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Hello,? I don't think this is possible with eternity.io but I wanted to check.

The "search" capability for messages is really great and the archiving of messages is great.?

Our eternity.io group runs like our old Yahoo group with emails in 'threads' which are archived, so that one can search the archive and pull up messages relating to a topic.? However on the internet there are also groups which have a structure to their forum and members can post messages to a pre-established general topic? or to established sub-topics below.? ? ?There are pluses and minuses? ?and I don't pretend to know all the pros and cons but the structured approach more easily allows one to visualize all the topics which have been discussed and to put a new topic into the right "bucket".? ? ? ?Does eternity.io have that capability?? ? ?

Our group started as conversational but is gradually evolving towards repeated discussion of some topics.? ?

I think that within the structure we now have we can make something like an index with the wiki, putting links to messages, but looking for something easier.

Thank you for any suggestions!

On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 11:26 AM, JSA wrote:

Our eternity.io group runs like our old Yahoo group with emails in 'threads' which are archived, so that one can search the archive and pull up messages relating to a topic.? However on the internet there are also groups which have a structure to their forum and members can post messages to a pre-established general topic? or to established sub-topics below.? ? ?There are pluses and minuses? ?and I don't pretend to know all the pros and cons but the structured approach more easily allows one to visualize all the topics which have been discussed and to put a new topic into the right "bucket".? ? ? ?Does eternity.io have that capability??

JSA -- People have previously argued for both web-only and email-only groups. Neither is an available feature. As you've surmised, much difficulty arises when trying to assign an incoming email to the right "bucket;" especially when nondescript subject lines like "Help" are involved.

Such ambiguity does not exist in your classic web forum. If that's what you really want, groups.io may not be your best option. Consider a dedicated forum provider, such as ProBoards (proboards.com). It is ad-supported, but you can remove the ads for a fee. If you're savvy enough to set it up, you could also use something like PHPBB on your own web site (phpbb.com). It is free and open-source.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

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Check out the groups.io Help Center?and?groups.io Owners Manual

While I am sure that Bruce's advice is the best way forward for you, I just wanted to point out that you can require hashtags and you can make it so only the owner / moderator creates hashtags. That might get closer to what you want if you stayed with Groups.io

Mark does this in Beta group.

See also: ?/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/managing-hashtags

Frances
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