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Jumping off a cliff

Phillip Johnson
 

We have a serious concern about?
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?being totally dependent on superman (aka Mark Fletcher)!
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Can you provide any reassurance regarding the future of this MASTERPIECE should he depart the project?
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Phil Johnson
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Re: Attachments in messages

 

Rachel,

Are there limitations as to the size or file type allowed?
Certainly. But I don't know if they are documented.

I can see that we can plop a jpeg in the middle of text but a PDF
appears as an attachment.
Only "image type" files can be inserted inline. I'm not sure what the full list would be, but PDF (and DOC) would be excluded.

I have someone asking me if square or rectangle matters ... I suppose
not.
Nope. Not in messages or wiki pages.

She also is questioning the file size requirements.
In the Photos section of your group's settings you can specify maximum resolution sizes for upload and for email - but those are limits on the number of pixels, not the size of the file.

Shal
Attachments in messages

 

Our yahoo groups stopped attaching images a long time ago and now that we are at IO -- we are so happy to have this ability back.
Are there limitations as to the size or file type allowed?
I can see that we can plop a jpeg in the middle of text but a PDF appears as an attachment.??
Is there a list of "rules" for attachments??

I have someone asking me if square or rectangle matters ... I suppose not.??
She also is questioning the file size requirements.

No worries on storage for our group.

Thanks for any direction on these matters...?

Rachel
Re: Why no List-Post: header?

 
Edited

The problem is, at least with the popular Thunderbird email program, it is very easy to mistakenly send a privately intended message to the entire group. Especially for users who subscribe to other mailing lists that do include List-Post in the message headers. Sending a private message to the group generally has negative consequences, as you can imagine.

Drew

On 12/12/17 08:29, Arno Martens wrote:
I am quite all right with the reply to "Group" setting, as it is posted
in a group after all.
If I am replying to an individual OFF LIST, I am enduring the hardship
of cutting and pasting the address and add the OFF LIST comment.
I am not very pleased when I see the demand "Send a reply to me directly
as I do not check the group very often."
Arno
[Excess quote trimmed by moderator]
Re: Why no List-Post: header?

 

Thanks, Shal- I will make the suggestion.

Drew

On 12/12/17 02:39, Shal Farley wrote:
Drew,

> Is there a reason why Groups.io does not use a List-Post header in
> group messages?
Possibly Mark is unaware of it, or unaware of its benefits?
I'd not heard of it, but found it in RFC 2369. From the abstract:
"There are three other header fields described here which, although
?not as widely applicable, will have utility for a sufficient number
?of mailing lists to justify their formalization here. These are
?List-Post, List-Owner and List-Archive."

I recommend posting this a suggestion to beta@, including the above citation for the benefit of other readers.

> Without the header the only option is replying to the group, or copy
> and pasting the From address.
That's assuming the group's Reply To setting is "Group". It may take some testing to determine if List-Post is appropriate if the group is set to Sender, Moderators, or Group and Sender.
Shal
Re: Using Hashtags #hashtags

J_Catlady
 

Yes, there is. To follow a hashtag, go to the home page . Under ¡°Hashtags,¡± click on ¡°Muted,¡± and then on ¡°+Follow a New Hashtag.¡± Enter the name of the hashtag (be sure to include the # sign), the group name in which you want to follow it, and the duration (¡°forever,¡± ¡°one hour,¡± etc.).

If you want to receive ONLY messages with that hashtag (which is the purpose of the "following" feature, otherwise you receive all messages), go to Subscription, Advanced Preferences and click on "Following Only."

J


On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:34 AM, Norman C. Berns <ncberns@...> wrote:
Is there any way for members to receive messages based on specific hashtags...?? My group includes both discussions and self-promotion. Same field, but two distinctly different interests.??

Norman


Re: Why no List-Post: header?

 

If this is added, I think it should be a per group option.? There are groups that discourage off-list contact.? If/when the anonymous groups feature is added, this would need to be off for them.

Duane
Using Hashtags #hashtags

 

Is there any way for members to receive messages based on specific hashtags...?? My group includes both discussions and self-promotion. Same field, but two distinctly different interests.??

Norman
Re: Why no List-Post: header?

Arno Martens
 

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 23:39:04 -0800, "Shal Farley" <shals2nd@...>,
wrote:

Without the header the only option is replying to the group, or copy
and pasting the From address.
That's assuming the group's Reply To setting is "Group". It may take
some testing to determine if List-Post is appropriate if the group is
set to Sender, Moderators, or Group and Sender.

Shal

I am quite all right with the reply to "Group" setting, as it is posted
in a group after all.
If I am replying to an individual OFF LIST, I am enduring the hardship
of cutting and pasting the address and add the OFF LIST comment.

I am not very pleased when I see the demand "Send a reply to me directly
as I do not check the group very often."

Arno
Re: FW: One member having mail issues, help please.

 

Hi Shal, I just went and triple checked the second point you made and it's
set to Group. I think I mentioned to her the reply all option and to check
she wasn't hitting that & I don't think she is but I'll get her to double
check. Thanks for your help.

Gilly UK xxx

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Shal Farley
Sent: 11 December 2017 21:35
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GMF] FW: One member having mail issues, help please.

Hi Gilly,

> One of my members is having issues with cc ing in me and a few other >
members each time she posts to group.

If these are replies she's posting, some email interfaces allow the user to
select "Reply to all" as the default reply method. That would likely post to
both the group and the original sender. She'd have to look for that setting
in her email interface.

> I'm pretty sure the issue is her end but I also remember seeing a >
settings page regarding reply to all etc ( I don't think that's the > issue
as it's just one member, but would like to be able to find it > again!)

