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Re: how to delete a subgroup

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 12:42 PM, Rachel wrote:
I have a couple of subgroups on my main group that have lost steam and i'd like to remove them...
Rachel -- You'll find a "Delete Group" button at the bottom of each subgroup's Settings page. Be?absolutely sure?you're in the proper subgroup settings page, not your primary group, when you do this!

You will have to type "I understand" to confirm the deletion...no "cat walking across the keyboard problem" here.

Bruce
how to delete a subgroup

 

I have a couple of subgroups on my main group that have lost steam and i'd like to remove them...
thanks for your help,
Rachel
Re: Can I Send Group Guidelines as an Attachment #howto #membernotices #question

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 04:13 PM, Ann Wild wrote:
I know I can send them as full text in a Member Notice, but I fear no one will read that.
You might well be right, but let me play Devil's Advocate; if your members won't read it when it is sent one way, what will make them read it if it is sent another way?

Or to put it another way: You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.

Chris
Re: Removed member keeps rejoining, even though group is restricted

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 11:15 AM, Samuel Murray wrote:
In my tests, an invitation to join a Groups.io group can't be used to rejoin after you've been removed. But somehow this user does it.
Try going to Admin>Invite>Sent Invitations and deleting that invitation. Failing that, you can just ban him.

Bruce
Re: Admin/owner change of other member's paswword.

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 12:07 PM, <info@...> wrote:
Is it possible for the group admin/owner to change another member's password?
No.

If someone has forgotten his password, he can use the "email me a link" button to log in. At that point he can update his own password.

Bruce
Admin/owner change of other member's paswword.

 

Hi,

Is it possible for the group admin/owner to change another member's password?

As far as I know, the only one that can change the member's password is the member him or herself. Is this correct?

Thanks for any answer.
Re: To those who are new to Groups io

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 11:51 AM, Duane wrote:
You may want to change your subscription for this group to Digest or Summary for now.? You can do it via email or by going online.

The email commands - from the GMF wiki:
/static/help#what-are-the-available-email-commands

Frances
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Re: To those who are new to Groups io

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:47 AM, b&p wrote:
have been overwhelmed with messages - about 125 a day
You may want to change your subscription for this group to Digest or Summary for now.? You can do it via email or by going online.

Duane
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Re: To those who are new to Groups io

b&p
 

Ladies and gentlemen of the Yahoo diaspora,

Re: people jumping in asking questions that have? perhaps already been answered:

Our group will be migrating from Yahoo to G.io, but we're still in the queue, waiting. I subscribed to the moderators' forum to see if I could understand what to look forward to that is difficult for me technologically, but have been overwhelmed with messages - about 125 a day, and since we're not fully transferred on G.io yet, I'm not "getting" a lot of what is going on. I thought I was doing myself a favor getting a head start, but the only "head" it's getting me is a headache. Thus, I, and perhaps others in my situation, will wait until our information is transferred from Yahoo, see what difficulties we're having, and will either check the index at that time to see if it has been covered and/or ask again that which may have been answered several hundred messages ago. If I do try to "repave the same road," I apologize in advance. Until then, I appreciate both the library of information being created here and the frenzy the Yahoo dismemberment is causing all of us.

Good luck to all - see you soon (I hope).
Re: What if my Yahoo group was deleted?

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:35 AM, <harleyrandomboy@...> wrote:
So I have an io group with just me as a member and no one willing to take responsibility.
If you think you might ever want a group some day, just hang on to it.? You can always rename it to something else.? If you'd rather not, you can delete it.? A word of warning though.? If you think someone might want to use the same group name one day, change the name to some sort of gibberish before deleting it.? Whatever the group name is when it's deleted can't be used again for some unspecified time, so this would make it available.

Oh, and you might try getting to the YG a few times.? The way things have been lately, it might be a temporary glitch.

Duane
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Re: Owner view vs Member view

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 04:15 PM, Margo Seegrist wrote:
...in the meantime, you can join under another name if you have a second email account.? Just set it to Member and you're good to go.? Then just open two tabs - one as Moderator and the other as Member and you can flip back and forth without changing the settings.
Owners and Moderators having "second memberships" as plain members is a common enough technique that is in widespread use. However, trying to use two tabs in the same browser does not / is unlikely to work because as has been pointed out in another thread cookies are shared between tabs in any given browser.

There is a very easy workaround for this, providing that your browser has a "private" mode available see messages #23508 and #23527 further down the above linked thread.

One small point to note is that if you have a shortcut to Groups.io on your desktop (or whatever) it will not work if a "private" browser page is used, or at least it doesn't work when using Firefox. Groups.io has to be found by typing groups.io in the search box and proceeding from there in the normal way.

It might not be a "perfect" solution but it does allow two different accounts to be open at the same time.

