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I have just successfully transferred my first Yahoo Group to groups.io; every valid member, message, picture and file transferred correctly. What a relief!

Now, I have a question I hope one of you will answer. In the groups.io settings, there are two entries under General Privacy:

Member Directory, with a choice of options

and

Members Visible, with a choice of options

What is the difference?

Finally, does a groups.io Group member need to be a groups.io registered member to access the Group messages, pictures and files on the Group website? I cannot tell because I am already a groups.io registered member. Yahoo membership was required to access these website features. Is groups.io registration needed to do so?

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Larry McDavid W6FUB
Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland)

Larry,

Member Directory, with a choice of options
and
Members Visible, with a choice of options

What is the difference?

The Members Directory is a feature designed to allow group members to learn about each other. It does not reveal email addresses, but each member can create a group profile and then make it available to other members to see. In the profile they might say a few things about themselves relevant to the group (like, "I've been a bird watcher since 1975" in a bird related group).

Whether that kind of sharing is appropriate to the nature of the group is for the group admins to decide, which is why you have the choice of options.

The other, "Members" refers to the Members list. That's normally an admin-only list, but it can be made available to members if that's appropriate for the group. Say a group of people who know each other in real life. When made available to members, they see only a few of the columns, not all that an admin sees. In particular members can see: Display Name, Email, Delivery, and Applied (Joined).

Finally, does a groups.io Group member need to be a groups.io
registered member to access the Group messages, pictures and files on
the Group website?

They need to log in to the website. The don't even need to establish a password, just have the site email them a link that logs them in.

The word "registered" implies a lot of process and formality that does not exist in Groups.io.

Yes, every member has a Groups.io account associated with their email address, but that account was created automatically and they don't need to access it if they don't want to. But, if they do log in and access their account, then there are controls and options there that they may find useful. Like setting their time zone.

Shal


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On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 03:05 PM, Larry McDavid wrote:

need to be a groups.io registered member to access the Group messages

That would depend on how you have your group archives set.? If they're Public, as here on GMF, then you don't even need to be logged into the site to read them.? If they're Private, only logged in members can read them online.? Once you've set them to Private, you can't revert to Public.
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