What do the errors mean and why would this happen?

So my question relates to two issues: whether it is okay to invite people who are not expecting to be invited, and whether it is okay to make message archives available without every individual person's permission.

One thing I'm stuck on though is closing down the old Yahoo groups without?fully deleting them. There appears to be a way to set "Only moderators can post messages" but that option seems to be missing?for all of my groups. Any tips?

I think I just did this with a few of my old groups.

Go to this URL:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/YOURGROUPNAME/members/all
and sort by something unchanging, e.g. join date.

Then select some members and click Actions > Change delivery settings > No Email, or Actions > Set posting privileges > Override - can't post messages.

You can't perform these actions on more than about 50 messages at a time (you can select more at a time, but it doesn't apply it to all selected).

There is no easy way to tick the tickboxes (or check the checkboxes) for all members.? I used a little AutoIt script (I use it with Vivaldi browser):

Sleep ("2000")
For $i = 1 to 50
Send ("{SPACE}")
Sleep ("100")
Send ("{TAB 2}")
Sleep ("200")
Next

Samuel

Hello everyone

I would like to create a couple of mailing lists (5 or so) to replace some dead Yahoogroups groups that were all related to user support for particular versions of a software product.? Most of those groups still have many users, but there is almost no activity anymore.? The owners of the groups are surprised at the fact that their groups' archives have been deleted (they did not know!), and is now encouraging users to join the product's universal Facebook group.? The owners believe that mailing lists are outdated and that most people want to use Facebook these days, but there has been some negative response to these announcements.

I'm not sure if these groups will become "alive" again when they become Groups.io groups and many of their members join the groups here, but I would like to give people this opportunity, and I would like to make the archives available on Groups.io (in the database section).? It may be that even if many people join these groups, they will become no more than accessible places to search the archives, with little or no actual conversations taking place -- although there are ways to artificially generate interesting, relevant traffic on a list (e.g. news about new releases, etc.) and encourage people to start replying.

I don't have permission from the group owners for any of this, although they know that I'm going to try.? The groups' archives on Yahoogroups were public.

So my question relates to two issues: whether it is okay to invite people who are not expecting to be invited, and whether it is okay to make message archives available without every individual person's permission.

I suppose it could be said that the group owners "own" the archives and that only the group owners can give permission for uploading the archives.? On the other hand, I could take the approach that I simply inform everyone whose e-mail addresses are in the archives about the fact that their e-mails are now hosted here, and give them the opportunity to "opt out" of having their old mails hosted here.? I could further ensure privacy by replacing all e-mail addresses in the archive with special numbered addresses so that the real addresses don't show up in searches but so that I can search for such people's e-mails (for easy deletion of messages)... however, that approach won't remove other identifying information from the archives.

As for inviting members, what do you think?? If I can get a list of all recent and previous members of the old groups, do you think it's acceptable/ethical to send them a once-off invitation via Groups.io, explaining the reason for the group, etc.?? What is Groups.io's attitude to that?? Is it assumed that a person who gets an "invite" will already be expecting the invite?

Thanks
Samuel

Dear Owners and Moderators of GMF,

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I want to thank you for the enormous job you did, especially in the past few months managing the issues, questions and needs of so many newcomers to groups.io!

It seems to have been a “rock around the clock” challenge to all of you, and I really admire your remaining calm and composed in spite of the fact that questions just answered were repeated again and again and new ones seemed to burst upon you by the minute.

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It must be mentioned that your work here doubtlessly eased to a large extent the task that Mark had to perform in these “rough” times and that it was (and is) a valuable accompaniment to his extraordinary performance. I hope you can get some recreation and stay healthy!

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I wish all of you a happy and peaceful NEW YEAR 2020!

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I have the address guidelines on how to give yourself a nickname. But it doesn’t seem to take away the email.

Yes, if you go to the Identity tab of your account settings:
/account?page=viewprofile
and you click on any of the "Edit" buttons, you'll see a notice that says:
"Note: When you send a message, your email address is also shown to group members who receive messages via email."

Samuel

But once the image is copied n pasted, does it matter the original
source?

I also copied/pasted onto a wiki page (from an emailed image and from
an older CIO post, and ultimately images disappeared.

When posting via web I believe there are two possible results: an image file carried in the message (a "local" or attached image file) or an image file hosted some web site (a "remote" image). The former occurs when the image was copied from your computer or device, the latter occurs when the image was copied from web site. Many Email interfaces block "remote" images by default because they can be used (by the site) to detect that the message was displayed.

When posting via email there are lots of variations in the way an email interface may choose to represent an embedded image. The actual image data may be inline, attached, or remote.<<<

Ken,

> A note that pasting an image into both/either an emailed or web post
> (‘er message) is haphazard at best.

When posting via web I believe there are two possible results: an image
file carried in the message (a "local" or attached image file) or an
image file hosted some web site (a "remote" image). The former occurs
when the image was copied from your computer or device, the latter
occurs when the image was copied from web site. Many Email interfaces
block "remote" images by default because they can be used (by the site)
to detect that the message was displayed.

When posting via email there are lots of variations in the way an email
interface may choose to represent an embedded image. The actual image
data may be inline, attached, or remote.

That said, I'm not sure if these variations account for your experience
of haphazard results.

> Possibly the image format (eg, jpg v. png?).

I don't think that would be it, at least not those two examples (I've
used PNG a lot and others use JPG a lot). But there are a lot if image
file formats out there, and it is entirely possible that one's email
interface or web browser might not support some of the less often used
types.

If your group is set to resize images sent by email then it is also
possible for Groups.io's resizing software to misinterpret the image
file content. If you don't resize I think Groups.io simply passes it
through (to individual emails and to your browser when viewing via the
Messages section).

If you can nail down a repeatable example that might be worth reporting
to support.

Shal


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When I deleted my group, I was informed that I had 15 days if I wanted to restore it.

I am well within these 15 days and would like to restore
but I can't find that option.

I don't want members of the main group to get any subgroup messages
unless they are also subscribed to that subgroup. Is that the way
things work by default ...

Do I have to tell people they need to subscribe to the main group
before they can join a subgroup?

I'm just?getting started on all this but from what I've been reading here I'm not sure if I can get things to work the way I want.? My main group is for the senior community where I live, a CCRC for those who know what they are.? I would like all members to get announcements?of general interest but expect most of the activity to be on the subgroups?organized by continuing interest groups.? I don't want members of the main group to get any subgroup messages unless they are also subscribed to that subgroup.? Is that the way things work by default or am I going to have to change some default parameters? Do I have to tell people they need to subscribe to the main group before they can join a subgroup?

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