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Re: many questions - very very new to this

 

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 11:14 am, psb b wrote:
#4. ?is there a way the most recent message can appear at the top of the page
It should anyway.

#7. ?one member has a different time displayed on her messages, does she fix her computer, or do I do something as the owner
That's down to the individual member. In the right hand corner of the "Blue Bar" each member has a display showing their "identity"; click on that, and then on Account. On that page there is a time zone setting there for each member, depending on where they are.

#8. ?what does make sticky mean
If you look at the top of "this" page (i.e. the GMF) there is a post by Shal that has a thumb tack in its top left hand corner, this means that the message in question has been "stuck" to remain there forever, or at least until such time as the thumb tack is removed.

Chris
Creating Hashtags #hashtags

 

A member of my group - not a moderator - just added several hashtags when he posted. Yet only moderators are allowed to create hashtags. Am I missing something? Or finding a bug?
many questions - very very new to this

 

We just switched our yahoo group over here to groups.io.

I'm very very new to this, so new I'm getting headaches.

We have many questions

#1. ?is there a phone app
#2. ?can the blue border colors be changed
#3. ?can we put our logo/photo on the messages page?
#4. ?is there a way the most recent message can appear at the top of the page
#5. ?can we have a chat box AND the message page to view at the same time
#6. ?what is the icon beside the "Topics" and ?"search box" ?that looks like a funnel
#7. ?one member has a different time displayed on her messages, does she fix her computer, or do I do something as the owner
#8. ?what does make sticky mean

So sorry if these seem naive. ?And thanks in advance for any help.
? MUCH APPRECIATED !

~~Pamela~
Re: Permanent 301 Redirect

 

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 07:38 am, <Jocosailor@...> wrote:
Has anyone ever set up a?Permanent 301 Redirect to their?Wiki page? Is it allowed by groups.io?
I'm pretty sure you can redirect people INTO your wiki page...or your home page or any other PUBLIC page in your group...with no problem. Be sure to set up one of the "public can view" permissions, or people arriving will be?asked to log on, and probably become confused.

At this time ftp access to the groups.io server is not available, so redirecting OUT is much more problematical.

Hope this helps,
Bruce
our emails are showing as suspected spam

 

hello, we have a new group and everything had been working well the first couple days.? Now our emails are being sent to people's junk folders as suspected spam. Do you know how I can fix this?
thanks!
Barb
Re: Yahoo Groups Transfer Timeframe

Marie Alline
 

The man who initiates the transfer is on vacation and will not be back until tomorrow. It may take a little more time than usual due to most likely a back log of transfer requests. Keep in mind that a lot of groups are transferring now due to the problems at Yahoo groups. Be patient a few more days. I'm sure Mark will get back to you as soon as he can. Also keep checking your members list at Yahoo for the email address ([email protected]) and when you see it, make sure to make it a mod so it can have access for the transfer. Because of Yahoo email problems, I never got the notice. It was just there. You can then go back to the process and look for the next step. If the button is there to continue the process, just click it and continue. If not, you may have to wait another day or two, but keep checking it. The hardest part of the process I thought was just waiting for the transfer. Another thing to check, is to be sure none of your members are bouncing or on no mail before the transfer starts.
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Reply Vs Reply-all

PACC Admin
 

Hi, new to this product and experimenting as replacement to Yahoo.

In Yahoo, the recipient of a message (either through email or on the web page) can choose to either reply to just the sender or to reply all and I'm trying to get Groups.io to allow the same choice.??

I found a setting where I can specify the default reply (sender, group, moderator, Group and sender) which and set it to "group"

I also found a check box called "Remove other reply options" which implies the if left unchecked in addition to the default reply to there would be other options like Sender or Moderator.? However I can't see any difference if this box is checked or not.? In no case do I seem to have an option of selecting what set of people the reply should go to (either in replying on the web or replying to an email either using the Outlook reply vs reply all or the buttons at the bottom of the message.

Can someone give me some guidance here on how to set things up so that members can choose on a message by message basis which group of people their reply should go to?

