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Re: Can I Suspend a Member?
On 09 May 2025
20:39:37 (+01:00), Peggy Robin wrote:
As Duane has said, NO. The only option is, as
described in the manual, to BAN the person and then, if you wish, you can
later unban them and allow them to rejoin. best, Malcolm. --? Malcolm Austen -- malcolm.austen@... |
Re: Can I Suspend a Member?
On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 02:17 PM, Dave Cahn wrote:
Is it possible to suspend a group member, so that they cannot read or post messages, without canceling the membership and later remove the suspension (or suspend for a stated time period)? In a word, NO.? As long as they're a member, they can get to the group, so could read as they please.
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Duane
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Re: Can I Suspend a Member?
Here's how I do it:
1. First go to the person's member page and put them on always-moderated status.
2. Change their posting privileges to can't post
3. Change their message delivery to "no email"
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You can either write to them to tell them you've suspended them and why, and let them know what they need to do to regain normal status -- or wait until they notice they're no longer getting messages and can't post and they write to you to ask what happened.?
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You might also consider in advance what you think the suspension will accomplish and how the person is likely to react. For serious rule-breaking (like spamming the group), I simply ban without explanation. If I think the person legitimately didn't understand how the group works or what kinds of posts are not acceptable, I'll write and explain what they did wrong, and give them another chance, before suspending message delivery and/or cutting off posting ability.
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One thing to consider: If you cut off posting ability without cutting off message delivery, the offender can still write to people off-list, and that can cause more trouble than ever, as you won't know what they're saying to members off-list unless someone writes to you to complain about it.?
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One more option: Simply remove (don't ban) the member. They can write to you to ask why they were removed, and then you can explain and invite them to rejoin (that is, if you think they now understand what they can and cannot do as a member of your group).?
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p.s. I always try to head off any "free speech" complaints by emphasizing that this is a privately-owned group and that the List Owners are the (only) ones who make the rules.
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Peggy Robin
Cleveland Park Listserv
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Re: Removing members?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýPerfect, worked like a charm.
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Re: Removing members?
On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 09:37 AM, Kliph wrote:
Thanks, can this be done from mobile app also?Yes. You'll have to click through the More hamburger menu to get the admin functions to fly in, but once the member list is displayed the process is the same. ?
Fat-fingering something while trying to do this can have serious repercussions. For that reason I prefer to use a keyboard and mouse.
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Re: Removing members?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThanks, can this be done from mobile app also?
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Re: Removing members?
On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 09:05 AM, Kliph wrote:
Is there a way to mass remove everyone from a group? Want to remove members and change name.Yes. Open the member list, and click the "select all" box at upper left (see screenshot). Then scroll to the bottom and select "Remove" from the Actions pull-down menu. ?
You may have to do this several times, depending on your personal "Items per Page" setting.
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Hope this helps,
Bruce
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Re: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
Sorry, Pam, that should be "reply option": in the first sentence to you, not "replay option." -----Original Message-----
From: <[email protected]> Sent: May 5, 2025 2:39 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Group_Help] Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender ? I didn't follow all of the previous responses, so apologies if this idea was offered earlier, but Ken's use of the links in message footers offers another path for possibly isolating the problem. ? Pam: You might try responding to people through the "Reply" (or "Reply All") option at the end of messages (footer that starts "Groups.io Links:") to see if using that replay option also causes the problem you're having with responding through Apple Mail. If using that option does NOT produce the same problem, at least you'd have a way to respond to messages until you can identify a solution to the issue with Apple Mail. ? Good luck! ? Stan ? -----Original Message----- ? <<<???I routinely use the regular ¡°Reply¡± tab instead. ?What¡¯s the deal here?>>>?
Hi Pam
For a baseline I, too, use Appld Mail on my phone and ipad ¡ª not on a Mac. ?On my PC I use Outlook?
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When you say, ¡°tab¡±, I don't have any ¡°reply¡± or other tab?in my Mail user interface on my phone or pad.?
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On what device(s) are you using Apple Mail? ?Be specific.?
Which iOS version?
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When you say ¡°regular ¡°, it's not that helpful because, well, when it comes to email no one knows what ¡°regular¡± means. ?Are you tapping the reply back?ARROW in Mail or tapping the ¡°Reply to Group¡± link in the footer of the message? ?Or something else - please be specific and/or include a screenshot.?
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I know you're frustrated abd we are all here to help you resolve this, not to battle with you. ?Keep in mind that this is a volunteer user-to-user help group and have ZERO formal relationships with Groups.io. ? If we can't resolve the issue here we can suggest you go a more formal route and report it to ¡°the management¡± ??
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Ken K
Sent from my phone. (using the Reply to Group link in the message footer)? ? |
Re: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
I didn't follow all of the previous responses, so apologies if this idea was offered earlier, but Ken's use of the links in message footers offers another path for possibly isolating the problem. ? Pam: You might try responding to people through the "Reply" (or "Reply All") option at the end of messages (footer that starts "Groups.io Links:") to see if using that replay option also causes the problem you're having with responding through Apple Mail. If using that option does NOT produce the same problem, at least you'd have a way to respond to messages until you can identify a solution to the issue with Apple Mail. ? Good luck! ? Stan ? -----Original Message-----
From: <[email protected]> Sent: May 5, 2025 10:52 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Group_Help] Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender ? <<<???I routinely use the regular ¡°Reply¡± tab instead. ?What¡¯s the deal here?>>>?
Hi Pam
For a baseline I, too, use Appld Mail on my phone and ipad ¡ª not on a Mac. ?On my PC I use Outlook?