In the Message Policies section of your group's Settings page is the "Reply
To" option. It can be set to one of:
Group,
Sender,
Moderators, or
Group and Sender.

I agree with you though, this isn't likely the problem if it is just the one
member having the issue.

Shal
Re: Viewing Group message format settings

 

Ok Shal, I¡¯ll do that.
--
Some primal termite knocked on wood, And tasted it, and found it good!
And that is why your Cousin May, Fell through the parlor floor today.
- Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

On 12 Dec 2017, at 07:49, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

David,

What I¡¯m looking for is the information found here ...
Ah, I misunderstood.

I¡¯m following this up because a member of a group of which I am not
admin appears to be getting plain text and I wanted to check if that
option had been set for the entire group - not something the member
had done.
I don't know of anyplace a member can see those.

You could suggest in beta@ that those settings be included in the list of settings shown on the group's home page. The only argument against it I can think of would be an argument against using up more screen space.

Shal
Re: Viewing Group message format settings

 

David,

What I¡¯m looking for is the information found here ...
Ah, I misunderstood.

I¡¯m following this up because a member of a group of which I am not
admin appears to be getting plain text and I wanted to check if that
option had been set for the entire group - not something the member
had done.
I don't know of anyplace a member can see those.

You could suggest in beta@ that those settings be included in the list of settings shown on the group's home page. The only argument against it I can think of would be an argument against using up more screen space.

Shal
Re: Why no List-Post: header?

 

Drew,

Is there a reason why Groups.io does not use a List-Post header in
group messages?
Possibly Mark is unaware of it, or unaware of its benefits?

I'd not heard of it, but found it in RFC 2369. From the abstract:
"There are three other header fields described here which, although
not as widely applicable, will have utility for a sufficient number
of mailing lists to justify their formalization here. These are
List-Post, List-Owner and List-Archive."


I recommend posting this a suggestion to beta@, including the above citation for the benefit of other readers.

Without the header the only option is replying to the group, or copy
and pasting the From address.
That's assuming the group's Reply To setting is "Group". It may take some testing to determine if List-Post is appropriate if the group is set to Sender, Moderators, or Group and Sender.

Shal
Re: New io group not activated

 

? Yes I did Dano....? Took a bit of study but I am sure it went through ok, I just am concerned about the time it is taking....

Rod
Why no List-Post: header?

 

Is there a reason why Groups.io does not use a List-Post header in group messages? That header makes it a lot easier to reply privately to someone's From address rather than to the group Reply-to address. At least in Thunderbird... messages with a List-Post header causes Thunderbird to provide "Reply" as well as "Reply-to-List" options. Without the header the only option is replying to the group, or copy and pasting the From address.

Drew
Re: Viewing Group message format settings

 

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What I¡¯m looking for is the information found here:

which leads to:


This is from a group I am admin in, but you can¡¯t see this if you are a normal member.
I¡¯m following this up because a member of a group of which I am not admin appears to be getting plain text and I wanted to check if that option had been set for the entire group - not something the member had done.

¡ª David?
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Either that wallpaper goes, or I do. - last words of Oscar Wild

On 11 Dec 2017, at 22:21, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

David,

> Yes I know, but as you say, it doesn¡¯t include them all, especially
> things like delivery type etc.

Delivery type?

That's something each subscriber sets for him/herself. That you can see on your Subscription page. In the left column, just below the link for the group's home page.

Shal
Re: New io group not activated

 

Rod -
Did you remember to invite [email protected] to be a member of your Yahoo group and, after acceptance, give it administrator access to everything? The system needs full access to your old group in order to copy everything over.

Dano
BTDT <sigh>

----- Original Message -----

On December 4th I started a new group for a replacement of the Yahoo group for the SONY shortwave radio the ICF-2010.... /g/SonyICF20102001Dusergroup

I thought I sent the right email to have the files, photos and documents transferred but to date it shows nothing even though the red message shows the group will go live when the files are transferred. I was to believe this would take a few days but it has been a week. Any ideas?
Also need to know the transfer of all messages if that can be done?

Thanks Rod aka poikaa@...
Re: How to fix bouncing email status?

 

It was a bug and Mark has fixed it :-)
--
-LeeAnne

?Archivist
Re: New io group not activated

 

Rod,

I thought I sent the right email to have the files, photos and
documents transferred but to date it shows nothing even though the red
message shows the group will go live when the files are transferred.
I think that's a sign that you sent the correct email to start the process.

I was to believe this would take a few days but it has been a week.
Any ideas?
I don't know. It may be that the copy hit a snag and and Mark hasn't noticed. Or maybe the flood of transfer requests is just taking that long.

You could send another email to [email protected] to express your concern.

Also need to know the transfer of all messages if that can be done?
I don't know if the copy process proceeds one section at a time, or in what order. I would kind of expect that messages would be second, after members.

Shal
Re: Yahoo email address contortions

 

Drew,

Can someone please give me a quick refresh on why a Yahoo email
address such as "user@..." becomes "user@..." on
posted messages?
It's called DMARC.

It is a protocol whereby an email sending service can tell email receiving service to reject any message that doesn't come directly from the sending servers and is not an exact copy of one was sent from them.

Basically it is considered to be an anti-spoofing technology, but it has the side-effect of causing messages that go by way of mailing lists (such as Yahoo Groups or Groups.io or Mailman, or ...) to be rejected, or sent to spam.

Yahoo and a few other email services have that turned on. To help ensure that messages from the afflicted members (yes, I meant it that way) are actually delivered to other group members Groups.io mangles the From address, so that the message is now From groups.io, but still contains the sender's email address so that you can untangle it if you wish.

Yahoo Groups' response to the same problem is to mangle everyone's address, and much more grossly.


Shal
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