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I am surprised and grateful
#testimonials
Mark and all the helpful hands, ? I want to thank you and the folks who helped transferring my group, which was done with this morning (European time). ? Never ever would I have thought this would happen so fast, the waiting line seemingly getting longer and longer. ? And even if this has been said hundreds of times, I say it again: ? I am really impressed by the functionality and the concept of the group services and possibilities. And I am impressed of the work and the genius that is hiding behind all that. ? Certainly I?ll have questions, and I know they can be posed here and they will be answered. ? Thank you ever so much. ? Victoria ? |
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Re: Can Member Notices be personalised
To my knowledge, there are no variables/fields available.? That would be a good suggestion for the beta group.
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Groups.io site updates
#changelog
Hi all,
This week's change log: Feel free to reply to this topic if you'd like to comment on the changes. Or better yet, if you expect a lot of discussion start a new topic (or rejoin an existing one) about a specific change. CHANGE: Completely revamped how Yahoo groups are transfered, adding aThis is the headliner, at least for anyone getting ready to transfer a Yahoo Group. I happened across it shortly after it went live, and "you heard it here first"! Alas, it doesn't tell you where you are in the queue, which may still be several days long, but at least you have confirmation that your request was entered and your "Go" was received. NEW: There's now a status page for the service, atThis is nice. Hopefully we'll never need it again ;-) Comments about these others are also welcome: CHANGE: Added meta headers to the maintenance page to hopefullyPlease call out any you find significant. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Can't get to my group site
Matty,
And I have a report of Avast blocking acess to Griuops.io. Any advice?Crossed in the mail: /g/GroupManagersForum/message/5127 Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Can't get to my group site
Dain,
What can be done for my users?Groups.io is investigating. From the Groups.io status page: "Erroneous phishing warnings Investigating - Some users are seeing erroneous phishing warnings when visiting the site on Windows. We have contacted Microsoft, Norton and Avast to work to clear this up. To the best of our knowledge, there is no real issue with the Groups.io site. Feb 23, 16:06 PST" Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Transfer Group from Yahoo
Hi Judy,
I wrote: Just before clicking the "Go" button, send a Special Notice to theAlso, in my most recent go-around I exported the Y!Group's Membership List in TSV format (the group had fewer than 1000 members) and pulled that into Excel. Three I sorted by email Delivery, and used BCC in from my Gmail account to send a copy of that "time has come" message to all the members set to No Email. That might have been over the top, and a few of those messages bounced, but it wasn't that much effort and (so far) none of them have objected to receiving the off list message from me. After the transfer completes I'm considering taking the Y!Group's Bouncing list and sending them an Invitation. They won't have heard anything about the move, and they won't have been copied by the transfer agent. And indeed likely most of them are truly dead addresses that will bounce when I send the invite. But experience has shown that Y!Groups does sometimes have working addresses on the Bouncing list. Just as sometimes a dead address is not listed as bouncing - and those will immediately go bouncing in your Groups.io group. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Transfer Group from Yahoo
Hi Judy,
In an automatic transfer, which email address will be the one used?The only email address that Groups.io learns is the one listed in your group's Manage Members list. I think some of the newer members might have email addresses in the "Yahoo Profile" column as well, but it is only the email address in the "Email" column that is of interest to the transfer agent. Are there any other pitfalls I should be aware of before I commenceUndoubtedly. ;-) See also: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Welcome-Message-for-Yahoo-Group-transfer If you think you might want subgroups to your group do that research and decide before the transfer, or well after it. The first subgroup you create makes a permanent change to the format of your group's web and email addresses. So it is best to have that sorted out before so that the members don't see it as another change. Or wait until they're settled in before springing that change on them. Let the Y!Group know as far in advance as you can that you will be making the move. You don't need specifics (and maybe should avoid them) before the actual move, but it makes sense to get the idea "out there" so it won't come as a shock when you do it. Remind them a couple or three times, but know that even so there are some who won't get the message. Make a new Welcome message tailored specifically for the transfer, name it something like Transfer Welcome, and make it active immediately before giving the "Go". Then after completion make the normal Welcome message active. You can carefully craft the subject line and body of the Transfer Welcome to match the style and tone of your group, and to fit with what you've told them in advance. Decide whether or not you want to check the box for Groups.io to send its "You have been added to [groupaddress]" message at the completion of the copying. I've generally left it enabled, but some here have reported that it can spook the members, and that too many take the offered "opt out" that comes with it. Despite being all 60-ish in age, and highly varied in computer skills, my group members apparently didn't have an adverse reaction to it. Just before clicking the "Go" button, send a Special Notice to the Yahoo Group letting them know that the time has come, and that they should watch for your Welcome message from the new list (and optionally the aforementioned "You have been added" message. That (or those) messages will tell them the new web address and new posting address for the list, and they can begin posting in the new list as soon as they get it (them). Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Is there another way to start a poll?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýYona, ? Click on New Topic, then look for the New Poll button at the top of the page right next to the blue New Topic button. ? Don ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yona Webb via Groups.Io
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 4:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GMF] Is there another way to start a poll? ? Hi Don, there is no ¡°polls¡± option above WIKI.? This is what my left side menu shows: Admin, Messages, Hashtags, New Topic, Chats, Directory, Calendar, Photos, Files, Databases, Wiki.? Period, no more.?? So, where are the polls?? Can you figure out why my group does not have them? Yona |
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Re: Is there another way to start a poll?
On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 01:45 pm, Yona Webb wrote:
I see "Polls in "New Topic", but when I click on it, the page is blank and nothing can be done there.When you click on New Poll, it should open a page similar to a posting, but the main box is labeled Question, with additional boxes at the bottom for possible choices and some options below that.? If you're not getting anything, and sure you're signed in as an owner or moderator, you should probably contact support.? It just worked fine for me. BTW, the options I see on the Settings page are: Subscribers can create Only moderators can create Polls are disabled Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list |
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