settings: /static/help#subscription-options The GMF wiki page on this happens also does not say how you (the moderator) can turn off notification of when this happens to a user: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Removed-for-spam Samuel |
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Re: Yahoo deleted our group
Yahoo had an evil ¡°delete this group¡± button in a location that was much too easy to access in error and was followed by a not terribly obvious <are you certain you want to delete this group> notice. Add a little distraction or cat on your keyboard and your group could go poof.? Patti |
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Re: Question: removing a member for spam?
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 09:12 AM, Sharon Pohlman wrote:
Sharon -- The question is:? Do you want to STOP receiving notifications that your subscribers have been removed? If not, then there is nothing to turn off. If you want to keep this from happening altogether, the shortest answer I can give you is...you can't. If you want to know what's going on, we have a wiki page for this kind of incident at?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Removed-for-spam It is not brief, but there's no way to give a satisfactory explanation in one or two sentences. Regards, Bruce |
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Re: Question: removing a member for spam?
I got this in email: But I don't know what to "TURN OFF " If you know please be specific because to be honest I have problems following a short explanation .? I would need to know go here look for this , click that? Thanks? From: [email protected] Notification <[email protected]> To: "ceegee2006@..." <ceegee2006@...> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 07:41:03 AM CST Subject: Subscriber was removed for marking a message as spam Hello, This is to notify you that Krystalsplayground@... has been unsubscribed from your group [email protected] because a message to them was marked as spam. Note that this may have been done by their email service provider, not by the individual member personally. They've been given a link that lets them quickly resubscribe, in case this was an error. Thank you for choosing Groups.io groups. Cheers, The Groups.io Team |
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Re: Comcast issue
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 09:06 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
This is something of a stab in the dark, but you may be set up to only receive emails from topics that you follow in this group. If you haven't followed any, that will effectively turn off message delivery. Click Subscription and on the resulting page click Advanced Preferences. Make sure "All Messages" is selected in this block, and save.Pat -- I should also mention that you have to be logged in under your ComCast address for any subscription changes to work. Pull down your name in the menu at upper right...if it doesn't show your ComCast address, you're logged into the wrong account. Log out and then log back in using the correct one. Bruce |
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Re: To those who are new to Groups io
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 08:56 AM, Susan B wrote:
The last thing I¡¯d want to do is make them feel bad, like they didn¡¯t do their homework, if they post here.?And my post with links wasn't meant to do that!? Frances ? -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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Re: Comcast issue
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 08:57 AM, Pat Long wrote:
I am getting digests for one group to the comcast email. For the other group I am getting all the owner stuff (approvals, notifications), but no messages. They are not in spam, not in junk, I have checked the Comcast folders and the Outlook folders. I¡¯ve tried dropping and re-joining. I¡¯ve tried switching to individual messages, plain and formatted digests. I¡¯m at a loss here!Pat -- This is something of a stab in the dark, but you may be set up to only receive emails from topics that you follow in this group. If you haven't followed any, that will effectively turn off message delivery. Click Subscription and on the resulting page click Advanced Preferences. Make sure "All Messages" is selected in this block, and save. Hope this helps, Bruce |
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Re: To those who are new to Groups io
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýPeterI understand what you¡¯re saying ?but I think the group owners asking here have for the most part done their due diligence and are now frustrated to the nth degree because they don¡¯t understand something or can¡¯t find it.? What is so wonderful about the volunteers at GMF is their patience and kindness and speed in answering questions asked by bewildered owners who are stuck on something. It¡¯s hard enough being in a new place after years or decades of knowing their way around. The last thing I¡¯d want to do is make them feel bad, like they didn¡¯t do their homework, if they post here.? Susan B On Nov 13, 2019, at 7:19 AM, Peter Rawbone <pjr@...> wrote:
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Re: To those who are new to Groups io
Here are some tools:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/home /static/help Transferring: Overview and pointer to info sources: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/FAQ-on-Moving-from-Yahoo-Groups Where are instructions for transferring to groups.io?
Transfer from Yahoo Groups (Groups.io instructions) - official instructions
"Best practice" advice with screenshots: ?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups
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And of course - the search box -?/g/GroupManagersForum/topicsFrances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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