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Dan,

As Bruce said, there isn't a setting for that.

What you can do is set the group to All messages are moderated, or New Members Moderated. That way any posts from outside the small handful will be held in the pending list.

From there, you can change that individual to Not allowed (heading off future postings) and either just Delete the message or use Reject to send a templated message to explain why the user is not allowed to post.

Doing it this way makes the assumption that only a small fraction of the invited members would post a message. You can make the included text of your Invitation, and/or your Welcome notice suitably clear about this rule to minimize the number of members you'll need to deal with.

Those who don't post don't end up set to can't post, but if they don't post it doesn't matter.

I have a PTA group that runs on a similar basis: only a selected PTA unit board or committee chairs are allowed to post to the group (all of the PTA unit members can join the group). But rather than use Announcement-Only Group I simply leave the group on "All messages are moderated". It has actually been very rare that members attempt to post, and when they do it is a whole lot more in the PTA spirit for them to receive a personal reply from me or one of the unit board or committee members than a mechanical failure notice from the "mailer daemon".

That kind of service attitude may or may not be practical or appropriate for your groups, but it is a alternative to consider.

Shal


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On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 09:30 PM, cshenk shenk wrote:

Thanks all, found it, non-public. Trying to join.

You can always try sending an email to [email protected]?

Bruce

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Thanks all, found it, non-public. Trying to join.

Yes I agree that could be the reason (wished I had thought to start a few) but no harm in asking I would have thought

If no reply or a negative one you know where you are anyway

Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 03:17 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote:

As it was created August 15th has one member and zero posts, perhaps message the group owner and see if they really want it

It was probably created in response to . An unfortunate consequence of the changes that have occurred over the past year is that it gave birth to an underground economy in "legacy Basic groups" that still have grandfathered features without having to pay for them.?

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Bruce

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As it was created August 15th has one member and zero posts, perhaps message the group owner and see if they really want it

Otherwise as suggested, slightly modify the name to suit yourself

Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 02:59 PM, cshenk shenk wrote:

Trying to create a group so we can move Yahoo group over called Recipes.? Can't create it as the button says the name is in use, but it's not when you search for it.?

If the group Owner has chosen for the group to not appear in the groups.io directory, it won't show up in a search.

See?/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/customizing-group-settings/privacy-settings?

Go to?/g/recipes?and you'll find that it exists.

Did they reserve that somehow?

Not sure who "they" are, but someone did. The group only has one member.

You'll have to use something else.

Regards,
Bruce?

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Hi all,

Trying to create a group so we can move Yahoo group over called Recipes.? Can't create it as the button says the name is in use, but it's not when you search for it.? Did they reserve that somehow?

Bottom line all is now okay...tnx for your help.

Hi Leenie,

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Can that be automated -- or must the moderator/owner manually forward each mail?

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[Moderator Note: This appears to be a reply to a post from last March...?/g/GroupManagersForum/topic/71672530#30058]?

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 02:04 PM, Dan Eggleston wrote:

i'm setting up several groups & before i send out invitations, all ?groups need to be set up so that I and a small handful will be the only ones allowed to post.? i searched the FAQ & found a way to restrict single members, but not how to make this a default setting.?

Set up your group as an Announcement group (Spam Control tab). You can easily switch it to something else once you get everyone invited and things settle down.?

/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/customizing-group-settings/spam-control-and-moderation-settings?

If you are unwilling to give the "small handful" of people Moderator permissions there is really no good way to do that.

Regards,
Bruce

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On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 07:46 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 10:41 AM, Donna wrote:

The name that we want to change the group to is?Breast Cancer Sisters Soulmates for Life.

Donna -- The group email address is limited to 34 characters or less.

Regards,
Bruce

Donna: try changing the word "for" in your desired email address to the number 4. That will reduce the number of characters from 35 to 33, which is under the limit.
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i'm setting up several groups & before i send out invitations, all ?groups need to be set up so that I and a small handful will be the only ones allowed to post.? i searched the FAQ & found a way to restrict single members, but not how to make this a default setting.? hope you can help.

? thanks

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 11:49 AM, Joe Wolfe wrote:

I saw no answer to this question, so I will ask it again, in October, 2020.

Can I pay for multiple years.? We asked for donations in my 2 groups and we got enoguh to pay for a second year so I would like to add a year.? Can I do that?? And if yes, How?? (So I don't foul the bookkeeping of groups.io.)

We seem to have two ongoing threads here in GMF, both asking the same question.

See?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/34494?

If you ever figure this out for sure, come back and report your findings.

Regards,
Bruce

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On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 10:46 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:

?The group email address is limited to 34 characters or less.

Donna,

If you want the email name to be that long and not an acronym or something, change the email from BreastCancerSistersSoulmatesforLife to BreastCancerSistersSoulmates4Life and that will get you under the 34 char limit.

Also, like Frances said, it does takes a bit for the change to become effective; but you can check if it's done by trying to go to your homepage URL, i.e. http://groups.io/g/<whatever-name-you-use>; if the change propagated and is effective, you'll get the home page, if not, you'll get a "group doesn't exist" error..

Cheers,
Christos

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 11:56 AM, Tobie Hoffman wrote:

We set up the groups a while ago with a basic account, but never made the transfer. NOW we just want to do a bulk transfer. Can we just do the premium trial plan, make the transfer?and then downgrade??

There is no Premium Trial plan for existing groups, only new groups. Also, Premium Trial does not provide Direct Add capability anyway.

Follow the instructions found at?/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/upgrading-or-downgrading-groups/upgrading-a-basic-group? Be sure to select the green "Upgrade ($20 for one month, w/ automatic downgrade to Basic after)" button.

Regards,
Bruce

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