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Re: Questions from a novice re migrating from yahoo groups & more
Duane,
Speterson said:
In that case, the features would stay Legacy Enabled (group created before 2020-08-24) even after the automatic reversion to Basic. So in his case, planning ahead pays
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Duane,
Speterson said:
In that case, the features would stay Legacy Enabled (group created before 2020-08-24) even after the automatic reversion to Basic. So in his case, planning ahead pays
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Shal Farley
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#34300
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Re: Questions from a novice re migrating from yahoo groups & more
I can say this about digests:
- if you reply to the same digest more than once, in googlegroups all will have the same subjectline
- In groups.io, digests will typically arrive at 6 AM your time, in
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I can say this about digests:
- if you reply to the same digest more than once, in googlegroups all will have the same subjectline
- In groups.io, digests will typically arrive at 6 AM your time, in
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By
ro-esp
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#34299
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Re: Questions from a novice re migrating from yahoo groups & more
No need to spread them out, just send all 300 invitations at once. There will be a delay until they're approved, but they'd all go out at once. See
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No need to spread them out, just send all 300 invitations at once. There will be a delay until they're approved, but they'd all go out at once. See
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Duane
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#34298
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Re: Questions from a novice re migrating from yahoo groups & more
In Google Groups this is a setting for each group, just like it is in Groups.IO and was in Yahoo Groups.
--Erik
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In Google Groups this is a setting for each group, just like it is in Groups.IO and was in Yahoo Groups.
--Erik
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By
Erikag59
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#34297
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Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups
re: "IF your group is OVER the 1,000 member limit, do Ronaldo's method FIRST. Next, list the members in REVERSE alphabetical order. This would allow Z names at the top of the member list. NOW,
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re: "IF your group is OVER the 1,000 member limit, do Ronaldo's method FIRST. Next, list the members in REVERSE alphabetical order. This would allow Z names at the top of the member list. NOW,
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Andy
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#34296
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Re: Problem with a maverick member
#problem-member
(Actually, the first quote was from me and the second from Donald.)
Anyway, it sounds like you're going to have to make some tough decisions, since there isn't anything GIO can do to stop this. I'd
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(Actually, the first quote was from me and the second from Donald.)
Anyway, it sounds like you're going to have to make some tough decisions, since there isn't anything GIO can do to stop this. I'd
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Peter Cook
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#34295
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Re: Problem with a maverick member
#problem-member
Donald, we suspect that he while he was a member of our group that he collected a list of our
members which he's using to make his sneaky PBing. And because there are so many folks
who do not
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Donald, we suspect that he while he was a member of our group that he collected a list of our
members which he's using to make his sneaky PBing. And because there are so many folks
who do not
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Epicatt2
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#34294
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Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups
Pete,
I too had tried to do just that the first time. Even using the right mouse button+select all. In FireFox all it grabbed was what was displayed on the screen for the list and not the whole
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Pete,
I too had tried to do just that the first time. Even using the right mouse button+select all. In FireFox all it grabbed was what was displayed on the screen for the list and not the whole
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BMaverick
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#34293
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Re: Problem with a maverick member
#problem-member
Our maverick member has now been banned and all our Moderators are aware of the situation.
We Moderators will obviously have to manually deal with any further attempts of sneaky piggybacking onto
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Our maverick member has now been banned and all our Moderators are aware of the situation.
We Moderators will obviously have to manually deal with any further attempts of sneaky piggybacking onto
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By
Epicatt2
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#34292
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Re: Questions from a novice re migrating from yahoo groups & more
> 4. Could anyone give me a bare bones comparison between Basic Groups IO and Google Groups? One of our members is advocating for it.
2-3 things I can comment on;
1) It was reportednto me
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> 4. Could anyone give me a bare bones comparison between Basic Groups IO and Google Groups? One of our members is advocating for it.
