J, Did Mark B say the address is showing as NC? ... in which case
sending a confirmation email would not address his issue. ??? I wasn't suggesting sending a confirmation email. That, oddly, can only be done from the buttons when you open the pending member's membership page. The two things one can do from the Actions button in the Pending Approval list include "Resend Pending Membership Notice" and "Send Message". I haven't actually tried it with an NC address, but it looks like the message to a pending member works whether or not the pending address has been confirmed. Shal
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Hi. Where¡¯s the top posters heading gone in groups, and how to get it back. Marvin. ?
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I agree. Having a separate, anonymous "moderators" email for our group has been a lifesaver. Even if you use the "send message" facility and change the "from" address to the owner address, if you answer back the OP is going to have your address from then on. All you need is the one extra email address and you can use it from then on. J
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Don't think of it as "yet another" email address, but rather as your ONE
email address for use when you don't want to give out your personal
address.? Use of of the free services that has decent anti-spam tools
(which rules out Yahoo). Gmail is ok, but I have found that I like Fastmail which isn't quite free
(although $10 per YEAR comes pretty close).? They offer a 30 day free
trial, which could meet your immediate need at no cost.
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Any suggestions on how to send an inquiry as to the
identity of the potential subscriber without opening up yet another email
address on Gmail or Yahoo! or some other free email provider so as to protect my
personal email address from harvesting?
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Shal, Did Mark B say the address is showing as NC? I thought it was just a matter of it being someone he's unfamiliar with, in which case sending a confirmation email would not address his issue. ???
J
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On May 2, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:
Mark B,
I just received a membership request from an unfamiliar email address on
a restricted group that I set up on Groups.io. I am hesitant to send an
email out from my personal email address out of concern that this is
from a spammer and my personal email address will be added to a spam
list. Groups.io has a feature for just this purpose.
Go to the Members page of your group, and select Pending Approval. That should show a list of those who've applied but not yet been approved. Put a check mark on the row of that unfamiliar email address, and use the Actions menu to select "Send Message".
That will bring up a message composition window. Change the From field to your group's +owner address instead of your personal address. Write your message, and send it. Use one of the Bcc checkboxes if you wish to receive a copy of your message, one won't be saved on site (that's a wishlist item).
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Mark B, I just received a membership request from an unfamiliar email address on
a restricted group that I set up on Groups.io. I am hesitant to send an
email out from my personal email address out of concern that this is
from a spammer and my personal email address will be added to a spam
list. Groups.io has a feature for just this purpose. Go to the Members page of your group, and select Pending Approval. That should show a list of those who've applied but not yet been approved. Put a check mark on the row of that unfamiliar email address, and use the Actions menu to select "Send Message". That will bring up a message composition window. Change the From field to your group's +owner address instead of your personal address. Write your message, and send it. Use one of the Bcc checkboxes if you wish to receive a copy of your message, one won't be saved on site (that's a wishlist item). Shal
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If you already have a yahoo email account wouldn¡¯t you be able to use one of their disposable email addresses. Don¡¯t they still offer those? Just a thought.
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On 2 May 2016, at 13:01, Mark Bielecki via < msb05001@...> wrote:
I just received a membership request from an unfamiliar email address on a restricted group that I set up on . ?I am hesitant to send an email out from my personal email address out of concern that this is from a spammer?and my personal email address will be added to a spam list. ?The group is small and specialized, so it seems odd that I would receive an email from an address that I don't recognize, and there is no reason for the general public to want to join this group, yet I don't want to decline the invitation out of hand out of concern that a legitimate user may have opened up an email account with an address I'm unfamiliar with. ?Any suggestions on how to send an inquiry as to the identity of the potential subscriber without opening up yet another email address on Gmail or Yahoo! or some other free email provider so as to protect my personal email address from harvesting?
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Our group set up a moderators gmail address with no identifying information to use in situations like this. We call it [GroupNameModerators]@. Very easy to set up.
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On May 2, 2016, at 5:01 AM, Mark Bielecki via < msb05001@...> wrote: I just received a membership request from an unfamiliar email address on a restricted group that I set up on . ?I am hesitant to send an email out from my personal email address out of concern that this is from a spammer?and my personal email address will be added to a spam list. ?The group is small and specialized, so it seems odd that I would receive an email from an address that I don't recognize, and there is no reason for the general public to want to join this group, yet I don't want to decline the invitation out of hand out of concern that a legitimate user may have opened up an email account with an address I'm unfamiliar with. ?Any suggestions on how to send an inquiry as to the identity of the potential subscriber without opening up yet another email address on Gmail or Yahoo! or some other free email provider so as to protect my personal email address from harvesting?
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I just received a membership request from an unfamiliar email address on a restricted group that I set up on Groups.io. ?I am hesitant to send an email out from my personal email address out of concern that this is from a spammer?and my personal email address will be added to a spam list. ?The group is small and specialized, so it seems odd that I would receive an email from an address that I don't recognize, and there is no reason for the general public to want to join this group, yet I don't want to decline the invitation out of hand out of concern that a legitimate user may have opened up an email account with an address I'm unfamiliar with. ?Any suggestions on how to send an inquiry as to the identity of the potential subscriber without opening up yet another email address on Gmail or Yahoo! or some other free email provider so as to protect my personal email address from harvesting?