Thanks -- Dan
Re: Automatic Distribution of Messages

Bruce Birnel
 

Much thanks. It works.

Bruce

From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, April 30, 2018 at 6:08 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [GMF] Automatic Distribution of Messages

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 05:47 pm, Bruce Birnel wrote:
On our old Yahoo egroup, there is a feature whereby we can upload a text document and have that document automatically sent out to the entire membership once a month. We can also have that document automatically sent out to new members upon joining the group. I can not figure out how to do this on?.?
Go to Admin->Settings and click the Member Notices tab at the top of the page. Create a new notice of type Group Guidelines. There are checkboxes for "send on join" and "send monthly to group."

Hope this helps,
Bruce

Re: 2 questions about guidelines

 

Nancy,

We have updated our group¡¯s guidelines. How do I replace the copy that you get when clicking on the menu??
How do I make the new guidelines email monthly?

See the other recent messages about the Guidelines type of Member Notice. Also:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Member-Notices? and
/static/help#membernotices
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All I could find was edit and move. The new version was modified and uploaded in our files by a moderator, not me.

Unlike Y!Groups, member notices in Groups.io are not implemented as part of the Files feature. Files here cannot be "scheduled".

Shal


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Locked Re: Group Managers Forum subscription reminder #admin - Tue, 5/1/18 #admin #cal-reminder

 

Milt,

Looks like you have this set to go out using the Calendar, something I've never used on Groups.io.? Can you provide a short overview for those of us who might like to send a regular monthly message like this to members?

I set up GMF's reminder before the Guidelines feature that Bruce mentioned existed. You might prefer to used that method. On the other hand, using a calendar Event gives you great flexibility in scheduling, at the cost of some boilerplate content and system hashtags. See also:
/g/GroupManagersForum/message/3749

Shal


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2 questions about guidelines

Nancy in Renton
 

I thought I posted this yesterday. I looked around and did a search but still need help.

We have updated our group¡¯s guidelines. How do I replace the copy that you get when clicking on the menu??
How do I make the new guidelines email monthly?

All I could find was edit and move. The new version was modified and uploaded in our files by a moderator, not me.

Nancy
Locked Re: Group Managers Forum subscription reminder #admin - Tue, 5/1/18 #admin #cal-reminder

 

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 07:38 am, Milt Baker wrote:
This is a nice reminder, and I'd like to have something comparable sent out each month to the 750-member Groups.io group I own.??
/g/GroupManagersForum/message/7971
Locked Re: Group Managers Forum subscription reminder #admin - Tue, 5/1/18 #admin #cal-reminder

 

Shal and team,

This is a nice reminder, and I'd like to have something comparable sent out each month to the 750-member Groups.io group I own.??

Looks like you have this set to go out using the Calendar, something I've never used on Groups.io.? Can you provide a short overview for those of us who might like to send a regular monthly message like this to members?

Many thanks,

Milt Baker, Nordhavn Owners Group
Permanent 301 Redirect

 

Has anyone ever set up a?Permanent 301 Redirect to their?Wiki page? Is it allowed by groups.io?
Re: Yahoo Groups Transfer Timeframe

 

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Hello Peter,


Part if not most of the transfer process is manual.? The person who does this process, Mark, was on vacation last week I think until or through yesterday.? As well any other person in the queue ahead of you would go first.? That is the reason for the lengthy delay.


Doug



From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Peter J. McKinney <peter.j.mckinney@...>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 8:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [GMF] Yahoo Groups Transfer Timeframe
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Hello -

I am new to and this forum. ?I am attempting to transfer a Yahoo Group to and am not having success so far. ? I have created the new/replacement geoup in , initiated the transfer process at?/yahootransfer, and invited the user?[email protected] to the Yahoo group. ?So far I have waited about a week with no response. ?The only information about a delay is posted on the page at?/yahootransfer?but it suggests a delay of a few days. ?I emailed?[email protected] late last week to inquire but so far have not heard back other than the auto-reply acknowledging receipt of the email. ?

