On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 05:16 AM, Wicca Jampolsky Davidson wrote:

I think a pending owner message flag would be useful as the members of my 1036 person group use?the +owner email to call my attention to some detail in a message they have sent for posting.?

Okay, I think I finally get it. You (and possibly Ken) use the app/web interface exclusively for groups.io functions and don't check email often (if at all). On that basis I can understand why some indicator that an +owner message has arrived might be useful.

Regards,

Bruce

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P.S. GMF gets a lot of spam sent to +owner. No way would I turn on such a notification...the emails are bad enough.

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 02:41 PM, Ken Schweizer wrote:

Can I assume there isn’t a?folder called?“+owner messages”?

In the Activity Log, pull down the filter menu and select action "Message - to +owner". You can get a complete list that way.

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Generally, though...

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-- In the web interface, +owner messages are grouped by subscriber.?

-- There is no separate notification you can set up for when an +owner message arrives.?

-- As best I can tell, +owner messages from non-members are not stored at all.

Obviously, there isn’t a pending owner message flag. Is that something that would be useful to others?

Superficially, I'm not too interested in...

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-- receiving a notification that an +owner message has arrived,

-- reviewing it for content, and then

-- releasing it back to myself.

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That said, there may be some use case that I'm not understanding.

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Regards,

Bruce

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 02:41 PM, Ken Schweizer wrote:

Thank you, but that doesn’t alert me to a message being posted. In this case, I happened to look at my Outlook e-mail and noticed it. Can I assume there isn’t a?folder called?“+owner messages”?

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Check your subscription for the group where you are owner or moderator.

Scroll down to ?Owner Email
All Emails
Receive every message that is sent to [email protected].

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Make sure this is ticked for your group.

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You should be able to create a folder in your email account. That's where the messages are sent.

Frances

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On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM, Cal wrote:

Since a backup/archive is in a format that Groups.io created...

This topic is discussing a Yahoo Groups archive (see subject line).

...why does not provide a way to restore from an archive??

If you're talking about a groups.io archive, I don't know.

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-- Perhaps it's just difficult to code and he hasn't bothered to write a script to make it happen.

-- Perhaps Mark wants to keep such functionality in reserve to provide additional cash flow for himself.

-- Perhaps a backup could fall into the wrong hands and thereby allow someone to steal someone else's group (or abuse in some other manner).

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We can only speculate.

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Regards,

Bruce

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 09:58 AM, Martin Iturbide wrote:

But this backup is just plain text and it is not simple for people to search on that discussions or even be indexed by Google.

If it were me, I'd probably create PDF files.? Then the reader could be used to search for information, as well as easily downloaded by members.

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Duane

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Hello

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I'm new on this mailing list, so if I'm in the wrong place asking this, a pointer to the right place will be appreciated.

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I'm part of the OS/2 Warp community. Since Yahoo Groups went down, we started to use Groups.IO without any issue.

We had a lot of useful material on the Yahoo Groups discussion that . But this backup is just plain text and it is not simple for people to search on that discussions or even be indexed by Google.

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My question, is there any way, or experience on migrating this Yahoo Groups backup text backup into Groups.io? The idea will be to create a read only group to show the messages in an organized way and that can be searchable.

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If Groups.io is not the ideal place to put this backups, is there any other suggestion?

Regards

Martin

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On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 07:17 PM, Ken Schweizer wrote:

It's probably been asked and answered, but where do I find the +owner messages?

If you click open someone's member record, there's a pull-down "Membership" menu where you can select "+owner messages." This will display a sorted list of every one they've ever sent, with the most recent first. Note: Until about a year ago, this page was accessed via a button, not a menu.

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Of course, you have to know who sent it to do this. To retrieve a single, recently-sent message, clicking the link in the corresponding activity log entry might be easier than trying to hunt down their member record.

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Regards,

Bruce

On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 07:17 PM, Ken Schweizer wrote:

It's probably been asked and answered, but where do I find the +owner messages? I received the message in my “Outlook inbox”, but when I look in the groups.io online WEB page, the only place I find any reference to the post is under Admin->activity.

So you found the message in Admin - activity. And now click on the message - the subject - to open it up. You can read and reply from there.

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Frances

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM, kharrisma@... wrote:

I've no idea why I couldn't do this the first time.

I suggest you have one last talk with the group Owner. He may have given you additional Moderator permissions in the intervening period -- specifically, the "Set Member Subscription Options" permission.

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Regards,

Bruce

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 05:04 PM, Duane wrote:

They should also be able to merge accounts if needed, though that sometimes causes problems.

Merging accounts fails to reassign any old content (messages, files, photos, even group ownership) to the new email address.* Thus I would not recommend that.

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Regards,

Bruce

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*This is the main problem with the merge function.

It is likely your email provider that is causing it.

I am experiencing multiple bounces a month....all with the same error message:

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 03:07 PM, Frances wrote:

Duane, if someone has access to the old address, can they join with that and then later change their email address to their preferred email address?

That should work.? They should also be able to merge accounts if needed, though that sometimes causes problems.

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Duane

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 03:43 PM, Duane wrote:

The only way I've found that connects old posts/messages to a person is for them to join with the original email address.? In many cases, that address is long gone, so no way to do it.

Duane, if someone has access to the old address, can they join with that and then later change their email address to their preferred email address?

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Frances

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 02:36 PM, Beno?t Dumeaux wrote:

Following the transfer of a rather old Yahoo group to Groups.io, I find myself with messages that are not linked to the user's account. How can I associate these messages with an account?

The only way I've found that connects old posts/messages to a person is for them to join with the original email address.? In many cases, that address is long gone, so no way to do it.

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Duane

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Following the transfer of a rather old Yahoo group to Groups.io, I find myself with messages that are not linked to the user's account. How can I associate these messages with an account?

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Examples

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but lot of message with X-Yahoo-Alias or X-Yahoo-Profile don't be rattached

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X-Yahoo-Alias: manowarplayer

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X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=7612106; email=no X-Yahoo-Profile: manowarplayer