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Re: Is there another way to start a poll?

 

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Yona,

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Click on New Topic, then look for the New Poll button at the top of the page right next to the blue New Topic button.

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Don

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yona Webb via Groups.Io
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 4:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GMF] Is there another way to start a poll?

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Hi Don, there is no ¡°polls¡± option above WIKI.? This is what my left side menu shows:

Admin, Messages, Hashtags, New Topic, Chats, Directory, Calendar, Photos, Files, Databases, Wiki.? Period, no more.??

So, where are the polls?? Can you figure out why my group does not have them?

Yona
Transfer Group from Yahoo

Judy Hall - Punch with Judy
 
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Hello fellow moderators,

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I am considering transferring several Yahoo Groups I have set up to Groups.io

Members had to create a Yahoo email address but then add their regular email address and make it the default address.

In an automatic transfer, which email address will be the one used?? The Yahoo email address or the nominated default one?

Are there any other pitfalls I should be aware of before I commence please?

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Judy

Judy Hall

Managing Director

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Re: Is there another way to start a poll?

 

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 01:45 pm, Yona Webb wrote:
I see "Polls in "New Topic", but when I click on it, the page is blank and nothing can be done there.
When you click on New Poll, it should open a page similar to a posting, but the main box is labeled Question, with additional boxes at the bottom for possible choices and some options below that.? If you're not getting anything, and sure you're signed in as an owner or moderator, you should probably contact support.? It just worked fine for me.

BTW, the options I see on the Settings page are:
Subscribers can create
Only moderators can create
Polls are disabled

Duane
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Re: Is there another way to start a poll?

 

Hi Don, there is no ¡°polls¡± option above WIKI.? This is what my left side menu shows:
Admin, Messages, Hashtags, New Topic, Chats, Directory, Calendar, Photos, Files, Databases, Wiki.? Period, no more.??
So, where are the polls?? Can you figure out why my group does not have them?
Yona
Re: Wiki Search? #notworking

 

I am entering full words, Shal... like "poll", "calendar", file"...
Had been fine - now I'm clueless.
Thanks,
Ginny


On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 03:11 pm, Shal Farley wrote:
But you say "beginning with" and I wonder if that's the problem. Search in Wiki does suffer from the whole-word match problem: a search for "moderat" won't turn up moderate, moderator, nor moderation.
Re: Wiki Search? #notworking

 

Ginny,

Crazy as it sounds, Search seems to be stuck on "A". Search a term
beginning with "a" and yes, it works. Move to "b" - nada and right on
down the alphabet.
I'm not having that issue. Seaching GMF's wiki returns expected results for words like "moderate" & etc.

But you say "beginning with" and I wonder if that's the problem. Search in Wiki does suffer from the whole-word match problem: a search for "moderat" won't turn up moderate, moderator, nor moderation.

Same as message search and most other searches on Groups.io (but thankfully not Members).

Shal


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Re: Dumb Question of day -- How do I direct people to join my new group?

 

Mike,

I tried: "[email protected]". XXX is group name.
That should work.

I can manually set up someone as a member by entering their email and
name.
You mean you forged their name and email address into the From of your message to [email protected]?

Be aware that this will cause Groups.io to send a confirmation email message to that address. The recipient will need to confirm their desire to subscribe before they will be made a member of the group.

At which point, wouldn't an Invite be easier?

510: 5.1.1 Your email address, [redacted]@yahoo.com
<mailto:example@...>, is not subscribed to that group.
It looks like the address you sent it to didn't actually contain the "+subscribe" part. I'm not sure what else could cause that response.

Then tried w.o. the "+" sign--- [email protected]
That would no doubt be interpreted as an attempted post to the non-existent group XXXsubscribe.

Shal


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Re: Dumb Question of day -- How do I direct people to join my new group?

 

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Hi

I just tested this and it works;

What Are The Available Email Commands?
You can send a blank email to the following email addresses (substituting your group name?for GROUPNAME):

[email protected]
To join a group

Source: ?Help - appears at the bottom of pages

It looks peculiar - no subject line, nothing in the email body. Just the email address. But I got the email!