2-3 things I can comment on;
1) It was reportednto me
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By
billsf9c
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#34291
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Re: ReViving a ListName
Still true. However, if that were the case, the error would say "not available" instead of "invalid name".
Duane
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The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center.
GMF's
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Still true. However, if that were the case, the error would say "not available" instead of "invalid name".
Duane
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The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center.
GMF's
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By
Duane
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#34290
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Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups
My tack was just to scroll all the way to the end of the list (it is, or at least was, an infinite scrolling list), then copy the whole thing, paste it into Excel, and use Data > Text to Columns to
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My tack was just to scroll all the way to the end of the list (it is, or at least was, an infinite scrolling list), then copy the whole thing, paste it into Excel, and use Data > Text to Columns to
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By
Peter Cook
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#34289
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Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups
Maybe. Reports are that sometimes it will get all members, regardless of number, other times it won't even get 1,000. Best to give it a shot to see what happens before trying the work
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Maybe. Reports are that sometimes it will get all members, regardless of number, other times it won't even get 1,000. Best to give it a shot to see what happens before trying the work
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By
Duane
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#34288
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Re: ReViving a ListName
This hint may be out of date, but it did seem to be relevant a year or so ago...
When a Groups.io group is deleted, its name is not released for a new group to use, at least not immediately. The hint
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This hint may be out of date, but it did seem to be relevant a year or so ago...
When a Groups.io group is deleted, its name is not released for a new group to use, at least not immediately. The hint
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By
Mark Irving
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#34287
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Re: Problem with a maverick member
#problem-member
Good points. I was thinking in terms of the member still having some of the other members' email addresses after he's removed (from old posts), so he could still play the same trick.
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Good points. I was thinking in terms of the member still having some of the other members' email addresses after he's removed (from old posts), so he could still play the same trick.
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By
Peter Cook
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#34286
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Re: to the novices who want to move from yahoogroups to io-groups
Yes, this will work for the 1st 1,000 members only. So, IF your group is below the 1,000 member limit, all is good.
IF your group is OVER the 1,000 member limit, do Ronaldo's method FIRST. Next,
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Yes, this will work for the 1st 1,000 members only. So, IF your group is below the 1,000 member limit, all is good.
IF your group is OVER the 1,000 member limit, do Ronaldo's method FIRST. Next,
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By
BMaverick
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#34285
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Re: handling SPAM
#spam
My group is set to moderate all messages, and this was "caught" before it was posted to the members.
New members have their first 3 messages moderated. This message was from a new member, who is
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My group is set to moderate all messages, and this was "caught" before it was posted to the members.
New members have their first 3 messages moderated. This message was from a new member, who is
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Barry Porter KB1PA
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#34284
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Re: Problem with a maverick member
#problem-member
<peterscottcook@...> wrote:
If you don't need to display your messages publicly, you can turn them
off so they don't play that trick with your group when they're no
longer a member.
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<peterscottcook@...> wrote:
If you don't need to display your messages publicly, you can turn them
off so they don't play that trick with your group when they're no
longer a member.
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By
Donald Hellen
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#34283
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Re: ReViving a ListName
BillSF9c,
>>> Today I tried to create "ListName" which suddenly seems to fly, as the orevious owner stated shows todau - but ListName@groups.IO is unavailable.
Just in case you are not aware of it,
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BillSF9c,
>>> Today I tried to create "ListName" which suddenly seems to fly, as the orevious owner stated shows todau - but ListName@groups.IO is unavailable.
Just in case you are not aware of it,
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By
Christos G. Psarras
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#34282
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Re: Problem with a maverick member
#problem-member
Don't forget that he can change his email delivery back again.
As I said earlier once he is banned he will not receive group emails, i.e. other member's posts. There will therefore be nothing he can
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Don't forget that he can change his email delivery back again.
As I said earlier once he is banned he will not receive group emails, i.e. other member's posts. There will therefore be nothing he can
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By
Chris Jones
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#34281
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