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Changing from Yahoo email address

 

We just successfully converted over from Yahoo!Groups. The process was fairly quick. I was prepared for a week or more wait and it happened within one day.

Here is my question and I apologize if it has already been covered.

A number of our members had a Yahoo ID and a Yahoo email so that they could log onto and participate in the Yahoo!Groups site. Now that they are transferred to groups.io, their email in their profile is the Yahoo email. Is there an issue if they log into groups.io and change their email to one they regularly use? Is this even possible.

Thanks for any advice.

Bob
 

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 09:45 AM, Bob Miller wrote:
Is there an issue if they log into groups.io and change their email to one they regularly use?
Shouldn't be any problem if they haven't used the "new" address to create an account.? If they've already created an account with the "new" address, the old one can be merged into it.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Profile-and-Email-Address-and-Merging-Accounts

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On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 10:45 AM, Bob Miller wrote:
A number of our members had a Yahoo ID and a Yahoo email so that they could log onto and participate in the Yahoo!Groups site.
Bob -- One of the advantages of groups.io is that you don't need to have to set up a separate "account," just an email address.

Now that they are transferred to groups.io, their email in their profile is the Yahoo email. Is there an issue if they log into groups.io and change their email to one they regularly use? Is this even possible.
Yes. The process is fairly straightforward, but some folks seem to struggle with it anyway.

As you noted, they will first have to log in. It is possible to login without a password, using the "email me a link" method. However, I do recommend that all subscribers establish a login password eventually. More detailed login instructions can be found here:??/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Logging-In

Once logged in, go to your Account page. This can be done by pulling down the menu at top right and selecting Account, or simply browsing to?/account

The top box of your Account page should display the email address currently associated with your login. Type in your new email address, overwriting what is already there.

Click the "Change Email" button, and look for the?email that will be sent to the new email address. Click on the link in that email and you will be all set.

Please note that those having Premium groups are capable of changing the email address of subscribers for them. If you want instructions for that, let us know.

Hope this helps,
Bruce
 

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:45 PM, Bob Miller wrote:
Is there an issue if they log into groups.io and change their email to one they regularly use? Is this even possible.
There shouldn't be. The route is as follows:

Log in to groups.io, then click on the "personal identifier" at the top right hand corner of the screen. Select Account, and at the top of the resulting page they will find their registered email address aliong with a button to edit it.

However, that email address is a Groups.io - wide Account setting, and will be applicable to all their groups listed under their log in; for a single log in only one email address is possible, although their Display Name can be different for different subsciptions (memberships)

For "chapter and verse" see the GMF wiki here, particularly these two sections: Logging In and Setting a Password and Profile and Email Address. The GMF wiki is publicly acessible so feel free to tell your members about them.

Chris

JOHN
 

You explained it well Bruce. Hopefully I will be able to get this fixed. One of my group members was able to post to the group without an issue. That really has me scratching my head LOL...
THANKS for your help... REGARDS, JOHN

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On 10/18/19, 10:59 AM Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 10:45 AM, Bob Miller wrote:
A number of our members had a Yahoo ID and a Yahoo email so that they could log onto and participate in the Yahoo!Groups site.
Bob -- One of the advantages of groups.io is that you don't need to have to set up a separate "account," just an email address.

Now that they are transferred to groups.io, their email in their profile is the Yahoo email. Is there an issue if they log into groups.io and change their email to one they regularly use? Is this even possible.
Yes. The process is fairly straightforward, but some folks seem to struggle with it anyway.

As you noted, they will first have to log in. It is possible to login without a password, using the "email me a link" method. However, I do recommend that all subscribers establish a login password eventually. More detailed login instructions can be found here:??/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Logging-In

Once logged in, go to your Account page. This can be done by pulling down the menu at top right and selecting Account, or simply browsing to?/account

The top box of your Account page should display the email address currently associated with your login. Type in your new email address, overwriting what is already there.

Click the "Change Email" button, and look for the?email that will be sent to the new email address. Click on the link in that email and you will be all set.

Please note that those having Premium groups are capable of changing the email address of subscribers for them. If you want instructions for that, let us know.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

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