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Re: A problem deleting an unused group
RickGlaz-WEB
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/g/paxboard See if there is an ADMIN section in the left side listings. Click on it and scroll to bottom. Look at right side. If not -- are there any other Owners/Co-Owners you could contact? Rick On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 09:44 PM, Mark Levy wrote: Back in November I set up a group (PAXBoard) as a test when an organization I belong to was considering moving to groups.io from Yahoo!groups.? |
Re: Subgroup for your own Moderator's Forum?
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Bryan,
In our case, I'm considering creation of a subgroup that isI think that's a fine idea, with just one caveat: you end up with the subdomain addressing scheme. /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Why-use-a-Subgroup#Subdomain-addressing If you have, or are planning to have, other subgroups then you'll have that anyway, so one more subgroup is fine. Otherwise you might care because: 1) Having that addressing scheme will tip off the members to the fact that there is at least one subgroup, even if that subgroup's privacy settings prevent them from even learning its name. 2) Some people think the subdomain addressing scheme "looks funny" or is otherwise undesirable. Essentially, modeled after this very Group Managers Forum... just forTwo of my Yahoo Groups have a separate group for the moderators, most do not. Sometimes it was convenient when there were things to discuss, but largely they went unused. I didn't make a subgroup for the mods of this GMF largely because the Yahoo GMF ran without a separate moderators' group and I don't think we ever missed having one. One of my Yahoo groups that moved here years ago had a separate moderators group, and I'm quite happy having that as a subgroup now. But that group has other subgroups that the primary members can see and join. So I think it is very much a "Your Mileage May Vary" situation. It will depend a lot on the culture, activity, and size of your group; as well as of your moderating team. GMF is a very open group, so we don't need to have private discussions about whether someone should be admitted to the group and other matters of member management. My Yahoo Groups that had mod team groups were restrictive in their membership. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Re: Comcast problems again?
I have Comcast email, and I believe that I'm getting all of my messages from all of my groups.? I do NOT use MS Outlook, so maybe that is the problem (both together).? I usually use Chrome, but I'm out of town and my laptop uses Firefox (my phone uses Chrome, too).?
Cheryl |
Groups.io site updates
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Hi all,
This week's change log: Feel free to reply to this topic if you'd like to comment on the changes. Or better yet, if you expect a lot of discussion start a new topic (or rejoin an existing one) about a specific change. CHANGE: Modified message import code to support mbox files from YahooYay! That will help many who've received their GetMyData files and have been wondering how to import the messages. I'm assuming that the pre-paid upgrade of the target group to the Premium Yearly plan is required for this too. BUGFIX: When changing your email address, we were sending the warningThat could explain some of the confusion people have reported in GMF... NEW: Added additional information to the Sent message requiringExcellent. I recall we had some in GMF who were puzzled by why some messages were held pending. This could help resolve cases like that in the future. NEW: Added 'Deleted Account' activity log entry for when people deleteAnother good one for resolving mysteries. CHANGE: Changed Zendesk to send back an acknowledgement when a supportIs that a change, or a bugfix, I wonder. It used to send acknowledgements. The last one I kept was back on October 13. NEW: Special messages are now sent with the subject tag [Special].Helpful in those groups that use the feature. Comments about these others are also welcome: BUGFIX: When a poll was created and moderated, if a group moderator Please call out any you find significant. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
Re: Yahoo extended deadline for content download
See the wiki page on moving to Groups.io.
Info on moving members as well as uploading messages. ?
Here's Option 1: ?Lena has a Perl script to get the messages into the archive, details at /g/GroupManagersForum/message/22251?
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This option is free. It works from an mbox file (e.g. a getmydata download from Yahoo), or from the messages obtained by using the yahoopedia download script. It will not work from a PG Offline download.
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The script has mechanisms intended to post messages as if From the original sender, even if a change of email address is involved. The script cannot get the date to match the original posting date, but does include that information in the message body. You can search for followups and tips by looking for mbox upload and #ioimportpl in the message archive.
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Re: How to find (not disclosed) emails?
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 09:13 PM, John Robertson wrote:
I have been lurking, but now have a question. Trying to move a Yahoo group (Dneprheads) and when I did the big download as an owner for the basic 1,000 list (doing the screen dump) a lot came through as "(not disclosed)". I did get all the archived messages, images, and data.You have to be a Moderator of the group to get the email addresses. Bruce |
A problem deleting an unused group
Back in November I set up a group (PAXBoard) as a test when an organization I belong to was considering moving to groups.io from Yahoo!groups.?
I would like to delete [email protected] in order to avoid confusion with [email protected], where we ended up moving our former yahoo group. But somewhere along the line, I apparently managed to erase my group ownership so I can't delete or rename the group. Does anyone here know if there any way in which I or someone else can erase PAXBoard@groups? Thanks! Mark Levy |
Re: Yahoo extended deadline for content download
Donald,
Per your comment, "As I understand it, the PGO program will eventually be able to archive GIO content for more thorough searching through the messages. That will happen most likely after the work on P2G is finished." That is really good.? At present reading on the GroupsIO website for messages or search is a bit time consuming.? PGO worked much like the old fashioned dial-up offline email readers did in the past.? Think JUNO and NETZERO era.??? Having a PGO4GIO Reader/Reply software would make a very useful interface to use.?? Not sure if the phpBB would take on.? phpBB is one of the most hack attacked softwares on the internet.? phpBB is user board software for web hosting sites.?? That's one big reason why our group chose GroupsIO in the first place. BMaverick |
How to find (not disclosed) emails?
I have been lurking, but now have a question. Trying to move a Yahoo group (Dneprheads) and when I did the big download as an owner for the basic 1,000 list (doing the screen dump) a lot came through as "(not disclosed)". I did get all the archived messages, images, and data.
