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Can you please tell if the Wikis here allow categories for pages?
On MediaWiki wikis, categories provide convenient places to find out more information about similar things. For example, from the Yahoo! Groups Wikipedia page, I can click on the category link at the
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On MediaWiki wikis, categories provide convenient places to find out more information about similar things. For example, from the Yahoo! Groups Wikipedia page, I can click on the category link at the
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Question - "Content flagged as objectionable"
This is correct as you and Peter point out. In the US, there is no free speech requirement on private citizens or groups thereof. And your last question is key. The groups I run are, in fact political
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This is correct as you and Peter point out. In the US, there is no free speech requirement on private citizens or groups thereof. And your last question is key. The groups I run are, in fact political
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Set reply-to for group to subgroup
I thought about using hashtags but our members are not very savvy about this sort of thing and would probably just be confused by the whole thing. Also, they are 100% email users, none of them use the
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I thought about using hashtags but our members are not very savvy about this sort of thing and would probably just be confused by the whole thing. Also, they are 100% email users, none of them use the
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Set reply-to for group to subgroup
Is this possible? Basically, what we want is for main to be an announce-only group, but to still permit the members to discuss the announcements in subgroup that is optional for our members (unlike ma
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Is this possible? Basically, what we want is for main to be an announce-only group, but to still permit the members to discuss the announcements in subgroup that is optional for our members (unlike ma
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Owner not in all subgroups
Our committee is starting to use subgroups more and more, for subcommittees of the main committee. While I am the Secretary of the committee and thus responsible for setting these up, I am not (nor wi
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Our committee is starting to use subgroups more and more, for subcommittees of the main committee. While I am the Secretary of the committee and thus responsible for setting these up, I am not (nor wi
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No daily summary today?
#subscription
There is a massive internet outage going on right now. https://downdetector.com/status/centurylink/map/ Best, Glenn
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There is a massive internet outage going on right now. https://downdetector.com/status/centurylink/map/ Best, Glenn
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Members vs directory
What I would do is, download the member list. This is in CSV format, which makes it easy to import into your favorite spreadsheet program. I would then use the spreadsheet column to split the name col
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What I would do is, download the member list. This is in CSV format, which makes it easy to import into your favorite spreadsheet program. I would then use the spreadsheet column to split the name col
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Trouble with members viewing directory
Got it, thanks, Duane. Reviewing my settings view, it doesn't seem possible for me as an Owner to set the sharing on for each member, they have to do that themselves, correct? Best, Glenn
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Got it, thanks, Duane. Reviewing my settings view, it doesn't seem possible for me as an Owner to set the sharing on for each member, they have to do that themselves, correct? Best, Glenn
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Trouble with members viewing directory
When I, as the owner, go to the Directory tab, I see all members. When a plain member does, they see only five (about a tenth of everyone). My settings look like this: When I try to change the Member
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When I, as the owner, go to the Directory tab, I see all members. When a plain member does, they see only five (about a tenth of everyone). My settings look like this: When I try to change the Member
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Photos Disable Download
And even if you couldn't download it, you could still screenshot it. Best, Glenn
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And even if you couldn't download it, you could still screenshot it. Best, Glenn
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Comparison to FB & BAND groups
To your first point, I could not agree more. To the second, anonymity could be arranged by creating a new email account (e.g., through gmail) and subscribing to the list via that. I have an alias that
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To your first point, I could not agree more. To the second, anonymity could be arranged by creating a new email account (e.g., through gmail) and subscribing to the list via that. I have an alias that
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Comparison to FB & BAND groups
I know nothing of BAND, but I do manage several Facebook groups. The main advantage to Facebook is the ease of inviting other Facebook members to the group and that Facebook is more visual in that in
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I know nothing of BAND, but I do manage several Facebook groups. The main advantage to Facebook is the ease of inviting other Facebook members to the group and that Facebook is more visual in that in
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Why choose plain text over HTML email?
I refer you to "The Treachery of Images" by Magritte. It is not an an image, it is the representation of an image. You will never get paint or ink by email, every image you get will have some represen
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I refer you to "The Treachery of Images" by Magritte. It is not an an image, it is the representation of an image. You will never get paint or ink by email, every image you get will have some represen
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Why choose plain text over HTML email?
Okay, I admit it. This literally made me laugh out loud. Well played, Lena! In the end, everything is bits. Best, Glenn
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Okay, I admit it. This literally made me laugh out loud. Well played, Lena! In the end, everything is bits. Best, Glenn
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Why choose plain text over HTML email?
They are, IMHO, really poor points and a very bad analogy. Word Perfect was a proprietary binary format that could not be read at all without their software. HTML is a plain text format that is interp
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They are, IMHO, really poor points and a very bad analogy. Word Perfect was a proprietary binary format that could not be read at all without their software. HTML is a plain text format that is interp
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· #29670
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Why choose plain text over HTML email?
I see that flexibility and tolerance are your bywords. Sure, you can do those things if those things seem right to you, but it seems wrong to assume that everyone has the same sensibilities that you d
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I see that flexibility and tolerance are your bywords. Sure, you can do those things if those things seem right to you, but it seems wrong to assume that everyone has the same sensibilities that you d
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· #29667
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Why choose plain text over HTML email?
Oops, yes, off by a factor of eight. Best, Glenn
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Oops, yes, off by a factor of eight. Best, Glenn
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Why choose plain text over HTML email?
I agree, but I am not sure that the difference between 7 and 13 changes the point. Best, Glenn
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I agree, but I am not sure that the difference between 7 and 13 changes the point. Best, Glenn
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Why choose plain text over HTML email?
LOL, an ASCII character is eight bytes and in the transcribing industry, a word is generally five characters, so the break even point is at 39.0625Mb. ;) Amen. Best, Glenn
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LOL, an ASCII character is eight bytes and in the transcribing industry, a word is generally five characters, so the break even point is at 39.0625Mb. ;) Amen. Best, Glenn
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Why choose plain text over HTML email?
Yes, to be clear I was speaking in the present tense. The bad old days, were, as Shal notes, bad. Best, Glenn Who remembers using Eudora! And PINE! [political sig trimmed by moderator]
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Yes, to be clear I was speaking in the present tense. The bad old days, were, as Shal notes, bad. Best, Glenn Who remembers using Eudora! And PINE! [political sig trimmed by moderator]
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