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Is it possible to automatically approve new members to a group -

1) without any email/action required for membership approval

Yes, but there has to be some email interaction either:
A) Prospective member sends an email to: <groupname>[email protected]
or
B) If they join via the web:
Clicking on “+Join This Group” at groups.io/g/<groupname>,
Entering their email address,
And clicking on “Confirm Email Address”;
The prospective member will have to reply to a “Confirm Email Address” email.

2) but WITH the "first two messages are moderated" still in force.

Yes, go to your group (and if you have the appropriate Owner/Moderator permissions)
Admin: Settings: Spam Control:
Uncheck the box for: "Restricted Membership"
Check the box for: "New Users Moderated"
Unmoderate After: set number of 'appoved posts'
Click on "Update Group”

Hi again,

? I solved my personal issue/question - all (?) I had to do was to scroll further down
the Subscription page - it was there all the time.

? I am not the owner of this group so I don't know whether or not the group can be
set up to automatically approve new members - BUT leave the "first 2 messages
require approval (are moderated)" status.??
? I've left that for the group owner to sort out.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim B.

If the only box checked in the Spam Control area of the Settings page is New User Moderated (and set for 2), then anyone that applies to the group becomes a member immediately, but the first 2 posts will be moderated.? You may not have the permissions needed to see or change it.

Duane
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Hi,

? Is it possible to automatically approve new members to a group -?

? 1) without any email/action required for membership approval
? 2) but WITH the "first two messages are moderated" still in force.

? This is for a 'normal' (public) group - not a 'private' (by invitation only) group.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
? YES, I looked for how to set up my Moderator level membership to do the above
and I was not able to do so.? I couldn't even find the settings for those.? I suspect
it is an Owner Only setting ... ???
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim B.

I'm not receiving my own messages from my group. I've posted a "good morning" and a "this is a test" and have not received either in my yahoo inbox.

Yes, I've received the responses from other members, and others members unrelated posts.

Yes, I've checked my subscription and all is okay there.

Any hints, tips or clues?

At Groups.io use the drop down menu after your name in the upper right and select:
Account: Preferences: My Posts
Check the box for: "I always want copies of my own messages"
Click on "Update Preferences"

However some Email Providers (on their own) might still not display your own posts.

Sorry to be a pain if this has already been addressed, but...

I'm not receiving my own messages from my group. ?I've posted a "good morning" and a "this is a test" and have not received either in my yahoo inbox.

Yes, I've received the responses from other members, and others members unrelated posts.

Yes, I've checked my subscription and all is okay there.

Any hints, tips or clues? ?Thank you.

I have had groups of one sort or another for probably 30+ years.? When I moved a group from a LISTPROC email server (everyone was moderated) to Yahoogroups probably 13 years ago, the other co-owner and I agreed we would TRY to unmoderate the group because of the traffic levels that meant we spent a lot of time moderating.? Our group was "mature" and we THOUGHT that would be sufficient.? I can tell you that within literally HOURS after we made that switch and unmoderated the 1000+ members, the flame wars started in earnest.? It took us probably 2 weeks to go in and MODERATE that group using the Yahoogroup tools available at the time.? In the meantime, we lost probably 1/4 of our members (unsubscribing due to the nasty nature of the postings).? It was a lesson I learned and have never forgotten.

I default my groups to MODERATED, period.? As owner, I have the ability to unmoderate anyone in the group on a selective basis.? I watch and see who is responsible and who follows the rules, as well as who is posting regularly.? THEN, and only then will I consider unmoderating an individual - and as always, I reserve the right to re-moderate them if they change their habits.

"Freedom of Speech" applies to government entities only.? As a private group, you are allowed to establish your own rules of conduct, including what kind of speech you will allow.? No one forces people to join your group, they are free to come and go as they please.? If they don't like the rules, they can leave.

Bill Hickey
Boulder, CO

Don,

1. Will the links in Yahoo's Links section be transferred to
Groups.io?

Yes. They will be converted into a table in the Database section.

2. When making a new topic, is it necessary to add a hashtag?

No. Not unless the group has checked the "Hashtags Required" box in the Message Policies section of the Settings page.

Shal


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I am almost ready to transfer one of my Yahoo groups to Groups.io.
I have two questions?at this time.

1. Will the links in Yahoo's Links section be transferred to Groups.io?
All of the outside links?have been vetted and are for sites with information related to the purpose?of the group.

2. When making a new topic, is it necessary to add a hashtag?

Don Clark

For the past several days I haven't been receiving notifications of new subscribers requiring my approval.

They aren't hung up in my ISP's spam filters... I see no delivery failures associated with my membership as group owner... I have all available notifications turned on so I should be getting signup notices.

I wouldn't have seen this issue if I hadn't looked at my groups via the web because I usually deal with subscription approvals entirely by email.

Anyone else seeing this problem?

Jim H

Hi Shal,

I will ask support. Thanks anyway.

Received from Tamara Larson via Groups.Io at 7/12/2018 07:43 PM UTC:

Thank you, Shal. Legally, we are not supposed to discuss anything that is a topic of executive session outside that group. That's what I meant.

