Jim Betz <jimbetz@...> wrote:

? I use Thunderbird for my email client.? When I get a
groups.io digest and do a Reply (or New Topic) it
creates a new window and I compose my reply and
send it and it works just fine.
? However ... it also spawns an unused new window
that I have to click on to close it.? I am using the
very latest Tbird and keep it up to date.

I used to get this; it's caused by a bug in Thunderbird.

First cure, close the windows with ALT-F4. Second, open the task manager,
you will probably see several instances. Delete one of them.

One of these should work (I can't now remember what I did, sorry).

Or see .

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Ken,

If you create a group, and then ... You rename the group, Is the
original group name reserved indefinitely as well?

No, I'm pretty sure it isn't reserved at all after a rename.

Or can you rename your group back to the original name at a later
date?

Yes, assuming no one else has taken the name by then.

Shal

Patty,

So, thinking that maybe we could create a Flicker account for the old
photos. Just have to see if that is also free, based on the huge
number of photos we have.

Yes, 1 TB of free storage, 10x the Yahoo Group limit.

That might be a rather daunting task, though - moving ALL those photos
to a Flicker page.

Also yes!

However, if you get them organized into folders on your computer (via PG Offline, for example) Flickr does have bulk uploaders that can take a folder of photos at a time.

You can also bulk upload them by way of Adobe Lightroom, but then you might be tempted to take on the even more daunting task of examining and perhaps adjusting them.

Shal

Shal,
If you create a group, and then due to complaints about similarity to a group on facebook, google, or YG
You rename the group, Is the original group name reserved indefinitely as well?
Or can you rename your group back to the original name at a later date?

I created a group.io list (3G) as a place for a popular YG list (3G) to relocate. The (3G) list owner has decided to go down with the ship and let the (3G) list die with YG. I renamed my groups.io (3Gone) list to distance itself from the old YG (3G)list. Now it sounds like if the old YG (3G)list decides to save itself it can not create a new groups.io list with the (3G)name I had originally used.

KEN

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Barb, that is a very good question.? I don't know, but I suspect folks do peruse through them, because we're a crafting group, so photos are kind of key in getting inspiration for your own sewing, quilting, machine embroidery projects.? So, thinking that maybe we could create a Flicker account for the old photos.? Just have to see if that is also free, based on the huge number of photos we have.? That might be a rather daunting task, though - moving ALL those photos to a Flicker page.? Have to look into that this weekend when I have some time.?

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Dave

On 6 Feb 2018 at 17:12, Dave Wade wrote:

Walter,

Perhaps its awaiting approval? I assume it says it already exists?

Dave

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Thanks, makes sense.

wunder,

We can’t create the group, but when I send mail to [it], I get this
response:

510 The group 'nasota' does not exist.

That suggests to me that someone already created a group by that name, then deleted it.

The name of a deleted group remains reserved indefinitely. You could write to [email protected] to see if Mark will unlock the name for you.

Shal

Yes, I have a password. I the owner for two groups.

Bruce,

(1) Are there any "gotchas" like this ends up being a paid service?

It only becomes paid if you deliberately upgrade your group.

(2) If there are paid levels, what do I get for free?

See the Pricing link at the bottom of every Groups.io page. While you're at it, you may wish to peruse Help and maybe some of the others.
/static/pricing

(3) Can I merge two Yahoo groups into one groupio group?

Yes. Just run the transfer procedure (link at the page footer) once for each Y!Group, specifying the same Groups.io group as the target.

An alternative would be to make one group be a subgroup of the other. That would only make sense if the membership of one of them includes all (or substantially all) of the members of the other. There have been some discussions about doing this in the last week or so, search for subgroup in our Messages archive. See also our wiki, which has some articles about subgroups.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/home

Shal

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Have you created a groups.io password?

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We are considering moving nasota@... to . We can’t create the group, but when I send mail to [email protected], I get this response:

(1)? Are there any "gotchas" like this ends up being a paid service??

(2) If there are paid levels, what do I get for free?

(3) Can I merge two Yahoo groups into one groupio group?

My group has been running now since December 31st, and so far everyone is happy, but, there's always a but, why if they login are the members and myself prompted to re-write their profile bio. Unless they specifically want to amend their profile bio, I can't understand the necessity of this step.?

Thanks, Duane. Yes, the fraud message appears to be an Outlook issue.

I will advise people about setting their Preferences. I know there were several that were not gmail, but on the other hand, at least one has now said she can see messages, so maybe it will sort itself out.

(My big problem has been the number of people sending test messages, multiple times when they can’t see their own! But I hope that will stop now.)

Elizabeth

On 5 Feb 2018, at 23:59, Duane <txpigeon@...> wrote:

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 02:34 pm, Elizabeth Bentley wrote:
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It appears to me that that message is sent by MS Office/Mail. Maybe you could check with a few of the folks and see if that's what they have in common.

All messages should be visible online. If some folks aren't getting copies by email of things they send, it could be related to the default setting in gmail. That can be corrected by each individual by selecting the checkbox for "I always want copies of my own messages" on the Preferences page of their Account. There may be other services that also do this, but gmail is the most well known.

Duane

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Thanks for the additional info Shal.

I was interested in this topic myself because I thought I might want to change the name of one of my groups, following a potential change of a product name, but I decided against it for precisely these reasons (though as you point out I was wrong about the site URL).

Richard

Richard,

However as far as I can see there’s no way to change the group’s site
URL, ...

Changing the Group Email Address also changes its site URL correspondingly. The two are always matched.

On the other hand if you could change the URL, then all the links at
the end of all the historical email posts in members’ inboxes would no
longer be valid, which would be much worse.

That, plus their bookmarks. Plus the corresponding email addresses in old messages and their address book. All good reasons to avoid changing the Group Email Address once the group has more than a few members.

Shal