Updates to the Groups.io service.
July 27, 2021
- CHANGE: Messages from .ru domains to +owner addresses where the sender is not a member of the group are now dropped.
- BUGFIX: Mobile member search was not working. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/member_list_search_function/84462371?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84462371
July 23, 2021
- BUGFIX: The link to the pending message in the pending message email notification did not bring up the message itself, it brought up the list of all pending messages.
- CHANGE: We are now a bit more strict in the types of email that we accept from non-members to `+owner` accounts; those that fail are rejected with a spam rejection notice.
July 22, 2021
- CHANGE: When following a topic, we now send out messages in ascending order.
July 21, 2021
- APP BUGFIX: - The `New Poll` option was missing from the group sidebar tray. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/no_menu_option_to_create_a/84019476?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84019476
- CHANGE: - When adding or editing a member notice, if you try to save it with an empty Name or Message field, an error will be displayed. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/member_notice_creation/84356715?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84356715
July 20, 2021
- BUGFIX: Clearing search fields now behaves in the expected way (ie. it clears the search). https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/annoying_text_replacement_in/84340445?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84340445
- CHANGE: Now, messages from banned domains are rejected with the message `Messages are not permitted from this domain.` and messages that we flag as spam are rejected with `This message has been flagged as spam.`. This only applies to messages from non-members. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/suggestion_let_sender_or/84060823?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84060823
- BUGFIX: Fixed sort order of Member Notices. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/peculiar_behavior_when/84332869?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84332869
July 19, 2021
- INTERNAL: Made the generation of extended message pages with lots of image attachments more efficient.
- CHANGE: In chat, you can now activate the tapback menu by clicking on any part of a chat message, not just a little `...` button.
July 16, 2021
- INTERNAL: Updates to our admin system to make researching group issues easier.
- CHANGE: For plain text messages larger than 500KB, we truncate the display of them.
July 14, 2021
- NEW: You can now tapback chat messages (thumbs up/down/heart/exclamation mark/etc).
- NEW: You can now send photos as chat messages.
- NEW: When typing a chat message, if you type the @ character, that brings up an auto-completion list of user names.
- NEW: You can now delete chat messages.
July 13, 2021
- INTERNAL: More work on detecting spammers.
- BUGFIX: Fixed an issue where erroneous `moderator permissions` activity log change messages were being generated. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/spurious_activity_log_entry/84177816?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84177816
- SYSADMIN: Switched our internal DNS caching architecture to use CoreDNS, in the hopes of being able to track down/eliminate spurious DNS MX lookup errors.
July 12, 2021
- BUGFIX: Special event reminders were being sent as normal messages. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/calendar_not_sending_special/84002860?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84002860
- CHANGE: The new activity log entry `Moderator changed notifications` is used for notification changes. Past changes were logged with `Moderator changed moderator permissions`.
- BUGFIX: In some instances the link included in the login link email contained a subdomain, which was invalid.
June 30, 2021
- APP BUGFIX: In some instances, entering a message in a chat could lead to multiple copies of that message being shown on the page.
- APP BUGFIX: Issues with polls have been fixed. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/voting_options_still_shown/83845994?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83845994) and [Discussion](https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/poll_view_results_link_in/83844116?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83844116
June 29, 2021
- BUGFIX: Moderator notifications and calendar event emails were not generated when adding members directly to subgroups. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/notification_inconsistencies/83872046?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83872046
- NEW: New `mentions only` notification option for chats.
June 28, 2021
- CHANGE: Changed subject prefix `Happening Now` to `Now`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/subject_line_length/83808094?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83808094
- APP BUGFIX: Clicking on an image in a message should no longer give a network error. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/tapping_on_image_in_message/83788989?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83788989
June 25, 2021
- BUGFIX: The activity log entry for a moderator changing a member's email address did not properly include the new email address.
June 17, 2021
- DOCS: Member Manual updates from Nina.
- NEW: You can now sort columns when viewing poll responses by answer.
- BUGFIX: If a #poll-notice is pending, and the poll is edited by a moderator before approval, and the moderater had a display name set but the member who created the poll did not have a display name set, the member's display name would be set to the moderator's display name.
- NEW: You can now export individual poll results, in either CSV or JSON format.
- NEW: Poll responses are now shown with links to the responders' profiles.
- NEW: When viewing poll responses, the respondents display/fullnames are now updated if they've changed since voting occurred.
June 16, 2021
- NEW: Export group now has an option to export polls.
- BUGFIX: For enterprise groups with `Disable Signups` set to true, we were still showing the `Apply` button on the group home page, even when it did nothing.
- BUGFIX: Fix overlapping box when no events to display in calendar list view. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/calendar_buttons_partially/83467777?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83467777
June 15, 2021
- BUGFIX: Strip out duplicate group subject tags in messages sent `+owner`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/subject_tags_in_non_group/83557263?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83557263
- NEW: Added more sig tags to be stripped out. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/strip_out_more_common_email/83555715?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83555715
June 14, 2021
- CHANGE: Make the quoted printable decoder more liberal by accepting lower case hex letters.
June 11, 2021
- NEW: Stripe connect should now work for Enterprise groups looking to set up donations.
- BUGFIX: Fixed infinite scroll in the app in the `View RSVPs` page. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/only_first_20_responders_are/83444946?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83444946
- CHANGE: In full digests, we were limiting the number of attachments per message to 2. Now we limit the number of included images to 2, but include all other attachments (as links back to the website, as before).
June 10, 2021
- DOCS: Updates to the Members Manual and the Owners Manual from Nina.
- BUGFIX: The `Preview` button when adding/editing a Markdown formatted Member Notice did not work.
- BUGFIX: The `Back` button on the Add/Event event page did not work correctly for people with date preferences other than the default US format. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/calendar_event_back_button/83171776?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83171776
- CHANGE: Limit the chat text entry window to 3 lines. This fixes the bug where the text area could be hidden under the mobile/app footer. Also, it's just a good idea. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/unable_to_add_comments_to_a/83284451?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,83284451