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Re: How does the reject message process work?
In my testing just now, I thought I would try rejecting through email, rather than on the group site. The needs Message Approval Needed email says: To reject this message using email, and to have the sender notified of this, forward this message to:
GroupManagersForum+reject+1905519+19+3587565863729549762@groups.io
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To delete this message using email, forward this message to:
It is not particularly intuitive. I finally figured out that I must copy the Reject link (e-mail address), then click on FORWARD for the full Message Approval Needed email, and paste in the copied address in the new (forwarding) email.
Be sure to send the forwarding email from your owner/moderator email address. I just tested again and if you have a rejection notice, using the forwarding adds that notice to the email notification. Frances -- FAQ on Moving from Yahoo Groups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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Re: How does the reject message process work?
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:58 AM, Mary R Frank wrote:
I noticed that when I received the rejected message in my test email program, there were three green buttons at the bottom:? Please resubmit, Approved, and Yes, I approve.? What are those buttons for?Mary -- Groups.io does not append any buttons to rejected messages. Your own email client must be doing that. Bruce |
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Re: How does the reject message process work?
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:58 AM, Mary R Frank wrote:
I noticed that when I received the rejected message in my test email program, there were three green buttons at the bottom:? Please resubmit, Approved, and Yes, I approve.? What are those buttons for?? I couldn't find any documentation on what the recipient is supposed to do with those buttons.? It seems that each one opens an email back to the owner, but I don't understand the point.Odd. I just re-tested and I don't see that. I sent an email from another email address (this is a member of my test group.) I rejected the message using one of my "canned" rejection notices.? I see the email saying my message was rejected and the text of my rejection notice. Nothing else. Is it because I have created the notice in Member Notices for my group? Here is what we wrote in the wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Message-Moderation Frances ? -- FAQ on Moving from Yahoo Groups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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Re: attachments
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:17 AM, Mark Wigfield wrote:
Yes, I decided not to transfer any photos. These photos mostly appeared to be attachments to e-mails, so I hope I'm right in assuming by not checking the box to transfer photos, they will not be transferred when the e-mail to which they are attached is.Mark -- Easy Group Transfer does not transfer attachments of any kind. See?/yahootransfer, "What We Transfer." By un-ticking the Photos box you have inhibited transfer of your photo albums...probably not what you wanted. If you haven't given the go-ahead yet, return to that page and check the box again, then click Update Transfer. Bruce |
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Transferring steps and stages
The official instructions talk about steps. You need to monitor progress until you have made the transfer agent a moderator and gone back to the transfer page and clicked to actually start the transfer.
Steps To Transfer Your GroupThese steps?must be done in this order?otherwise the group transfer process will not happen.
You can relax when step 6 starts! ? There are details of the transfer process on the GMF wiki page. It gives details of the process and even has screenshots of the STAGES of it. The stages are more specific. If you are asking advice, please check the stage here: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups |
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Re: If you are stalled at the invitation stage
#transfer
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 10:55 AM, Frances wrote:
Correct. I wish this were true, but it's probably too late to suggest such a tweak to the Easy Group Transfer process. To be clear, groups.io will send you an email once they have accepted your invite. The only way to know if the Yahoo Groups invitation has gone out and been received by groups.io is to check your status page as noted above. At that point it will say "We have received your invite and will accept it soon..." Bruce |
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Re: Invite accepted!
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 10:34 AM, Eric Johnson wrote:
Dare I close the Groups.io page and go on with my chores? I would really hate to close it at step 4 and screw up the process.Eric, I am confused. You posted in a thread that says Invite accepted. I thought you meant that you were well on your way. But you asked on Beta? About how long will it take from when I sent the invite from Yahoo until the invitation is accepted and we can make Groups.io a moderator.?When did you invite transfer to your Yahoo Group? If it still says If the status is the message that starts "Make sure you have sent an invite to your group", do it. Again, if it is over 6 hours. Watch for the acceptance email. Then upgrade the transfer agent to moderator of your Yahoo Group. See this post:?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/25199 Frances |
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If you are stalled at the invitation stage
#transfer
If the status is the message that starts "Make sure you have sent an invite to your group":
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This means that Groups.io has not received your invite yet and that you should send another one. They will send you an email once they have received an invite.
If this message hasn't been updated within 6 hours of you sending your invite, please send another one. This notice will be updated when they have received your invite.? Check your transfer status -? ?
Go to the Yahoo transfer page at /yahootransfer
Select the transfer you want to check status on from "Existing Transfers" at lower right (i.e.: click on the name)
The box at the top of the resulting page will tell you the status of that transfer.
Repeat for any other transfers you may have in progress.
See?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/FAQ-on-Moving-from-Yahoo-Groups #8 and? /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups Frances ?
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Re: attachments
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 10:35 AM, Mark Wigfield wrote:
There is a checkbox of what you want transferred. See the screenshot on this page. /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups Just be sure to check off in Group Admin, Settings what you want to happen with old attachments if you are over storage. Remember that messages don't count towards storage. Just get going or you might miss the boat! That wiki page (above) also says: Assess Group Storage Needs
There are limits to how much storage your group is allowed under the Basic (free) plan...see /static/pricing for details. Transfers by the transfer agent require at least Premium account for a full year. With that account level you are not allowed to have more than 10 GB of storage in use for Files and Photos.
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If your Yahoo group contains more than 10 GB of files and photos, the transfer agent will stop the transfer at that point and send you an email asking what you want to do. This can result in delays and confusion, especially if the inquiry lands in your spam folder. It's usually better to take measures to mitigate this ahead of time; for example, you can set up your group to downscale oversize images, and this can be used to reduce your storage needs during the transfer itself. Limiting images to -- say -- 1024 pixels in the long dimension can significantly reduce your storage footprint while being more than adequate for viewing online.
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