Chris
What if my Yahoo group was deleted?

 

I went to the Yahoo group from a link in a Daily Digest and was told the group doesn't exist. The owner had told me that since I didn't want to spend the money on a transfer and he believed no one else in the group was likely to take it over, he would just delete the group.

I would invite the members to here but now I don't have the members list. I have the people who posted in the various Daily Digests but even if the members join, I don't feel confident about handling the responsibilities that go with being the group owner. I just did what I did hoping it would buy us time until someone else was willing to come forward, but the owner decided not to wait for that.

So I have an io group with just me as a member and no one willing to take responsibility. ?
Re: Comcast issue

 

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:52 PM, Samuel Murray wrote:
adding the group's address to your address book can also do a lot of good.
Perhaps, but then again, adding that group to my address book would be the first entry there.?

Dave
Re: Owner view vs Member view

 

On 14 Nov 2019 17:20, Duane wrote:

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:15 AM, Margo Seegrist wrote:

Then just open two tabs - one as Moderator and the other as Member
and you can flip back and forth without changing the settings.
That doesn't work on many browsers, as has been reported here this morning.? You need separate instances of one browser or two browsers.
Or... an extension that allows you to browse multiple sessions in a single window. Two extensions that I have tested and have used for this exact purpose (i.e. to see the non-moderator view of pages), are:

Chrome/Vivaldi/Opera


Firefox


Samuel
Re: time on calendar and reminder

 

Bingo!? That solved my problem.? Thank you.
Re: Owner view vs Member view

 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:15 AM, Margo Seegrist wrote:
Then just open two tabs - one as Moderator and the other as Member and you can flip back and forth without changing the settings.
That doesn't work on many browsers, as has been reported here this morning.? You need separate instances of one browser or two browsers.

Duane
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Re: Owner view vs Member view

 

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I am not quite sure what you mean. If you are a member only, you don¡¯t see the Admin section online. ?Your sidebar looks quite different if you are an owner or indeed, if you are a moderator with only certain privileges.

As an owner of other groups, I get all of the sections in the sidebar - including upgrade. As a moderator with GMF, I see only four Admin functions, just enough to do this job - members, invite, activity, and pending.

If you get an email from the group, it is for all to read.

Frances



On Nov 14 19, at 9:34 AM, Charles Roberts <croberts@...> wrote:

Hi All......
I think it would be a nice feature if there were to be a badge in the header, or some other indication on each screen as to whether or not it was only for Owners, or Moderators eyes or was capable of being viewed by regular Members. This would help me in giving instructions to members to know what they see on their screen. ??Anybody else think so? ?



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Removed member keeps rejoining, even though group is restricted

 

Hello everyone

I had a member whose mailbox was hijacked and is now sending out spam. This member did receive an invitation to join the group (25 Feb) and accepted the invitation (28 May), but I removed the member on the same day. The member rejoined ("accepted invitation via email") on 12 November (and was removed by me again) and rejoined yet again today.

In my tests, an invitation to join a Groups.io group can't be used to rejoin after you've been removed. But somehow this user does it.

My group's membership is set to restricted, and fortunately the first two messages are moderated. But this member manages to join the group without having to be approved.

What's going on here?

Samuel

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Re: Owner view vs Member view

 

While it is definitely a good idea to post that to the beta, in the meantime, you can join under another name if you have a second email account.? Just set it to Member and you're good to go.? Then just open two tabs - one as Moderator and the other as Member and you can flip back and forth without changing the settings.

That's what I do to help my members.

Sincerely,

Rli

In a message dated 11/14/2019 7:41:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, samuelmurray@... writes:

On 14 Nov 2019 15:34, Charles Roberts wrote:

> I think it would be a nice feature if there were to be a badge in the
> header, or some other indication on each screen as to whether or not it
> was only for Owners, or Moderators eyes or was capable of being viewed
> by regular Members. This would help me in giving instructions to members
> to know what they see on their screen. ??Anybody else think so?

Yes, I find this is a good idea.? After all, a big part of a moderator's
task is explaining to members what to do and how to do it.

An alternative option would be to have a link near the top of the page
saying "force member view" or "force non-member view" which, when
clicked, reloads the page as if you are a member or a non-member instead
of a moderator or owner.

As you may be aware, suggestions for improvements such as this one
should be posted to the beta list, and the beta list is temporarily
closed until the end of the year, but please don't forget to post this
idea to the beta list in the new year.

Samuel
Re: [email protected] shows as invalid email address #transfer

Gary Hauser
 

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You need to invite [email protected] from your Yahoo group, not from your groups.io group.

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Best Regards,

Gary

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 423sail@...
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [GMF] [email protected] shows as invalid email address #transfer

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How do I fix this? I¡¯m trying to start a transfer by following the transfer guide.
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