Well, based on what has been stated here, which I have no reason to doubt, the idea that an end-user's choice of no-email should block administrative notices is in desperate need of revisiting.

I can see the very rare desire to receive nothing except special notices.  I can never see a justification for a member (and I mean any member - owner, moderator, or regular) to be able to block special notices.

I also fully expect that group owners and moderators know better than to abuse the special notice feature.

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Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 

     I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.

           ~ Jay Gould, U.S. financier & railroad robber baron (1836 - 1892)