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Re: Link checking app or software for wiki
There are extensions for Firefox for checking links:
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Re: Link checking app or software for wiki
p.s. If yours aren't staying either, I urge you to let Mark know at the support address, [email protected]. So far, Mark has been unable to reproduce the behavior.? J (Shal - to avoid confusion, this is a p.s. to my message "it does stay," which has not posted as of the time I'm writing this p.s.)
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Re: Link checking app or software for wiki
It DOES stay (and is supposed to stay, according to Nark when he added the feature to avoid having to use 'insert link'). It just doesn't stay if the link happens to be the final text on the page.?
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On May 1, 2016, at 10:10 PM, Frances < travel@...> wrote: I just tested your technique.Yes, something with the format of an URL does look like an active link, but it doesn't stay. Use the "insert link" tool in the toolbar. Frances
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Re: Link checking app or software for wiki
I just tested your technique.Yes, something with the format of an URL does look like an active link, but it doesn't stay. Use the "insert link" tool in the toolbar. Frances
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Re: Link checking app or software for wiki
Thanks. Interesting, I don't do all of that. turns my text - any text beginning with https etc- into a link if I just hit 'enter'. This successfully created the link, whether or not it is the last text on the page. The weirdness happens after I save the page, exit the wiki, and re-enter it. Upon re-entering, any link that's the last thing on the page has been turned back into plain text.
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On May 1, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Frances < travel@...> wrote: No, no problem at all. Just to make sure that we are talking about the same process, here's how I do it. I type the name of the link or page, then select that. Click on the little "add url" icon - second line, left.? 
Paste the URL from the website that you want to link into the second box - "To what URL should this link go?" Tick the box for the launch of a new page if you want that. (I do - people can navigate the links page easier.) Then click on Insert Link. 
I also put in any brief description beside the link. I just double-checked to see if there is a problem with it, but none. I don't tend to leave an extra space after that last link in the list because there is enough white space anyway.
Cheers, Frances
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Re: Link checking app or software for wiki
No, no problem at all. Just to make sure that we are talking about the same process, here's how I do it. I type the name of the link or page, then select that. Click on the little "add url" icon - second line, left.?
Paste the URL from the website that you want to link into the second box - "To what URL should this link go?" Tick the box for the launch of a new page if you want that. (I do - people can navigate the links page easier.) Then click on Insert Link.
I also put in any brief description beside the link. I just double-checked to see if there is a problem with it, but none. I don't tend to leave an extra space after that last link in the list because there is enough white space anyway.
Cheers, Frances
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Frances,
I was just wondering: have you had any trouble when a link is the last line in a wiki page? In my group, links that happen to be the last line in a wiki page have been reverting to plain text when I reenter the page. Mark has been unable to reproduce it. Since you're using your wiki in a similar way to mine (as a links library), I've been wondering whether you or anyone else have been having the problem.
I am using URL's gleaned from visiting a page and copying/pasting the URL (then hitting "enter" so that turns it into a link). I am not pasting links from Word documents, which I know can be problematic.
J
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Frances <travel@...> wrote: Hi, In our travel group, we have a links library in the wiki. I just clicked through all the links to ensure that they were accurate. It would be great if there was link checking software or the ability to add a free service for link checking. I have one for my housing co-op website on Wordpress. I know this is a bit different, but boy, I think it would be useful! Anyone else think this? Or any suggestions on how to do it with Groups.io wikis as is? Frances
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Link checking app or software for wiki
Hi, In our travel group, we have a links library in the wiki. I just clicked through all the links to ensure that they were accurate. It would be great if there was link checking software or the ability to add a free service for link checking. I have one for my housing co-op website on Wordpress. I know this is a bit different, but boy, I think it would be useful! Anyone else think this? Or any suggestions on how to do it with Groups.io wikis as is? Frances
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Marvin, Hi. How do I take over a group, does the current group owner, give me
the ability for him or her to transfer the ownership, ... Only a current owner of the group can change your role to Owner. Note: the owner doesn't have to give up ownership to do that, the group may have more than one owner (and all of them are equal). and also I just ask friends, to be co-admins or co-moderators.
How do I go about this? If you are a moderator in the group with the permission to Set Moderator Privileges, or if you are an owner in the group, then you can go to the Members list in the group, click on the person you wish to promote, then select Moderator in the Role option. When you do that a list of permissions will appear below their new role, and you can decide what abilities this new moderator should have. Shal
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The current group owner changes your "role" to "owner." Then the current member, if they want to hand it over to you and bow out, changes their role back to "member" (or quits the group or whatever you all plan to do).
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 5:04 AM, marvin hunkin <startrekcafe@...> wrote: Hi. How do I take over a group, does the current group owner, give me the ability for him or her to transfer the ownership, and also I just ask friends, to be co-admins or co-moderators. How do I go about this? Thanks. ?
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Hi. How do I take over a group, does the current group owner, give me the ability for him or her to transfer the ownership, and also I just ask friends, to be co-admins or co-moderators. How do I go about this? Thanks. ?
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