Is there a way to get the real email addresses? Should I RTFM again? Thanks! John :-#)# |
Re: CANNOT EMAIL
Ellen Bourne
Chris I was just giving the update on the email situation.? It works the members email was sent
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On Friday, January 10, 2020, 05:48:48 PM EST, Chris Jones via Groups.Io <chrisjones12@...> wrote:
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 09:00 PM, Ellen Bourne wrote:
update the emailNot sure what you mean by that... Chris |
Re: Comcast problems again?
I passed on the Wiki information to my member and now at least Comcast is not deleting the IO messages before they even hit her spam folder on their website. However they are now landing in the spam folder there so she has to contact them to ask how to mark them as "not spam" as she can't find a way to do that there. So there is some progress anyways and some of the emails are finally coming through to her.
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Re: How to send GroupOwner+ messages
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 06:49 PM, Michael Pavan wrote:
This should actually say: Wiki updated.?
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Re: Yahoo extended deadline for content download
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 05:12 PM, J Forster wrote:
Has anyone actually used a Yahoo download to move a group? If so, any hints?See /g/GroupManagersForum/topic/69538488 and /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Moving-to-Groups.io#Upload-Services Duane -- GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Help: /static/help Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
Re: Completely edit default messages for invites, direct add, etc
I don't know about other default messages, but the invite message is only 4 lines telling the recipient that they have been invited to the list, how they can contact someone for more info and how they can accept the invitation. I don't see how it could be made any shorter. I add another paragraph with a little info about what the content of the list is like and welcoming them to our group. There's never been any problems with this as far as I know. I really don't see what the issue is.
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Jonathan On 1/10/2020 5:31 PM, Events events wrote:
Is there something that can be done about this? ?It seems like the default messages do not meet the needs of many group owners. |
Re: How to send GroupOwner+ messages
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On Jan 10, 2020, at 1:11 PM, Frances <frances@...> wrote:This should actually say: Go to Members. Select the member. Click on "Send Message" button (at bottom of page) Select "From:" address (drop down menu) either Owner or personal (this is the only address that will be used) Fill in Subject Compose message body OR Change "--Notices--" (in drop down menu) to other Member Message (e.g. "Pending Subscription" Member Notice) THEN choose whether or not to check BCC: "Me" and/or "All Moderators" Click "Send to Member" NOTE: the message sent will have your group's Message Footer appended. |
Re: Completely edit default messages for invites, direct add, etc
Paul . . .
On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:31:01 -0800, "Events events" <events@...> wrote: Why are we forced to use these defaults?? This would be best posted in the beta group as a suggestion since we, as a self-help group, can't make that happen. I don't think we know why it's not more flexible. I agree that I'd like to customize the messages. If you're a premium group owner maybe send a note to support. Donald |
Re: Completely edit default messages for invites, direct add, etc
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 06:32 PM, Events events wrote:
Is there something that can be done about this? ?It seems like the default messages do not meet the needs of many group owners. ?The main example given was the Invite email. I don't see a problem. Here's what is in the boilerplate: Hello [Name],
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You have been invited by Joe Blow to join the Groups.io group [email protected].
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If you have questions about this invitation, send them to [email protected].
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To accept the invitation, please reply to this email, or you may accept the invitation on the website.
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If you are not interested, or if [Invitee Email Address] is not your email address, please ignore this email.
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Cheers,
The Groups.io Team
That's it! And you can add whatever you wish to the Invite. Even add a hyperlink, colour, different fonts, etc. What's not to like? And Groups.io even encourages tweaks: ?Optional message to be included with each invite. Customizing your invitation may improve your acceptance rate. It may reassure the invitee that the invitation is legitimate and from you, and may help prevent it from being trapped by the invitee's spam filter.
?Surely, some of the boilerplate is?necessary -?who to contact if there is a question,?who is inviting, which group, how to accept. Frances -- Moving to Groups.io (without easy transfer)
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Re: Yahoo extended deadline for content download
John . . .
On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:01:03 -0500, "J Forster" <JFor.Groups@...> wrote: Has anyone actually used a Yahoo download to move a group? If so, any hints?There is some information either here or in the YG equivalent of this group about a utility that can be used to upload the MBOX format files Yahoo sends you. It's not easy-peasy though. I think the developer of the script that does that is Lena, so look for her name to locate those posts. This might get you started: /g/GroupManagersForum/message/22251 Not yet. You will no doubt see an announcement here when it's ready so just watch this group for when it's ready. I'm waiting for the next version to test. I would recommend remaining patient and consider yourself fortunate as long as you have your group data downloaded by PGO. In most cases, waiting to upload them is much better than having to pay $220 to move the group (before the YG! cutoff for that) or losing the posts altogether. The developer was also working on a port of GIO groups to phpBB for hosting on a web hosting service to turn it into a forum of sorts. He has a separate person doing the coding for the P2G uploader. As I understand it, the PGO program will eventually be able to archive GIO content for more thorough searching through the messages. That will happen most likely after the work on P2G is finished. Donald ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas /g/HamRadioHelp |
Re: Completely edit default messages for invites, direct add, etc
Is there something that can be done about this? ?It seems like the default messages do not meet the needs of many group owners. ?
For me, they are too long and emphasize things that are not important to the way that my members will be using Groups.io. ? Why are we forced to use these defaults?? Paul |
Re: Yahoo extended deadline for content download
Has anyone actually used a Yahoo download to move a group? If so, any hints?
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Also, is the PG message upload utility fully operational now? -John ======================== On 1/10/2020 4:39 PM, Thomas Gruber wrote:
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