Re: I have a dilemma with a group that I help manage and I'm looking for some advice
Joseph, As far as I know there is no defined time that the name of a deleted group is reserved, it is indefinite (forever). Unless you can talk Groups.io to intervene on your behalf. You can start the
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Shal Farley
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#35882
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I have a dilemma with a group that I help manage and I'm looking for some advice
First of all, merry Christmas to everyone. Well today I was presented with a surprise Christmas present. It was a text message from an owner who was a cocreator to a group here on Groups..Io end it
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joseph hudson
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#35881
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
I agree that a restricted group is best for a family group. And for a committee or other similar organizations. Frances -- Help available from Groups.io help ( /helpcenter ) and GMF
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Frances
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#35880
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
Dave, Then that is why you don't have the option to show your group's Members list to members. The concern is that any spammer could freely join your group and download all the member addresses. For a
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Shal Farley
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#35879
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Re: Should a sender receive their own post in their email?
char, I'm not sure what directions you followed, but if it was about the Account Preferences option "I always want copies of my own emails" that is only effective for Gmail addresses, or addresses
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Shal Farley
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#35878
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
I think you should decide on whether or not you want or need restricted membership for your group. This group (GMF) is not restricted. The summary on the home page says: Posts to this group require
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Frances
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#35877
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
Under the spam settings, the box for ¡°Restricted Membership¡± is not checked. Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2020 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GMF] Making the members list
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Dave B
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#35876
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Re: Should a sender receive their own post in their email?
this is char i'm the one who sent the reply,, i followed the directions and it didn't work,, my group is??? our little group??,, i get all the group mail except mine,,, so what do i do now,, char
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chaboot
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#35875
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Re: Hashtag bug
#hashtags
If it's something like #test! it won't be recognized as a hashtag since they can't contain the ! character, so no bounce, no removal, and no creation.? It would have to be #test ! for it to work as
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Duane
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#35874
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Re: Should a sender receive their own post in their email?
I am not sure whether or not this is related to not getting copies of your own emails. If so, you seem to have 2 accounts, including this one. One was started Feb 6 and one Feb 7. ?Both are set for
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Frances
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#35873
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Re: Should a sender receive their own post in their email?
I TRIED THIS AND IT DIDN'T WORK [mod note: apparently in response to the prior reply (to Herb, #35779 ( /g/GroupManagersForum/message/35779 ) )]
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chaboot
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#35872
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
Is your group a Restricted group? The Help says: ?"In a restricted membership group, the group owner can choose whether to allow the members of the group to see the member list. If a Members entry
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Frances
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#35871
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Hashtag bug
#hashtags
Before I report this on the beta group let me know if it makes sense, or if you have any insight. If a subject line includes a string preceded by the # symbol, and ending with a punctuation mark, the
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Pete Cook
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#35870
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
Thanks everyone¡but when I go to change the setting to make the member list visibility available to members, I am not allowed to choose ¡°members¡± from the dropdown list. Only ¡°Owners¡± and
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Dave B
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#35869
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
Boosh, In your screenshot, Fred is looking at the group's Directory, not its Members list. Those are separate pages. The list of pages on the left in your screen shot does not include the Members
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Shal Farley
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#35868
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
To clarify: The member list and the directory are two different things. For what you want, go to Admin > Settings > Privacy > Member List Visibility > change to "Members." {Pete
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Pete Cook
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#35867
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
I was a bit sloppy with language. There is Members in Admin. ?(Members List) And there is Directory. See /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/6114 You can allow members in your family group to
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Frances
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#35866
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
Only those who allow other members to see their address are listed here. And if a member doesn't allow other members, they don't see any either. See Help for more details and exact language!
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Frances
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#35865
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
As it says at the top: Member Directory.? Member List is another page/link. Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center ( /helpcenter ). GMF's
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Duane
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#35864
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Re: Making the members list visible/invisible.
Frances, I changed the setting to allow members to see the member list. When one of the members went to see the list of others on the list, they could only see their own name¡as below: Any ideas why
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Dave B
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#35863
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