Re: Transferring Owner to Moderator
After logging into the group as the owner you click on the directory at the list that is available, and you change the member's permissions to Owner or Moderator. Tamra
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Tamra
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#32911
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Re: Default message for invitations?
As someone who has no need for multiple invite templates, I kinda agree. I think it would be nice to add back the "active" checkbox for Member Notices of type Invite (and Direct Add). If one of them
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Bruce
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#32910
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Re: How to require display names when people join?
#displayname
#display-name
There is no way for groups.io to determine by software whether the populated Display Name corresponds to anybody's real name, either by parsing incoming message headers or fact-checking what they
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Bruce
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#32909
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Re: I can't turn off moderation - a bug, or OE...?
Tina -- Check your activity log. It will tell you why they were moderated. Regards, Bruce Check out the groups.io Help Center ( /helpcenter ) and groups.io Owners Manual (
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Bruce
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#32908
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Re: Editing and Deleting Posts
My understanding is that this capability directly relates to the "right to be forgotten" in the GDPR and others ( https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/ ). In that sense the ability to delete one's own
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Bruce
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#32907
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Re: How to require display names when people join?
#displayname
#display-name
Hi Shal, There appears to be another potential problem with this. I belong to several groups.io and when I look at my profiles my display name is "Paul Ohio USA" which carried over from the first
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Paul Ohio USA
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#32906
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Re: How to require display names when people join?
#displayname
#display-name
In my neighborhood group we send a pending subscription notice and require people to reply with their full name and address in order to be approved. If they don't put their full name in the Display
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Pete Cook
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#32905
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Re: Online elections
Maybe.? It depends on how strict your bylaws are.? Because of C-19, we're using polls (2 so far, officers election and a dues question) this year for our "business meeting".? We have members all
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Duane
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#32904
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Online elections
A member of my group is asking: Do any of you have a recommendation for inexpensive, or free, electronic elections of non profit officers and board members? I have not used the groups.io Poll feature,
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Chris Klemmer
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#32903
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Re: How to require display names when people join?
#displayname
#display-name
Ilana, No. But assuming your group has the Restricted Membership box checked you can refuse to approve their membership until they do. You can make this policy known in your group's Pending
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Shal Farley
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#32902
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Re: Default message for invitations?
Well, that is hardly friendly. Often I forget and the invitation goes out with no customised text and leaves people wondering what it is all about. :-( Response rate is definitely lower than when
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David M
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#32901
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How to require display names when people join?
#displayname
#display-name
Hi. I am setting up a private group for my synagogue, and we want to verify that all group members are also synagogue members. So it would be helpful if everyone who signs up lists their full name as
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Ilana DeBare
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#32900
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Re: unintentionally posting to the whole group
Thanks to you all for giving this problem such careful thought. I wonder if Shal's double fault theory might explain it - that is, a redirect rather than forward, followed by a Reply All rather than a
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BarryS
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#32899
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I can't turn off moderation - a bug, or OE...?
I have turned off moderation for our existing members. Moderation remains for new members, for two posts, and for any messages with an attachment. However, I am still seeing requests to approve
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Christina Ferrigno
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#32898
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Re: Editing and Deleting Posts
Hi Don Simply as some will post something in haste with either an error or post a comment they wished they hadn't made I remember a particular post on a genealogical list where a man posted in haste
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Nivard Ovington
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#32897
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Re: Editing and Deleting Posts
Why would a person post something knowing everyone is going to see the post only to delete that post later? Don
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Don Grass
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#32896
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unintentionally posting to the whole group
Is that the feature that some people call "bounce" ? Its point seems to be that the person receiving it can click reply without it going to the redirector groetjes/?is, Ronaldo
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ro-esp
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#32895
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Re: Editing and Deleting Posts
I too have recently come to the realisation that whilst users can be restricted from editing messages, users can delete posts. Which seems contradictory to some extent, ie. if a user is unable to edit
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Steven Knowles
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#32894
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Re: QUESTION - group message links
Ellen, With Groups.io as it stands I think Erikag59 is right: you can only enforce web posting by moderation. You can tell if a message in Pending or in the archive was posted by web or email: use
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Shal Farley
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#32893
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Re: QUESTION - group message links
You can tell how they posted if you view the source of the message.? It will show either "Web post" or an email address in the appropriate place in the source of the message. -- Bob Bellizzi
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Monica H. Bellizzi
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#32892
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