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When you say, ¡°tab¡±, I don't have any ¡°reply¡± or other tab?in my Mail user interface on my phone or pad.?
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On what device(s) are you using Apple Mail? ?Be specific.?
Which iOS version?
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When you say ¡°regular ¡°, it's not that helpful because, well, when it comes to email no one knows what ¡°regular¡± means. ?Are you tapping the reply back?ARROW in Mail or tapping the ¡°Reply to Group¡± link in the footer of the message? ?Or something else - please be specific and/or include a screenshot.?
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I know you're frustrated abd we are all here to help you resolve this, not to battle with you. ?Keep in mind that this is a volunteer user-to-user help group and have ZERO formal relationships with Groups.io. ? If we can't resolve the issue here we can suggest you go a more formal route and report it to ¡°the management¡± ??
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Ken K
Sent from my phone. (using the Reply to Group link in the message footer)? |
Re: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
¿ªÔÆÌåÓý<<<???I routinely use the regular ¡°Reply¡± tab instead. ?What¡¯s the deal here?>>>Hi Pam For a baseline I, too, use Appld Mail on my phone and ipad ¡ª not on a Mac. ?On my PC I use Outlook? When you say, ¡°tab¡±, I don't have any ¡°reply¡± or other tab?in my Mail user interface on my phone or pad.? On what device(s) are you using Apple Mail? ?Be specific.? Which iOS version? When you say ¡°regular ¡°, it's not that helpful because, well, when it comes to email no one knows what ¡°regular¡± means. ?Are you tapping the reply back?ARROW in Mail or tapping the ¡°Reply to Group¡± link in the footer of the message? ?Or something else - please be specific and/or include a screenshot.? I know you're frustrated abd we are all here to help you resolve this, not to battle with you. ?Keep in mind that this is a volunteer user-to-user help group and have ZERO formal relationships with Groups.io. ? If we can't resolve the issue here we can suggest you go a more formal route and report it to ¡°the management¡± ?? r/ Ken K Sent from my phone. (using the Reply to Group link in the message footer) |
Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýOkay; I just attempted to reply to Stephen, using the regular ¡°Reply¡± tab, and everything appeared correct. ?However, within minutes I received the error message appearing below. ?But, ahead of that, here is the reply I attempted to send, and which prompted the error message. Not sure what you are talking about. ?I use Apple Mail, and am clueless as to host; not sure what that is. ?I am _not using Reply All; only Reply. ?I¡¯m also just noticing something else that¡¯s a bit strange. ?While this doesn¡¯t appear on _this email, I occasionally receive one that, up in the area where the ¡°To¡± field, the ¡°From¡± field, the CC/BCC line, etc. is found, there will be a line that says ¡°Reply to ¡¡± followed by the email address, which is a link. ?Clicking this link seems to begin a new post, rather than a reply to a previous one. ?I routinely use the regular ¡°Reply¡± tab instead. ?What¡¯s the deal here? Begin forwarded message:
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Re: Am getting fed up!
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýPam, it would be helpful for us providing advice to you to know *exactly* which email client you are using on your sending device(s) and *which* email hosting service you are using.? Both of those an cause be a part of the problem you are experiencing.? For example, many email clients ¡°remember¡± your past attempted ¡°to¡± email addresses, even those that you mistyped, and may ¡°suggest¡± those to you automatically after typing a few letters when you go to enter an address into the ¡°to¡± field and if you choose the invalid one, well there you go.? Some email hosting services (smtp) do not provide certain security data to the receiving email hosting service (imap/pop), causing the receiving end to reject the sending end¡¯s message¡perhaps something you might not able to solve outside of switching email hosters. ?Again, if you want some help here then best to provide complete information on your environment and procedures you¡¯re using.? This is not to say there isn¡¯t an issue on the groups.io email service end, but a support person is impeded without complete info.
? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Pam Coffey via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2025 2:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Group_Help] Am getting fed up! ? Okay; right now, the address is showing as [email protected]; but I have a feeling that, when this reply is sent¡ªif it goes through¡ªit will mangle the group address, and the reply will come back as undeliverable; then I¡¯ll be right back where I started. Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
On Sun, May 4, 2025 at 01:57 PM, Pam Coffey wrote:
and my reply, sent using the regular ¡°Reply¡± feature, resulted in the following error message That means that your email program isn't following the proper protocol.
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Duane
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Re: Am getting fed up!
Pam,
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This group operates as just that, a group. Private one-to-one conversations are not part of the setup. You are failing to reply to me because that's not how the group is configured. There is a reply to sender option but it is in the footers, not the mail headers. Please don't try to continue one-to-one, for one thing, I won't be reading my emails for another 36 hour plus! I can think of only one comment at this point - are you using [Reply] or [Reply All] ? It may well be that your mailer gets [Reply All] wrong? I am confident that this group, and groups.io in general, are working normally and correctly. best, Malcolm. On 04 May 2025 19:42:46 (+01:00), Pam Coffey via groups.io wrote: Okay; right now, the address is showing as [email protected]; but I have a feeling that, when this reply is sent¡ªif it goes through¡ªit will mangle the group address, and the reply will come back as undeliverable; then I¡¯ll be right back where I started. Sent from my iPhone --?
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Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHere is an error message I received this morning, after attempting to reply to Malcolm¡¯s reply to me. ?He received my original post; ?and my reply, sent using the regular ¡°Reply¡± feature, resulted in the following error message. ?I made no changes in either address or header. ?I will also attempt to forward the same error message directly to Malcolm, and see if it goes through. ?Again, the address and header will be left alone.Begin forwarded message:
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