I would like to add an unsubscribe link to my welcome message simlar to the unsubscribe link in the direct add message. I tried to use?[email protected]?but this requires the member to log in or create a login if they don’t have one. ? If a person new to groups.io wants to unsubscribe, they don’t want to have to create a login. How can I do this.
Paul

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 07:41 PM, Events events wrote:

I would like to add an unsubscribe link to my welcome message simlar to the unsubscribe link in the direct add message. I tried to use?[email protected]?but this requires the member to log in or create a login if they don’t have one. ? If a person new to groups.io wants to unsubscribe, they don’t want to have to create a login. How can I do this.

First, the invitation email says: ?If you are not interested, or if joeblow@...?is not your email address, please ignore this email. So it will expire.

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Paul,

>>> I tried to use?[email protected]?but this requires the member to log in or create a login if they don’t have one.

I think you may had been intending to post the URL link there, not the email address; anyone on the planet with an email address can send email to [email protected]***, it does not require that person to have a specific group membership or even a groups.io account, so you are fine using this unsub email address in any message/notice your group sends out.
(*** obviously you'll get back different responses depending on whether you are a member or not but that's besides the point)

>>> I would like to add an unsubscribe link to my welcome message similar to the unsubscribe link in the direct add message. If a person new to groups.io wants to unsubscribe, they don’t want to have to create a login.

Since I take it you mean it's the group welcome message/notice you are working with, then anyone receiving/reading it on the other end are already members by the time they get that email, so they already have a GIO login/account, so no worries there, all they have to do is send email to the unsubscribe address, or do it through the online interface if they prefer, and you can safely include both unsubscribing email address and group web link.

>>> How can I do this.

Here's the "boiler plate" text I use in the group welcome messages in the groups I admin regarding unsubscribing, always ensuring it's at the top area, so it's visible right away pretty-much, and I also always list the email unsub method first:

Greetings and Welcome to XYZ, a discussion group for ... (a one or two liner explaining what the group is about)

You are receiving this message because your membership in our group was just approved.? If you accidentally joined this group, or were accidentally added to this group, and/or you do not wish to belong to this group anymore, you may unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] or if using the Groups.io online interface, by going to our group's Subscription page (/g/XYZ/editsub) and clicking Unsubscribe at the bottom of the page. (Please note if you use the online method, if you never visited Groups.io before and have not yet created your account password, select "Email me a link to login" when presented with the Groups.io Login screen)

... (rest of stuff like rules, how-to, etc, follow)

Cheers,

Christos

On 14/01/2020 01:39, Events events wrote:

I would like to add an unsubscribe link to my welcome message simlar to the unsubscribe link in the direct add message.

In the Welcome Message member notice that GIO generated for my group, it already contains unsubscribe instructions near the bottom of the message:

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If you do not wish to belong to this group,
you may unsubscribe by sending an email to:
[email protected]
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You can select the e-mail address, click the "chain" icon, and then add a URL, which for e-mail is "mailto:" followed directly by the address. See screenshot attached.

Samuel

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