Frances

On Feb 24 18, at 5:06 PM, mike@... wrote:

I tried:? "[email protected]".? ?XXX is group name.??
I can manually set up someone as a member by entering their email and name.
I tried with the plus sign.? ?Got back bounced message, below
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Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.
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510: 5.1.1 Your email address,?[redacted]@yahoo.com, is not subscribed to that group. To subscribe, send an email to XXX+[email protected], or visit?/g/XXX/join?
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? ? ?Then tried w.o. the "+" sign--- [email protected]? ? ? ?No bounced return - BUT - no message recvd.
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Dumb Question of day -- How do I direct people to join my new group?

[email protected]
 

I tried:? "[email protected]".? ?XXX is group name.??
I can manually set up someone as a member by entering their email and name.
I tried with the plus sign.? ?Got back bounced message, below
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Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.
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510: 5.1.1 Your email address,?[redacted]@yahoo.com, is not subscribed to that group. To subscribe, send an email to XXX+[email protected], or visit?/g/XXX/join?
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? ? ?Then tried w.o. the "+" sign--- [email protected]? ? ? ?No bounced return - BUT - no message recvd.
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Re: Can't get to my group site

 

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Sorry to butt in, but¡­

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I¡¯m using Windows 10 64 Bit, Chrome, and Trend Micro with some of Defender, and not problems here.

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Don

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul, Ohio, USA via Groups.Io
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 1:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GMF] Can't get to my group site

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On Saturday, February 24, 2018, 3:30:11 PM EST, Barbara Byers <babmay11@...> wrote:

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Weird. I use Norton and no problem at all.

Barb B

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Hi Barb,

What browser and operating system? I'm on Win10 Pro and have a problem with Chrome & Firefox. MS Edge is fine.

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Thanks,

Paul, Ohio, USA
Re: Is there another way to start a poll?

 

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Go to Admin/Settings, and Poll will be at the bottom of the page just above Wiki. Select who can create polls. You¡¯re suppose to be able to start a poll when you click on the New Poll button, at least it works for me.

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Don

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of yona246 via Groups.Io
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 1:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GMF] Is there another way to start a poll?

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I want to use polls.? In "settings" I selected "Managers and Owners can start polls."? However I do not see POLLS Option on the Left Side Menu.? I see "Polls in "New Topic", but when I click on it, the page is blank and nothing can be done there.? So - how do I start a Poll?? Or, is the Poll feature not working/disabled on the groups.io?? Thank you,
Yona

Re: Can't get to my group site

 

On Saturday, February 24, 2018, 3:30:11 PM EST, Barbara Byers <babmay11@...> wrote:

Weird. I use Norton and no problem at all.

Barb B
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Hi Barb,
What browser and operating system? I'm on Win10 Pro and have a problem with Chrome & Firefox. MS Edge is fine.

Thanks,
Paul, Ohio, USA
Re: Can't get to my group site

 

On Saturday, February 24, 2018, 1:37:35 PM EST, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:


Paul,

> I just finished a 2 Hour tech session with Norton Support. They
> uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled, ditto for Norton Security.

>>It strikes me as odd that they would turn to re-installation as a
possible cure for this symptom. Unless they found that there were other
problems.

I thought the same thing but I'd turned over control to her and before I could stop her it was happening. It made no difference and & think she was grasping at straws. I've had no problems with Norton.

> They could not tell or show me how to whitelist the groups.

>>That seems even odder. But like I said, I don't use Symantec/Norton so I
really don't have any specific advice for it. Were it me I'd take a cue
from their tech support and uninstall Norton. Then turn on Windows
Defender or some other product appropriate to my OS.
Shal

I Googled this before contacting support & found nothing on how to do this and now believe that this is something that Norton has to do. I've never before seen this because I've never wanted to whitelist a site. This is not a problem in MS Edge because they don't allow the Norton Safe Search extension. If I turn it off, I have no problem with Chrome or Firefox but then no protection. If Norton doesn't get something fixed by Monday or Tuesday, I'll look at one of the other programs.

