Somewhere in the pre-creation documentation should be a clear list of the limitations of the free groups.

It should also be clearly listed in the group owner docs, and possibly elsewhere.

I created a group that had the potential for 5000 members. I searched the group owner manual for 'limit' in order to find out if there was any limit to the number of members in a group. The only reference to limits that I found were pertaining to 'storage limits'. This was not an issue for the group that I had in mind.

Imagine my surprise when applicants started sending messages that "Applications are disabled because this group cannot add any more members". I again searched the group owners manual with no success. Only after doing a Google search did I find messages that stated that member limits were imposed in 2021.

This caused considerable confusion, embarrassment and irritation. If we had known of this limitation, we would not have attempted to create the group on groups.io.

As a not-for-profit group with no treasury, a subscription that could cost up to $200 per month is not an option.

I recommend that this information be made clearly and plainly available to anyone considering the creation of a group.

More info here - in Member's Manual.

/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/working-with-databases/creating-a-database-table

Check Table Column Types. Read about Link.

Frances


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On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 11:44 AM, Don Grass wrote:

Not for me. Is there information on how to make this work?

Go to your database. For the column you wish to have a clickable link, choose Type. Scroll down to select Link.

Update.

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On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 09:25 AM, Duane wrote:

That's what Link type does already.

Not for me. Is there information on how to make this work?

Don G

First, I wanted to remind you that the message archive does not count against your storage capacity in Groups.io.

It is difficult to bulk delete messages from the message archive.

The Help tells you a bit about deleting topics and individual messages.
/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/managing-group-topics-and-messages/deleting-topics?single=true

I have moved messages into topics and put a timed delete hashtag on them. But I haven't tried it for years of messages.

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I have looked in today’s PDF version of Groups.io_Owners_Manual and cannot find the answer to my simple question.
I would like to delete all messages (and their attachments) for a multi-month period.
For instance, my small group (~60 members) has just over 800 messages from 2021. Here’s that selection choice:


And the results from that “Go" presents:



Now that I’ve “Filtered” all messages between 2020-12-31 and 2022-01-01 (in this case, 805 messages), I’d like to click “Clear” or “Delete” or “Discard"

Yet this doesn’t seem to work. Can someone please point me to where in the Owners Manual I can find the instructions to accomplish this?

Randy

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You can’t have subgroup members who are not part of the main group. If they are not a member already, they are automatically made a member of the main group when added to the subgroup.

If you have a small main group, you can make them the subgroup (and go no mail or special notices only for mail from the main group if they wish) and then add the new members to the main group.

I don’t know of any other way you can keep things confidential

Frances


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On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 06:30 AM, Cal wrote:

We have subgroups, and the head of one of the subgroups wants to have new members that won't be joining the main committee (and we don't want them seeing the main group's archives or accessing the messages).? How do I set this up?

By definition, subgroup members belong to the main group so you cannot do that.

You would need to restructure how you do things and have committee messages in a subgroup that you restrict access to.

Regards
Andy

I am trying to import messages from a Mailman2.1 list archive, but when I set things up with the fromto.txt file and run ioimport.pl, I get:

sharky4.deepsoft.com% perl ioimport.pl
Content-Type: text/plain

first address in fromto.txt must be unmoderated

The e-mail address in question is set to "Override: not moderated".? What is going on?

On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 11:00 AM, Don Grass wrote:

How about also a clickable URL link in a database too.

That's what Link type does already.

Duane
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How about also a clickable URL link in a database too.

Don G

On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 10:09 AM, Winnie wrote:

Is it possible to add a clickable e-mail address to a database?

It's not immediately obvious and perhaps having a separate field type of email would be helpful but it can be done with a field type of Link.? When you enter the value in the field you just need to use the mailto: tag:



When the table row is displayed, it does show the mailto: tag but the address is clickable:



I think I'll suggest having an additional type on Beta.

Regards
Andy

Is it possible to add a clickable e-mail address to a database? I haven't been able to find any info on that. I know there are options to choose html or link as a database row but I'm not sure what this does. Currently I have a database in a group I manage, where we have an e-mail address, but that's just a text field.

Thanks for any advice!
Winnie

Thanks Duane,
?Some how a page came up allowing me to add their display name and full given name. I save the link because I don't yet know how the page came up.? I do understand members can change all that and yes, I will have to keep on top of that.? But few of our members have ever gone through the trouble of creating a password or logging in.
Joe

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 10:46 PM, Joe Balestreri wrote:

I have found no way to do it on their profile so far.

You can't change their profile, only their member information, specifically the Display Name.? Note that you cannot prevent the members from changing it to something else though, so you'd need to stay on top of it.

Duane
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Good reminder Dan. I am able to edit members I haven't approved yet but not those who joined through the invite.? I have found no way to do it on their profile so far.? The directions in the owner's manual seen to be for editing my own profile, not my members'
Joe

Exactly!

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