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When to make Welcome message active
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýFrances,?We¡¯ll do what you suggest and change our wording to match the idea that it goes out after the transfer. Susan B On Oct 22, 2019, at 9:12 PM, Frances <frances@...> wrote: Susan, based on earlier comments, I think that the Welcome message only goes out when the group has been transferred. I would finish writing your Welcome notice and activate it. If I am wrong, it won't do any harm!? Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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Re: signatures
Connie, I tested it and couldn't see any way to do it. There is no image or attachment icon on the toolbar. You can put in a URL link. Also there is a Special Character tool.
I tried and succeeded in making this one. ??? Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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Re: When to make Welcome message active
Susan, based on earlier comments, I think that the Welcome message only goes out when the group has been transferred.
I would finish writing your Welcome notice and activate it. If I am wrong, it won't do any harm!? Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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Re: Group Upgrade Payment Debacle (was [email protected] e-mail address?)
Thank you for the reply Duane, I am hesitant to share the rest of this story but did not hear from anyone at Groups.io yet nor know if they received my inquires so here goes. I'll try to make this as brief as possible.
On Monday 10/21 fearing the multiple 'deadlines' speeding out of our control I decided to take the plunge and began upgrading my three existing Groups.io groups from "Free to 'Premium' at the then effective 1 year for $110 Premium rate. As I was working through the groups in no particular order the I found the payments on Groups.io were slow to process and was dumped back to the enter credit card info screen several times. After entering the same billing info several times for each group I finally received a successful completion for the first group and eventually a successful payment completion for my second group of the three at $110 per group for a year of premium service.. When I attempted to upgrade my third group the payment would not process. I called my bank and they said all was fine with my card and the bank agent said she saw the successful payments to Groups.io for groups one and two that had processed. After talking to the bank I continued to try and ;'upgrade' the 3rd group multiple times over the next 8 hours using both the original and a second confirmed fully functional credit card yet my upgrade transaction for the third group would still would not process. I even switched browsers, devices and ISP's. I continued this right up until the 0900 PDT 'deadline' at which time the yearly premium upgrade price for my third group doubled from $110 to $220. I stopped at this point after having been up all night trying to give Groups.io my money. I wrote [email protected] several times along the way providing invoice numbers and group names but haven't heard anything about my third group which remains in 'free' status with an offer to upgrade to yearly premium for $220. My first two IO groups are 'Premium' and ready to begin migration, . Migrating the first two groups from Yahoo to groups.io makes no sense for me without the third due to overlapping members who cannot be members of all three groups. I've already received bot info from IO about migrating one of the three groups but am hesitant to start not knowing the future status of my third group. I do not want to deal with the complexity of managing and transferring the groups as sub-groups and opted to pay $110 each for all three groups as stand alone entities with the storage etc that would afford but now feel like I just wasted $220 for the first two groups in the process. I can't afford to pay another $220 for the 3rd group on top of $220 already paid for the first two due to what my bank suggests was a Groups.io payment processing glitch out of both their and my control. The payment method used for groups one and two remains on file at IO for group 3 but no updates. Thank you for reading and offering any suggestions. Charlie railscan@... |
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Re: When to make Welcome message active
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýSo sorry to ask again but does anyone know the answers? I know you all are incredibly busy. We are trying to figure out just how to word our message.Many thanks? Susan B On Oct 22, 2019, at 7:14 PM, Susan B <doggiesmail@...> wrote: When you write your welcome message letting members know about your transferring them to ?and you paste it into the box in the admin section of your new group and you make it ¡°active¡± does it go out immediately or does the site send it out after it realizes the transfer is complete. We are writing one but unsure when to make it ¡°active.¡± We don¡¯t want members coming over and roaming around a forum that we aren¡¯t finished setting up the way we like it. Is there any other message??emails to members after a transfer? Thank you Susan B |
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Re: Moderators Unable to Approve Members and Messages
On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 05:59 PM, Ron Mura wrote:
I don't see the whole "Moderator Permissions" section when using the Firefox browserMight be a plug-in interfering.? I use FF (albeit an old version) and have no problems. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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Re: Acceptance time frame for [email protected] account
#transfer
I purchased a Premium Plan, requested a transfer from Yahoo Groups, and invited [email protected] about 9:00am ET this morning.
I received an email from groups.io to make [email protected]?a YG moderator at 6:44pm this evening. I did so and gave the transfer go ahead. So, almost 10 hours from invite to transfer go ahead. |
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Latest info on pricing structure
#announcement
#pricing
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A repost of an article that was sent out earlier this evening. People still haven't seen it. Hi All,
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Sometimes I reflect on my youth, and harken back to that simpler time, that quieter time. You know, seven days ago.
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I appreciate all the feedback, and I mean ALL of it. My intention with the pricing change is solely to set up the business for long term success and to help offset the very large increase in my costs over just this past week.
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I realize it was a mistake to talk about future changes to the pricing structure without actually, you know, knowing what those changes might (or might not) be. As part of that, it was a mistake to change the definition of a free group right now. I've rolled back that change; new free groups do not have limits on the number of subscribers and subgroups. Hopefully this will address Harm Selling's concern, among others. Also, this means that any groups that wish to move over but cannot afford the transfer fee can still take advantage of a free group's invite feature.