Tamara

If that's the situation that has you wanting to move messages back to the exec session group, I wouldn't bother moving them. I'd delete them and tell the poster to repost to the proper forum. If they persist, then I'd put them on moderated status in the "wrong" forum and reject inappropriate postings that should have been posted to the exec forum. This will give them incentive to correct their behavior and it avoids you having to forward messages that would then have your info in the headers when you weren't the original author of those messages.

There are times when the urge to help correct others' mistakes should be ignored. I think this may be one of them.

Jim H

Regan,

How to I set up my group so all messages contain both "Reply to Group" and "Reply to Sender” options?

In the Message Policies section of your group's Settings page, select Group under Reply To, and do not check either the Remove Other Reply Options box or the Separate Message Footers box.

That will do it for messages that are formatted (HTML), but not for messages that are posted in plain text - the plain text footer does not contain those links (because reasons). If you want to overcome that, in the Message Formatting section you can also check the Force HTML Emails box.

Here’s what currently appears in messages sent to my new list:

...

Something seems to have gotten lost in translation - your example footers. I think that's because Groups.io recognizes quoted footers and strips them automatically (because in most cases they would just be unnecessary and confusing clutter at the bottom of a quoted message).

But that's ok. I know what they look like. Here's some more info (though I need to update it for some recent changes, I think):
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Footers

Shal
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Jim B,

I know that groups.io -can- be used for this kind of group - my
question is "should it be?".

One factor you may consider is that in Groups.io you can't actually turn off the Messages page, nor restrict it to moderators only. The only two choices are public and private (members-only) access.

I don't know if that should actually concern you. There's no particular harm in letting the unimportant messages accumulate in a members-only page. And there could be a benefit for those members who prefer to read via web than via email.

Or, said differently, "is there any reason to leave yahoo groups for
this kind of group?".

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o Getting new members subscribed to a Groups.io group seems to go more smoothly. For email-only members it starts the same way, with an Invite from you or a subscribe email from them. It is just an impression but I read fewer complaints of Invitations not being sent/received, or subscribe commands failing here in Groups.io.

o Groups.io has a Direct Add feature (for Premium groups) that allows you to directly add new subscriber email addresses, bypassing the above.

o Groups.io has a new member moderation feature that automatically removes moderation from a member after you approve a number of their messages (you set the number).

o Groups.io has more subscription options for the email-only members.

o Groups.io allows subscribers to Mute topics or Hashtags that they are not interested in. Or (with some web access to set it up) follow only topics or hashtags that they /are/ interested in.

o Groups.io's calendar feature actually works, if you want to automatically post reminders and notifications about scheduled events.

o Groups.io is actively supported, meaning that message delivery problems to various email services tend to get investigated and resolved.

o While it is true that most of the outages with Y!Groups lately have been with the various web features, there are the occasional bouts of delayed messages and (a week or two ago) some reports of inbound messages going missing.

Given that you don't use Y!Groups' web features you're under no particular time pressure to make a change. Just keep an updated copy of the email addresses in your Manage Members list as a hedge against an unexpected end to Y!Groups.

Shal


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I ban members after 3 strikes, no acceptions, no asking questionsl if you don’t follow the rules you are out. And in the case of my group my rules are many.

We should allow free speech, shouldn't we??

I would just like to add that for Americans, "freedom of speech" is a legal term with a precise meaning.? In particular, since the article in the US Constitution begins with "Congress shall make no law...", this has been broadly interpreted by the courts as applying only to the government.? It is neither censorship nor a restriction of free speech for individuals and non-governmental entities to restrict speech in their own environment in whatever way they so choose.

Best,

Glenn

Hi,
? I'm a member of a yahoo group that is "posting only".? No msg archive.? No files.? No photos.
It's used to let friends know 'UNimportant stuff' that is only important for a day or so.

? I know that groups.io -can- be used for this kind of group - my question is "should it be?".
Or, said differently, "is there any reason to leave yahoo groups for this kind of group?".
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim B.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:00 PM, Sharon Villines wrote:

The list is described a conversation between neighbors — like a chat on the front porch or the back fence.

I would argue that an on - line chat is nothing like that. A conversation between neighbours is just that, but it does not normally - and perhaps should not, take place in front of numerous (countless?) bystanders. I'm not suggesting that any such conversation might be littered with criticisms of others in the area, but IMHO equating a converation over the back fence with an on - line chat with all sorts of hangers - on in the background is simply asking for trouble.

Having got that out of the way I want to express my appreciation of the thoughtful views offered by Shal, Gerald & Toby. "Freedom of Speech" is a somewhat vague notion anyway; one example often used in the UK to illustrate the problems with the concept is to ask the question "does freedom of speech extend to shouting "Fire" in a crowded theatre where there isn't actually a fire?" The same example may well be used on the "other side of the pond" as well.

Another point to consider is that while I may be "free" to say what I like, that freedom does not extend to sidestepping the consequences of what I might say. Freedom brings responsibilities with it.

Chris