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Hi everyone,
As "duh" as this sounds, could someone definitively explain how the Special Notice option works? I know how to do it - I'm just confused about how it is delivered. I thought it was to deliver to everyone, regardless of delivery option, other than those with "No Email". The purpose being, I thought, was to not only to immediately deliver the note that is the Special Notice to those receiving individual emails but also to those on digest option, so as to avoid the "digest delay".

Now I'm hearing rumors that that is not how it works.

Help?
Thanks much,
Ginny

Ah, at least I'm not as nuts as I thought!
Thank you!
Ginny

Oh how very true. I've spent the last month transitioning a group (online chapter of a national organization) out of Yahoo - in the middle of all of the current Yahoo mess. I wasn't involved when they established on Yahoo, offered to help get them to Groups.io late last fall when they realized that things were really going badder (yes, I just invented that word)...? right now it's not a question of being nuts, but by how many pounds worth :>)

I am somewhat confused by the special notices thing too. I wanted to use it to make sure all the people that have been transferred to groups from yahoo actually knew about it. So I changed all the no email people to special notices, and wrote an email explaining the new situation.

But I have no idea how to send this. I’m obviously missing something.

Alternatively, maybe I’ve messed up the whole list, since there don’t seem to have been any messages sent or received today!

Help would be much appreciated.

Elizabeth

On 3 Feb 2018, at 23:59, Ginny T. <gttemari21@...> wrote:

Hi everyone,
As "duh" as this sounds, could someone definitively explain how the Special Notice option works? I know how to do it - I'm just confused about how it is delivered. I thought it was to deliver to everyone, regardless of delivery option, other than those with "No Email". The purpose being, I thought, was to not only to immediately deliver the note that is the Special Notice to those receiving individual emails but also to those on digest option, so as to avoid the "digest delay".

Now I'm hearing rumors that that is not how it works.

Help?
Thanks much,
Ginny

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Elizabeth,

I am somewhat confused by the special notices thing too. I wanted to
use it to make sure all the people that have been transferred to
groups from yahoo actually knew about it. So I changed all the no
email people to special notices, and wrote an email explaining the new
situation.

So far so good.

Except you could have spared yourself some effort (I think) by checking "Disable No Email" in the Message Policies section of your group's Settings.

But I have no idea how to send this. I’m obviously missing something.

The "New Topic" page ought to have a "Send this message as a special notice." checkbox.

Alternatively, maybe I’ve messed up the whole list, since there don’t
seem to have been any messages sent or received today!

That's a little harder to guess at. Have you (or anyone else) tried to post any messages? Via web or by email?

And where are you looking? Your email Inbox? The group's Messages section? The group's Pending page?

One way to learn if messages have been attempted is to look in the Activity page. Click the "Message Activity" tab at the top to limit the list to message-related entries. Do you see any activity? Do the items give you a clue about why nothing has posted?

Shal

Thanks, Shai. I had created it in Member notices rather than as a New topic. Problem solved. Now I just have to reset them all to no email!

Elizabeth

On 13 Feb 2018, at 04:14, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

Elizabeth,

I am somewhat confused by the special notices thing too. I wanted to
use it to make sure all the people that have been transferred to
groups from yahoo actually knew about it. So I changed all the no
email people to special notices, and wrote an email explaining the new
situation.

So far so good.

Except you could have spared yourself some effort (I think) by checking "Disable No Email" in the Message Policies section of your group's Settings.

But I have no idea how to send this. I’m obviously missing something.

The "New Topic" page ought to have a "Send this message as a special notice." checkbox.

Alternatively, maybe I’ve messed up the whole list, since there don’t
seem to have been any messages sent or received today!

That's a little harder to guess at. Have you (or anyone else) tried to post any messages? Via web or by email?

And where are you looking? Your email Inbox? The group's Messages section? The group's Pending page?

One way to learn if messages have been attempted is to look in the Activity page. Click the "Message Activity" tab at the top to limit the list to message-related entries. Do you see any activity? Do the items give you a clue about why nothing has posted?

Shal

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Librarian

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