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I apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
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Thanks,
Mark
On this group: /g/GroupManagersForum/message/20178 Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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Re: Notice of Pricing Change
Protection laws from what?? From Yahoo closing a service?? From Groups.io raising fees?? We live and operate in a capitalist society.? Businesses need money to stay in business, and cutting costs is a way to save money.? I bet that yahoo has heaps of data on the whole of their yahoo groups and I bet it shows that a very large percentage of the groups are totally dead, just eating up server space for no reason.? I would wager that 90% of all of the files/photos on all of the yahoo groups have not been opened/viewed/downloaded at all in several years.? I'm on a dozen Y!Gs and they were all VERY active 15 years ago.? Lots of files being uploaded, photos shared, dozens of emails every day.? Those very same groups today have nothing new being shared and possibly about one email per month on average.
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As for your absentee owner, is the owner dead, or just not checking the emails from their old yahoo group?? If the owner is dead, you're out of luck.? If not, I suggest you search for that person on the internet.? Use their name, display name, and interests to narrow down your search.? Maybe you'll be able to find an active email address or even phone number for them.? Don't rely on the groupname-owner@ email address to reach them
If you have their old email address, try sending to new email addresses with the same username and different domains.? For example if the person was Thea Johnson and their old email address was tjohnson25@..., try tjohnson25@... or thea.johnson@....? It's a huge long-shot, but it probably won't take more than 15-30 minutes and you might get lucky.
On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 3:13 PM Susan B <doggiesmail@...> wrote:
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Re: Moderators Unable to Approve Members and Messages
On Oct 22, 2019, at 6:41 PM, Ron Mura <rsvgrsio@...> wrote:Admin > Members For existing Moderators: Select "Moderators" from the "Member" dropdown menu (near the top of the page) Then Click on the Member's or Moderator's row (not the check box to the left of their "Display Name") -Use "Role" menu to change to: "Member", "Moderator", or "Owner" If set to "Moderator", scroll down to: "Moderator Permissions" section and check (as desired): Approve Pending Messages Edit Archives Invite Members Create/Delete Hashtags Manage Subgroups Add or Modify Integrations Modify Group Settings Manage Paid Subscriptions/Donations Billing View Member List Approve Pending Members (also allows access to the member list) Ban Members (also allows access to the member list) Set Member Subscription Options (also allows access to the member list) Set Moderator Privileges (also allows access to the member list and allows setting member subscription options) Remove Members (also allows access to the member list) NOTE: "Set Moderator Privileges" will allow this Moderator to change "Moderator Permissions" for all Moderator AND Owners, including promoting themselves to "Owner" and demote you to "Member" or "Moderator; or to "Delete Group" "Notifications" section and check (as desired): Email when there are messages needing approval. Email when there are members needing approval. Email when a member joins/leaves this group. Email when group storage limits are reached. Email when someone creates or deletes a subgroup. Email when someone reports a message. NOTE: Moderators can also change these for themselves. "Owner Email" section and select one: All Emails Subscribers Only None NOTE: Moderators can also change this for themselves. "Email Delivery" section and select one: Individual Messages Full Featured Digest Daily Summary Special Notices Only No Email NOTE: Members can also change this for themselves. "Signature" section and select and write (as desired): Use Signature For Web Posting Use Signature For Email Posting <compose Signature> "Advanced Preferences" section. Use dropdown menu for further "Email Delivery" customization: NOTE: Members can also change this for themselves. "Posting Privileges" section and select one: Use Group Moderation Setting Override: not moderated Override: moderated Override: new user moderated Override: not allowed to post Override: moderate the first message of every topic this person starts Override: moderate all messages of every topic this person starts NOTE: Moderators with "Member Subscription Options" can also change this for everyone. NOTE: I recommend "Use Group Moderation Setting", except for members who require permanent Moderation of some kind. MOST IMPORTANT (to actually make these changes happen) CLICK ON "SAVE" bottom at bottom of page. |
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When to make Welcome message active
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýWhen you write your welcome message letting members know about your transferring them to ?and you paste it into the box in the admin section of your new group and you make it ¡°active¡± does it go out immediately or does the site send it out after it realizes the transfer is complete. We are writing one but unsure when to make it ¡°active.¡± We don¡¯t want members coming over and roaming around a forum that we aren¡¯t finished setting up the way we like it.Is there any other message??emails to members after a transfer? Thank you Susan B |
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Re: Delivery of Yahoo Group Messages
Larry McDavid W6FUB wrote:
"As a result of the transfer process, you are already registered at??but youhave no password saved and cannot access some Group features." ?
To the best of my knowledge, that's not actually true Larry.? A member of a group on GIO does not need to set a password, as long as they have access to the email account they are subscribed as a member with.? If a member clicks on the "View/Reply Online" link at the bottom of any message they will be able to find a link to email a link to login.? A member can do that every time.? Clicking on that link in their email will allow them to gain access to the entire site just the same as if they used a username and password.
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