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Re: Transfer Group from Yahoo
Hi Judy,
I wrote: Just before clicking the "Go" button, send a Special Notice to theAlso, in my most recent go-around I exported the Y!Group's Membership List in TSV format (the group had fewer than 1000 members) and pulled that into Excel. Three I sorted by email Delivery, and used BCC in from my Gmail account to send a copy of that "time has come" message to all the members set to No Email. That might have been over the top, and a few of those messages bounced, but it wasn't that much effort and (so far) none of them have objected to receiving the off list message from me. After the transfer completes I'm considering taking the Y!Group's Bouncing list and sending them an Invitation. They won't have heard anything about the move, and they won't have been copied by the transfer agent. And indeed likely most of them are truly dead addresses that will bounce when I send the invite. But experience has shown that Y!Groups does sometimes have working addresses on the Bouncing list. Just as sometimes a dead address is not listed as bouncing - and those will immediately go bouncing in your Groups.io group. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Transfer Group from Yahoo
Hi Judy,
In an automatic transfer, which email address will be the one used?The only email address that Groups.io learns is the one listed in your group's Manage Members list. I think some of the newer members might have email addresses in the "Yahoo Profile" column as well, but it is only the email address in the "Email" column that is of interest to the transfer agent. Are there any other pitfalls I should be aware of before I commenceUndoubtedly. ;-) See also: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Welcome-Message-for-Yahoo-Group-transfer If you think you might want subgroups to your group do that research and decide before the transfer, or well after it. The first subgroup you create makes a permanent change to the format of your group's web and email addresses. So it is best to have that sorted out before so that the members don't see it as another change. Or wait until they're settled in before springing that change on them. Let the Y!Group know as far in advance as you can that you will be making the move. You don't need specifics (and maybe should avoid them) before the actual move, but it makes sense to get the idea "out there" so it won't come as a shock when you do it. Remind them a couple or three times, but know that even so there are some who won't get the message. Make a new Welcome message tailored specifically for the transfer, name it something like Transfer Welcome, and make it active immediately before giving the "Go". Then after completion make the normal Welcome message active. You can carefully craft the subject line and body of the Transfer Welcome to match the style and tone of your group, and to fit with what you've told them in advance. Decide whether or not you want to check the box for Groups.io to send its "You have been added to [groupaddress]" message at the completion of the copying. I've generally left it enabled, but some here have reported that it can spook the members, and that too many take the offered "opt out" that comes with it. Despite being all 60-ish in age, and highly varied in computer skills, my group members apparently didn't have an adverse reaction to it. Just before clicking the "Go" button, send a Special Notice to the Yahoo Group letting them know that the time has come, and that they should watch for your Welcome message from the new list (and optionally the aforementioned "You have been added" message. That (or those) messages will tell them the new web address and new posting address for the list, and they can begin posting in the new list as soon as they get it (them). Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Is there another way to start a poll?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýYona, ? 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. ? Don ? 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? ? 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 |
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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 -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Wiki Search?
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Ginny,
Crazy as it sounds, Search seems to be stuck on "A". Search a termI'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 -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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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 andYou 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.comIt 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 -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Dumb Question of day -- How do I direct people to join my new group?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHiI 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
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Re: Can't get to my group site
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýSorry to butt in, but¡ ? I¡¯m using Windows 10 64 Bit, Chrome, and Trend Micro with some of Defender, and not problems here. ? Don ? 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 ? On Saturday, February 24, 2018, 3:30:11 PM EST, Barbara Byers <babmay11@...> wrote: ? Weird. I use Norton and no problem at all. ========= 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 |
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Re: Is there another way to start a poll?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýGo 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. ? Don ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of yona246 via Groups.Io ? 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, |
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