Groups.io: Changelog

NEW: When composing a post or reply, if there is an error saving the draft, we now display an error message and will retry.

CHANGE: Starting to block incoming email from some sets of known dynamic IP addresses.
BUGFIX: Some messages were being truncated after the update to the quoted printable library.

API BUGFIX: Subgroups with a privacy setting of unlisted, public archives would be returned from the API with a blank "privacy" field. https://beta.groups.io/g/api/topic/unknown_privacy_setting/84692422?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84692422
CHANGE: Updated the library we use to decode and encode quoted printable parts of messages, which should fix some edge case bugs.

CHANGE: We now require that the email address used in the `MAIL FROM` part of an SMTP transaction have a valid MX record.
NEW: Check all boxes in the Export Group Data page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/add_a_select_all_checkbox/77920478?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,77920478

NEW: Testing greylisting some email from non-members to +owner addresses, as a spam mitigation action.
INTERNAL: Changed how we handle database images, reducing the load on our servers for tables with lots of images.
BUGFIX: In some circumstances, a /posttosub draft was not clickable. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/draft_of_message_to_member/84515212?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84515212
BUGFIX: Links in the member subgroups page were incorrect. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/member_s_subgroup_links_not/84525380?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,84525380

INTERNAL: Tuning rate limiting on the website to protect it from robots and bad actors.

INTERNAL: Changed how we handle wiki images, reducing the load on our servers for wiki pages with lots of images.

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

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.

CHANGE: When following a topic, we now send out messages in ascending order.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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