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I started it.?Please join in! Quick Start Group Formation Frances -- /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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Re: Who Can Invite New Subscribers
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 12:37 PM, Eden Butler, AGAG wrote:
Our group is hidden -who can invite new members-is it only owners/moderators?Owners, and Moderators who have been given the "Invite Members" privilege, can send invitations. Regular Subscribers or Moderators without this permission cannot. Having said that, if you don't want people to be able to join on their own initiative (via the +subscribe address or the button on the group home page), you should also be sure to use the Restricted method of Spam Control. And could someone I invited pass that e-mail link to a different person for them to use to join?No. The link only works to subscribe the email address it has been sent to. ? Regards, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: Thread hijacking
On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 12:00 PM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
Please populate this in the address book of your email client and use it to initiate a message to the group.In the early days I would not have understood what this was. I would not be able to tell you are talking about starting a new topic, nor would? I know what you meant by "populate." I like the tone of Kathleen's note, but would include instructions like yours. I tend to make my instructions very simple. I think I'd put your explanation of hijacking near the top and then something like: To start a new topic: Step 1 Step 2 Like a recipe. :) ~Sandy ps. I like things so basic that I really appreciate how you folks always remind, "Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button to save your changes." (I hope it's not "hijacking" to add that off-topic thanks.) Bless you all for the help you provide. |
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Re: Members and Notes
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When you open a member's page (from the Members list) Notes is one of the tabs.
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A key weakness with this mechanism, in my opinion, is that there's no flag on the list itself or other easy method to tell if a member has a note or what it says. You have to open each Membership page and click the tab to find out.
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Re: Notice to group
loopy,
A Note to Member cannot be scheduled to send to the group. The only Member Notice that can is Group Guidelines, and its only schedule selection is "monthly".
Perhaps you created a repeating event in the Group's calendar. You can give a time to be sent and under Repeats select Weekly and Repeat On Thursday. Don't set any reminders, instead check the Send Notice To Group When Event Happens box. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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It might be useful if there was a bit in the wiki about settings and getting started with a new group or a transferred group. In this section: Best Practices for Group Management,?Topics of interest to group owners and moderators,?Group Formation
-- /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/home There is great detailed info on specific topics, but no overview for someone just forming a group or AFTER getting a group transferred from Yahoo. The settings page is quite detailed so it doesn't make sense to duplicate it. But there are some crucial things to point out, like some things the member changes and some things are set by the owner. For example, time zone by the member and message policies by the owner. Frances /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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Re: Message History
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It isn't the message history that takes room. Here's what it says in the wiki and in Help ?
The following are counted towards the storage limits for your group:
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Files
Photos
Images in databases
Images in wiki pages
Message attachments
Messages themselves are not counted towards the storage limits, only any attachments.
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What Happens If I Go Over My Storage Limits?
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We send you a warning when you've reached 80% of your storage limit. You can configure your group to either bounce messages when you've reached your storage limit, or to automatically delete old attachments to keep you under the storage limit. Photos and files are never automatically deleted.
/static/pricing#what-is-counted-towards-the-storage-limits-for-my-groupFrances -- /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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Re: I'm so confused I think I need coffee
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 05:42 AM, Lavon wrote:
by having this checked does this mean they can put themselves on hold?Each member can choose if or how they have emails delivered.? Selecting this only means that they can't set themselves to not receive any emails.? They can still choose Special Notices Only so they'd receive no email unless it's sent as a Special Notice (only available to moderators.)? Many folks, including me, read our groups online, so don't want to receive most emails.? There are lots of other options available to them as well - follow only, first message, etc.? You could attempt to control this setting, but you can't prevent a member from changing it. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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Re: Message History
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 03:17 AM, Lavon wrote:
how long will it last with a tag group?If you're not using Photos or Files, you can get an estimate pretty easy.? Go to Photos, then look to see how many are in the Emailed Photos folder (first one shown.)? Divide that into the space used (419 MB in this case) to find out about how much space each consumes.? Then divide THAT number into the remaining space (581 MB here) to see about how many more you can expect to store before the space gets full.? Some will be larger and some smaller, so this is only an estimate.? From what I've seen (not much) tags take about 1 MB each, more or less. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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Re: Moderator ?
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 04:39 AM, mohnkern wrote:
If in the list of permissions I check no boxes does it give them none of them, or all of them?They only get the specific permissions that you check. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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