This is something I would like to see as well. I've tried using the?“Pending Subscription” option in “Member Notices” to have a message sent to the person applying to join the group, to ask them to say something before their membership would be approved, but that doesn't seem to work. The message is not being sent to the email addresses of the applicants. All that is being sent is the notification to the moderators telling them that a new member needs to be approved.?

Am I misunderstanding how to use the Pending Subscription notice, or does it not work the way I assumed?

On help page, section about member notices, " 3. A special case: Group Guidelines " it says: " can be sent manually by a moderator to a group member at any time, in case the member needs a review of the guidelines". I feel like I looked everywhere, but obviously not, because I can't find how to do that.

Debbie

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Hi,

Thanks for pointing out those two methods. I do not consider either to be
intuitive. And they aren't really what I wanted (sort of/most of the time -
but not exactly).

First - if I want to report an 'offending/offensive' message then that
seems just fine. But it is 'tied' to the message.

Second - I use Digest mode ... a LOT ... and there isn't any such
method (at least that I'm finding) when using Digest.

Third - How do I contact the group owner/moderators when it isn't
related to a particular message -and/or- I'm using Digest?

My point is that, to me at least, every digest should include a
"contact the owners/moderators" and when I'm online I should
have a direct/easy to use method for doing so.
Here's the situation - suppose I'm someone who is upset ("pissed
off"?/hurt/whatever) about something related to a particular
groups.io ... and I want to contact the owner/moderators to
express that. I'm unlikely to find the methods in the answers
provided as 'satisfactory' ... and that will only make me more
upset.

Please note - I did not specify whether my 'complaint' is legit
or not ... the persons contacting the owners/moderators always
consider their complaint to be legit.
As the owner/moderator of several groups (on both YG and
groups.io) I can tell you that the likelihood of someone wanting
to contact the owner/moderators for any reason other than
being upset about something is VERY low.
Being able to contact the owner/moderators -easily- is one of
the basic services/features of a list service.
- Jim B.

Hi Stanley

You said:

hadn't thought this through thoroughly enough when I made the comment. I am setting up these subgroups because some members do not like to get inundated with a huge amount of messages on a particular subject.

Why not use the settings in Groups.io <> to help / let people manage the email flow?

You can set your default group settings using advanced preference. First post only, following only.

Here’s a screenshot of group settings (my test site):



My personal group settings for Group Managers Forum:


Here’s what the email footer for my GMF subscription says:

"Every message in topics or hashtags you are following is emailed to you.
The first message of every new thread is also emailed to you.
You automatically follow any topics you start or reply to.”

I can follow specific topics if i wish using the footer -
"Follow This Topic: /ft/13267435/19”
and I can mute hashtags, etc.

Frances