Paul, Ohio, USA
Re: Is there another way to start a poll?

 

I want to use polls.? In "settings" I selected "Managers and Owners can start polls."? However I do not see POLLS Option on the Left Side Menu.? I see "Polls in "New Topic", but when I click on it, the page is blank and nothing can be done there.? So - how do I start a Poll?? Or, is the Poll feature not working/disabled on the groups.io?? Thank you,
Yona
Re: Editing the homepage of a Group

Jerry LaBoda
 

Thanks so much!!!? Took a little experimentation but was able to figure out how to get into the Settings... much appreciated!!!

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Frances <frances@...> wrote:

Jerry, do you mean apart from Admin, Settings? That¡¯s where you edit your group description and use the tab to go to update your group photo.
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Some content stays - the Group Settings shows for each of my groups. And of course, they aren¡¯t all the same.
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Re: Clickable links?

 

Frances,

I *think* this is a change in behaviour. If a moderated group member
sends a message without the prefix, it looks clickable in my
email when I reply to Groups.io to moderate the message,
When looking at the "Message approval needed" are you looking at the body of the notice, which includes a plain-text rendition of the message, or at the full message attachment that follows (in some interfaces you can see the attachment inline).

If you're looking at the plain-text in the notice that would explain why you see both links as "linkified" - that was done by your email interface.

but it becomes unclickable on the group site. And depending on your
email settings, it isn¡¯t clickable in the emailed message too.
If the message was HTML formatted then whether it appears as clickable or not would be up to the sender's email interface. Some auto-linkify URLs, some don't, and those that do may have limits on the syntax they recognize - it might not recognize URLs that lack the protocol (http:) part.

Only if the message were plain text would it be up to Groups.io to decide whether to linkify the URLs when displayed in the group's Messages.

Shal


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Re: Editing the homepage of a Group

 

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Jerry, do you mean apart from Admin, Settings? That¡¯s where you edit your group description and use the tab to go to update your group photo.

Some content stays - the Group Settings shows for each of my groups. And of course, they aren¡¯t all the same.



Frances


On Feb 24 18, at 2:37 PM, Jerry LaBoda <jmlaboda@...> wrote:

How does one go about editing what the Homepage of a Group says?? I am in need of updating the Homepage of one of my Groups but am unfamiliar with the process.? Any help would be appreciated!!!
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Re: Editing the homepage of a Group

J_Catlady
 

"Settings" brings that up immediately, and you can edit it.

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Jerry LaBoda <jmlaboda@...> wrote:
How does one go about editing what the Homepage of a Group says?? I am in need of updating the Homepage of one of my Groups but am unfamiliar with the process.? Any help would be appreciated!!!
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Re: Questionnaire at what subscription step?

J_Catlady
 

Include it in your Pending Subscription notice. It will go out automatically and you can wait until you get it back to approve them.

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 11:27 AM, Victoria <dr.vcaesar@...> wrote:

Hi,

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I want our questionnaire to be filled out before the prospective member joins. Which are the best settings for that, and at what step of the subscription procedure would it be convenient to send?

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Victoria
Re: Can't get to my group site

 

Weird. I use Norton and no problem at all.

Barb B

On Feb 24, 2018, at 1:34 PM, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

Paul,

I just finished a 2 Hour tech session with Norton Support. They
uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled, ditto for Norton Security.
It strikes me as odd that they would turn to re-installation as a possible cure for this symptom. Unless they found that there were other problems.

They could not tell or show me how to white list the groups.
That seems even odder. But like I said, I don't use Symantec/Norton so I really don't have any specific advice for it. Were it me I'd take a cue from their tech support and uninstall Norton. Then turn on Windows Defender or some other product appropriate to my OS.

Shal


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