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I was unsubbed
To be fair we don't know what they say now; the messages were changed 21/22 March. The quoted message certainly doesn't match the old version, and I hope against hope that it isn't the new version. (A
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To be fair we don't know what they say now; the messages were changed 21/22 March. The quoted message certainly doesn't match the old version, and I hope against hope that it isn't the new version. (A
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I was unsubbed
And what message did your co - owner receive from Groups.io explaining your departure? Do I sense something going on for which Groups.io cannot conceivably be held responsible? Chris
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And what message did your co - owner receive from Groups.io explaining your departure? Do I sense something going on for which Groups.io cannot conceivably be held responsible? Chris
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Transfer@groups.io not joining
That was true at the time it was written but Mark has since posted (on the beta group) that he has gone down with 'flu so you might have to wait a littel longer. Chris
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That was true at the time it was written but Mark has since posted (on the beta group) that he has gone down with 'flu so you might have to wait a littel longer. Chris
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Chris Jones
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Can someone explain to me... unsubscribed for marking a message as spam
I have added a list of Service Providers with which Groups.io is known or believed to operate FBLs to the draft wiki. https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Removed-for-spam The sources for the l
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I have added a list of Service Providers with which Groups.io is known or believed to operate FBLs to the draft wiki. https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Removed-for-spam The sources for the l
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But does that mean that it ought to be in the list or not? Please clarify. I used the phrase with the arguable exception of rocketmail because it seemed logical to include it, rather than because the
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But does that mean that it ought to be in the list or not? Please clarify. I used the phrase with the arguable exception of rocketmail because it seemed logical to include it, rather than because the
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Chris Jones
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Can someone explain to me... unsubscribed for marking a message as spam
And neither do I, unfortunately. Being a UK based group there are quite a few of them (us actually; I use btinternet as well) Although automatic dismemberment is not an everyday occurrence I will keep
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And neither do I, unfortunately. Being a UK based group there are quite a few of them (us actually; I use btinternet as well) Although automatic dismemberment is not an everyday occurrence I will keep
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Can someone explain to me... unsubscribed for marking a message as spam
In response to Bruce & Paul... I can see your point about "Special Notices". However, it has been our (as in our Group) experience that it has been sending out a special notice that has caused the pro
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In response to Bruce & Paul... I can see your point about "Special Notices". However, it has been our (as in our Group) experience that it has been sending out a special notice that has caused the pro
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Automatic Deletion of Members If Message Marked As Spam
#poll
A new poll has been created: At present if a Member or their Mail Service Provider marks a message as “spam” then it is quite possible for that member to be summarily deleted from the Group that sent
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A new poll has been created: At present if a Member or their Mail Service Provider marks a message as “spam” then it is quite possible for that member to be summarily deleted from the Group that sent
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Chris Jones
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Can someone explain to me... unsubscribed for marking a message as spam
I would hope so (it would be an integral part of any #suggestion) , and "nothing" in that order! Further to the latter point there is nothing in the existing regime to stop a member "unspamming" the o
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I would hope so (it would be an integral part of any #suggestion) , and "nothing" in that order! Further to the latter point there is nothing in the existing regime to stop a member "unspamming" the o
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Chris Jones
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Automatic Deletion of Members If Message Marked As Spam
#poll
I can see the rationale behind this. However, I find myself wondering about "training spam filters"; precisely what does it mean? My ISP is BT (I'm in the UK) although I normally use Outlook as my ema
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I can see the rationale behind this. However, I find myself wondering about "training spam filters"; precisely what does it mean? My ISP is BT (I'm in the UK) although I normally use Outlook as my ema
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#poll
Sorry; not universally true. It started to split away from Yahoo a few years ago, and then stopped for some reason, leaving some on a Yahoo - provided service and others not. I am one of the "nots". S
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Sorry; not universally true. It started to split away from Yahoo a few years ago, and then stopped for some reason, leaving some on a Yahoo - provided service and others not. I am one of the "nots". S
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For some specialised applications, possibly; for "general" use then highly improbable IMHO. You also queried Oath's apparent indifference to "the chaos in Yahoo Groups". There have been odd rumours fo
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For some specialised applications, possibly; for "general" use then highly improbable IMHO. You also queried Oath's apparent indifference to "the chaos in Yahoo Groups". There have been odd rumours fo
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Chris Jones
· #6813
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#poll
I think we should also consider that many Owners and Moderators might fall into the "unsophisticated" description as well. I would never try to pass myself off as any sort of "IT specialist". Even if
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I think we should also consider that many Owners and Moderators might fall into the "unsophisticated" description as well. I would never try to pass myself off as any sort of "IT specialist". Even if
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Chris Jones
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#poll
Perhaps you could take the trouble to explain why, exactly. This entire discussion is becoming uncomfortably polarised, and at the moment I can see no way out of the impasse. The number of responses t
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Perhaps you could take the trouble to explain why, exactly. This entire discussion is becoming uncomfortably polarised, and at the moment I can see no way out of the impasse. The number of responses t
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Chris Jones
· #6843
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#poll
I suppose it isn't "promoted" as such, but it is part of the very first post in this thread. Regards, Chris
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I suppose it isn't "promoted" as such, but it is part of the very first post in this thread. Regards, Chris
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Chris Jones
· #6864
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Automatic Deletion of Members If Message Marked As Spam
#poll
I don't think anyone has suggested that there should be any "no email" groups; I certainly haven't. The suggestion is that instead of being deleted from membership because of a spam marking individual
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I don't think anyone has suggested that there should be any "no email" groups; I certainly haven't. The suggestion is that instead of being deleted from membership because of a spam marking individual
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Chris Jones
· #6868
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How Safe (spam proof) is groups.io ???
Surely the use of "Pending Subscription" messages deals with this. A Group I moderate has this set up and it seems to work. (FWIW we used to do this "manually" which was a real chore - Pending Subscri
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Surely the use of "Pending Subscription" messages deals with this. A Group I moderate has this set up and it seems to work. (FWIW we used to do this "manually" which was a real chore - Pending Subscri
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Chris Jones
· #6896
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Mark has now provided me with a copy of the updated "message to deleted members" that has been used from 22 March 2018, and I have added it to the draft wiki. Having read and thought about it, I am st
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Mark has now provided me with a copy of the updated "message to deleted members" that has been used from 22 March 2018, and I have added it to the draft wiki. Having read and thought about it, I am st
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Chris Jones
· #6924
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#poll
That was my first thought as well, and then I considered the possibility that I had missed something; perhaps I hadn't. The wikipedia link is at the bottom of the (draft) in - house wiki document anyw
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That was my first thought as well, and then I considered the possibility that I had missed something; perhaps I hadn't. The wikipedia link is at the bottom of the (draft) in - house wiki document anyw
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Posting as Owner / Moderator
I have posted a distillation of the above thread as #Suggestions in the beta group. Look for the same Subject. We shall see... Regards, Chris
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I have posted a distillation of the above thread as #Suggestions in the beta group. Look for the same Subject. We shall see... Regards, Chris
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