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Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:36 PM, Nick Kempley wrote:
I have just migrate a group from Yahoo. It went as well or better than expected, bar the usual problems with missing photos (about 25% in my case) and non-transfer of attachments.Under the circumstances, I'd be pretty happy with that! Hitherto there has been little discipline amongst members about naming of albums or photos, making searching difficult to say the least. Is there any way of forcing hashtags to photos in the same way that they are forced to messages?There is no such functionality, but you can update the names of photo albums yourself. Just click the Edit Album button and change the Title field to something more mnemonic. Hope this helps, Bruce |
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Goodbye Yahoo Groups
I have just migrate a group from Yahoo. It went as well or better than expected, bar the usual problems with missing photos (about 25% in my case) and non-transfer of attachments. Hitherto there has been little discipline amongst members about naming of albums or photos, making searching difficult to say the least. Is there any way of forcing hashtags to photos in the same way that they are forced to messages?
Nick |
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:33 PM, Bee wrote:
My group is now listed as having the full Yearly Premium package selected. ?However the only payment saying ¡®successful¡¯ is the $10 one.Bee -- We are a peer-to-peer help group, and no one from groups.io support or management is here to answer your question. You will need to send this inquiry to?[email protected].?I'm sure they will soon get you fixed up. Hope this helps, Bruce |
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Re: Browser crash when uploading a file
Tom -- Some files have in the past been reported to cause a "broken-link" type thing to appear in the dialog box, trying to render a thumbnail image. But that was a cosmetic problem; if you subsequently clicked on the "Add" button the upload proceeded anyway.
But for that FITS file, I tried it too, and had to reboot my computer to get a browser window (Chrome) back. So this is a new one on me, and I suspect only support can help you. Be sure to tag it with a #bug hashtag to catch his eye. Some things can linger in the queue for quite some time after initial triage, but he's usually pretty quick about fixing actual bugs. Regards, Bruce |
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Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:23 PM, Niman H wrote:
Do you mean the digests won't work anymore after Oct 28 or Dec 14?Per ?:
Regards, Bruce P.S. I don't know what they mean by "email updates." |
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Re: Goodbye Yahoo Groups
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:07 PM, Jim Member wrote:
What content will exist if all user-generated content is deleted?Pretty much nothing. See? Emails are user generated. I understand that all downloads are going away - photos, links, attachments, files, etc., but will conversations also be gone?Yes, conversations will be gone. If they are being deleted, then what does "the ability to post and receive by email" mean? Will we be able to post to the site, but then, after some specific amount of time, the posts will disappear?No, you will not be able to post to the site. You *will* be able to post to the group via email and receive group messages via email.?On the web, group owners will have access to limited administrative functions. The only web functions remaining for subscribers will be associated with searching for available groups and maintaining their group subscriptions. Regards, Bruce |
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Re: lock or moderate topic questions
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 04:16 PM, Su wrote:
I just had to lock a topic on my forum, but I am puzzled by the fact that I can check BOTH lock and moderate on the same topic. What is the result if I do check both?Su -- My experience suggests that locking overrides moderating...meaning that if the topic is locked, incoming posts on that topic get waylaid by the lock before they ever land in moderation. Also, regarding how to handle this type of thing in the future. If I change the topic to reply to sender, will replies to the original email go to the group or to the sender?It depends. Replies entered via the web interface should respect the change. However, there is no way to retrieve sent emails and change the reply-to fields...so replies people send via their email client will be routed according to the original header content. Hope this helps, Bruce |
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Controlled Access?
Hi, I'm not exactly how to phrase this question, so I hope I can make it clear.
I want to move a yahoo group (doesn't everybody, now?)? We actually looked at moving a while ago, but could not find a feature we depend on, namely, the ability to vet an application for entry.? ?We ask people who would like to join to share a sentence or two about what qualifies them to join us.? We are a support group where sensitive things are shared and don't really want looky-loos or researchers, and while we can't be sure they are not lying, our experience is that asking people to state their qualifications tends to keep out a lot of the riff-raff. On Yahoo, that statement appears next to the applicant's name on a page available to all moderators, so it's a simple matter of checking the approve button if the statement passes muster, or sending a followup email if the person failed to provide any info or if they say something like "I'm a student of this thing" I manage a neighborhood list here on Groups.io, and have seen that all I get is a notification email that somebody wants in, there doesn't seem to be a place for them to put anything but their email.? I wind up blindly approving new folks there, as we are hardly a magnet for anybody not in the neighborhood. Is there a way we can do this sort of vetting on Groups.io? |
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