Re: why are membership applicants called "member" before even admitted?
I¡¯m just sticking my oar in here because my similar problems remain unresolved.... Applicants were not receiving my set email in response to a request to join. those people are called members on one
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Tim Morris
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
... IF| We have no control over what our email | providers do. Almost every big email | provider is on the list of providers | where this can happen, except Gmail, Not just Gmail. I use OUTLOOK eMail
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Rubens
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#33166
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
To me the most obvious reason to have an expiry on either the email me a link or the re-subscribe is if that link gets into the wrong hands it would allow a ne'er do well access Emails go astray, or
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Nivard Ovington
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#33165
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
It may be something similar to invitations (in addition to the record keeping.)? If you don't remove an invitation from the list, it can be used at any time in the future.? There have been a couple
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Duane
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#33164
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
I've been a member of this group (and Beta) almost since the start, and I've yet to see any reason given for having any expiry date at all. It just seems to be a pointless irritant. Jim
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Jim Fisher
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#33163
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
Ilana, I would suggest that you insist on having a backup contact of some kind from each member; a phone/text number or other contact. Other than a backup contact, it would be far better to educate
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Monica H. Bellizzi
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#33162
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
ISIS, It seems that you are making some assumptions that don't hold water.? For one, you assume the problem is unique to groups.io.? It isn't, in fact they are one of the few that let you know about
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John Pearce <jponsalt@...>
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#33161
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
For the avoidance of doubt... the "list of contacts" has to be in the *mail provider's contact list* , not that in an email client. FWIW my ISP "improved" its email interface with the result that it
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Chris Jones
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#33160
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
Ironic, isn't it? Lots of people still have Yahoo Mail accounts because for awhile you *had* to...in order to subscribe to Yahoo Groups. Now that many Yahoo Groups have migrated to groups.io, Yahoo
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Bruce
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
Yeah, I should have stated that more clearly.? GIO honors the FBL and will remove people.? Yahoo and Google (the big fish) don't honor the FBL as far as I can tell, so won't kick people off.? GIO
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Duane
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#33158
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
Duane, I may be misinterpreting what you're saying but In my groups, yahoo addresses represent 35% of the removal-for-spam incidents.
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Pete Cook
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
I have tested it, using a disposable group, and the last Owner is never kicked off, by this mechanism or otherwise. He can't even unsubscribe on purpose, or delete his own account, without first
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Bruce
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#33156
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
Ilana -- Providers are getting more and more aggressive with spam filtering, and the complete elimination of "false positives" is probably not an achievable goal.?While the above actions have been
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Bruce
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#33155
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Re: Wanting to convert from Yahoogroups to Groups.io.
Michael -- A 'quick start' guide for setting up a group can be found at /helpcenter/gettingstarted. It's still in something of a draft form but is nonetheless fairly complete. Group
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Bruce
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#33154
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Wanting to convert from Yahoogroups to Groups.io.
Our group the ¡°Pennsylvania Council of the Blind¡± has finally gotten frustrated with Yahoogroups and we have decided to migrate over to Groups.io. We have a number of groups in yahoogroups which
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michael zaken <michael.zaken@...>
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#33153
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
So I¡¯m a new group owner just launching my first group and want to keep members¡¯ incoming groups.io messages from being treated as spam! it sounds like I should do two things for spam prevention:
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Ilana DeBare
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
Check out /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/5115 If they're the only owner, they shouldn't lose access, but it's not something I want to test. ;>)? If you have another email address, you
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Duane
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
I appreciate the technical/political explanations of why Groups.io is getting pushed into doing this. It's a seriously rotten deal, and I hope other providers will not follow suit. I'm not exactly
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isis feral
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
I see how this could be a greater problem for your members than for many of us. To the experienced members here: What would a member have to do to get back in the group after the link expires? I'm
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Pete Cook
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#33149
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Re: member unsubscribed for 'marking a message as spam'?
This has happened to a small percentage of my members and honestly it's not a big deal. The member gets an email notice with a link to resume their subscription, and it takes them one click to get
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Pete Cook
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