The Banning domains from a group topic in the Owners Manual now contains a note about what someone who’s not logged in and who tries to join a group from a banned domain sees (a notice that states

Good catch, Andy! I removed the info about a copy of the message being saved as a draft from that section. Thanks, Nina

Thanks, Nina, both for the info and for adding it to the docs! Realizing what the banned member saw that day goes a long way towards understanding his begging lol.

I updated the applicable references in the Owners Manual: The note in step 6 in Creating a group The note in step 3 in Creating a subgroup Thanks, Nina

On bullet 2 of the Sponsorship section/page, it may be more clear to say "Sponsorships are nonrefundable. Sponsorship amounts are held by Groups.io and are used to pay hosting fees for the group

I just checked out the new text, and while I was at it, I also looked at the section on banning members individually. It would be helpful to add similar information there, about the effect on a

If they're logged in on the email/account that's banned, I don't think they can even get to the group home page. Duane

Duane, you're right. I just tested that. Which just proves that this needs to be documented. :)

But unfortunately, a weird error message is displayed. I/you/we might suggest updating that error message on beta.

I added notes about the effects of banning on a member to the Banning a member section under Banning and unbanning members in the Owners Manual. Mark fixed the weird error that J mentioned (I

I revised that bullet item as suggested (though I wrote “for the sponsored group” instead of “for the group sponsored” :-) ). Thanks for the feedback! - Nina

I added such a note. Thank you for the feedback! - Nina

Great, Nina, thanks! I saw Mark’s beta update about the fix and wondered whether it was related to my comment. “Weird errors” should always be fixed. 😊 As you may have seen, I just posted in

You're welcome! I did see your post on beta about the messaging when a domain is banned and will monitor it. :-) - Nina

Hi Nina, The admin badge page, https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/additional-information/member-badges-and-topic-icons, says this about P: Posting Allowed (The member’s posting

IMO it's not quite crystal clear even with that. A "P" member can post even in a moderated topic.

can post without moderation even in an unmoderated topic

Yikes, I'm making this worse and worse.:) Should read: "can post without moderation even in a moderated topic"

< ... is she done??? maybe I should wait before repl> <oops...> You're right I missed the explain bit. Here's a couple of possibilities: Explain and point to the

Well, I don’t understand the sequence and the redundancy, but as long as the point is made clear I’m not picky. Yeah, I’m done.