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Thanks Judy - yes we can stop non members from posting, but they receive an email saying their message has been rejected and, in that email, there is information telling them what to do in order to become a member.? It is the use of these links that cause further work as the non member becomes a pending member awaiting authorisation and we have to delete them.

It would be better for the rejection email to not contain these links.

Tony

On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 09:31 AM, TDSWC wrote:

When a non-group members tries to send an email to the group it is rejected (correctly) but the rejection email contains a couple of links/emails saying theses can be used to join the group.

If it were my group, I wouldn't have it listed in the Groups.io directory.? That would minimize the chances of anyone finding it, so there should be little to deal with.? You could also have a (nicely worded) rejection notice for the few, if any, that manage to get into the pending list.

BTW, no one from Groups.io management is on this group.? To make a suggestion for the site, you need to join beta, the official suggestion box group.? There have been threads there in the past about invitation only groups.? You could join in one of those, if they're not locked, or start one of your own.

Duane
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There is no "Invitation Only" group setting.

However the work around is:
Admin-> Settings: scroll down to:
"Privacy-> Visibility": set to: "Group not listed in Directory, private messages"
"Spam Control": check "Restricted Membership" (Members require approval before being allowed to join the group.)
Scoll to bottom of page and click on "Update Group"

In Admin-> Settings: click on "Member Notice"
create a "Pending Subscription" notice that says:
"This is an invitation only group"
or
"This is an invitation only group - DO NOT TRY TO JOIN IT"
You could also say:
"send an email to: <[email protected]> and tell us why you want to be invited"
or
"reply to this message and tell us why you want to be invited"
Scoll to bottom of page and click on "Add Notice"

If you ignore subscription / "Join Group" requests they expire in 14 days.


Additionally to 'help' each Owner or Moderator ignore subscription / "Join Group" requests:
Admin-> Members
use the Members drop down menu to select Moderators
click anywhere on each Owner or Moderator's row (do not check the box)
scroll to "Notifications"
and be sure the box is unchecked for "Email when there are members needing approval."
Scoll to bottom of page and click on "Save"

Thankyou all for the very helpful comments - I am now more aware of some of the features available.

I think what I was wanting to address is actually outside of the main system.? It is the reject message sent when a non subscriber tries to post a topic via email.

Example reject message:
(highlighted text should ideally be removed/changed)