Does anybody here have any insight into what the current Yahoo Group transfer time frame is and/or what I should expect in terms of responses from?[email protected]?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide to this newbie,

- Pete
Locked Group Managers Forum subscription reminder #admin - Tue, 5/1/18 #admin #cal-reminder

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Re: Automatic Distribution of Messages

 

Bruce,

When we are ready to make the transition, we can not use your automatic transfer method because we have over 7800 registered accounts. We are certain that many of these accounts are unused due to people moving out of our community, etc.

I would recommend using the automated transfer anyway.

Firstly because you can uncheck the box for copying your group members, and have just the content copied. But beware: content in both Yahoo Groups and Groups.io is "owned" by the member who uploaded the content. If the matching email address is not in the Groups.io group then the ownership info is lost, and the item becomes attributed to the person who initiated the transfer. For this reason it is best to let the transfer agent copy over the membership so that as much of the content remains properly attributed as possible.

Secondly, those Y!Group members who have "Bouncing" status will be skipped when copying the members. That alone will trim a lot of your deadwood (though you may mean you have 7800 non-bouncing members). Immediately after the copy operation a number of the copied members will likely get "Bouncing" status in Groups.io. That's because Y!Groups bounce tracking mechanism has been unreliable for some time, and Groups.io will pick up the ones Y!Groups missed. It is also possible in some cases that an email service might reject messages from Groups.io where it had been accepting them from Y!Groups.

Shal


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Re: Yahoo Groups Transfer Timeframe

 

Welcome, Pete!
The problem is most likely that you've managed to request a transfer coinciding with the couple weeks Mark has taken off for vacation. While part of the transfer may be automated, Mark has to manually perform the act of joining the group because of the 'captcha'. He should be back in a few days and you should see some activity soon.

Dano

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Hello -
I am new to Groups.io and this forum. I am attempting to transfer a Yahoo Group to Groups.io and am not having success so far. I have created the new/replacement geoup in Groups.io, initiated the transfer process at /yahootransfer, and invited the user [email protected] to the Yahoo group. So far I have waited about a week with no response. The only information about a delay is posted on the page at /yahootransfer but it suggests a delay of a few days. I emailed [email protected] late last week to inquire but so far have not heard back other than the auto-reply acknowledging receipt of the email.

Does anybody here have any insight into what the current Yahoo Group transfer time frame is and/or what I should expect in terms of responses from [email protected]?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide to this newbie,

- Pete
Re: Include prior text in email replies?

 

DanHartfordPhoto,

Is there a setting which causes original email text to be included when replying?
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There is not a setting, but when replying in the Message section there are two ways to do it. See:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Message-composition-tips-and-tricks

When replying by email that's entirely up to the member's email interface. Except in the case of using the "Reply To xxxx" links in the footer of messages - in which case it basically isn't possible.

Shal


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Re: Reply to sender or group or . . .

 

Bruce,

Under Settings/ Message Policies there is an option to set "Reply To" to Group, Sender, Moderators, or Group and Sender." Where is this applied?

It controls the content of a Reply-To: field placed in the header of each outbound (individual) email message. This field is used by most email interfaces to control the behavior of the default Reply function.
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In general, I would want replies to only go out to the group and not the sender of the reply, or does that mean sender of the original message?

It means sender of the original message.
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Since they are part of the group, why would they not receive it anyway?

Depends on their email delivery choice. If they are on Digest they might not get it for some hours; if they are on Special Notice or No Email they wouldn't at all (not counting reading it in the group's Messages).

I do see that this setting governs to button behavior in the web interface, with the button text for reply changing to whatever option is set. Why not just have buttons for each of these actions?

That was done for a while, but many moderators complained that it was too easy for the member to click the "wrong" one by inattention, so the present scheme was devised to make the group's setting more prominent by "hiding" the other choice.

Finally, our messages in general have a "Reply to sender" link in the the email, but we had one go out today with the footer below that was missing the link. Do these links get changed for plain text vs html email?

Yes, the content of the footer is different for plain text messages than formatted (HTML) ones. Avoiding this inconsistency is one reason a group might check the Force HTML Emails box in the Message Formatting section of the group's Settings page.

Shal


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