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Re: Group Setting to Enable From Address via groups.io
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Pete AE5PL
On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:25 am, Mark Fletcher wrote:
I think perhaps the best thing to do is to add a checkbox, separate from Reply To, that when checked will munge all From lines in messages to a group. Perhaps call it 'Convert All Email From Addresses To Be From Groups.io' with the help text being: "Only use this feature if you use Office 365 and have had complaints from users about email spoofing.'I would use a more generic "Only use this feature if you have had complaints from users about blocked emails or emails marked as SPAM for no apparent reason." I believe this extends beyond Exchange servers (definitely beyond Office 365) to provider servers that do extended SPF checking and internal domain checking to prevent/reduce phishing attacks and spoofed email address attacks for users. While primarily corporate servers will have this protection in place, it appears there are commercial vendors that do similar SPF checking and internal domain blocking independent of DMARC. Pete
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Re: Group Setting to Enable From Address via groups.io
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I think that would be better as an account option that could be enabled by the affected recipients, similar to the Message-ID munging option (I always want copies of my own messages) for Gmail users. Shal
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Re: Export group
Bruce, On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote: Submitted my request more than two hours ago...no response. I guess when you have 468 members in beta and all of them try to do this at the same time, it takes a little longer than 10 minutes. :-) Please try again, it should be fixed now. Thanks, Mark
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Re: Group Setting to Enable From Address via groups.io
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On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:09 AM, Pete AE5PL <HamLists@...> wrote: We have a number of users who are either using email via on-premise Exchange, hosted Exchange, or Office 365 business/enterprise. Exchange checks both the envelope-From address (SMTP FROM) and the header-From address (actual From address in email) for both SPF and internal domain blocking. While this is not true of all mail server software, it is true of all Exchange server versions which encompasses the vast majority of enterprise and business email servers. Recently (within the past year), Office 365 finally implemented DMARC on their servers for North America customers but not all customers have had the knowledge or initiative to properly implement it. Thank you for that explanation! This has been something that I've been dealing with for a year now, and I was unable to get an explanation of what was going on from anyone, mainly because I think most people didn't understand what was happening. I am requesting that, in addition to the Reply to Group setting, we have the ability to turn on the "via groups.io" setting for all users in a group. This would allow group owners to resolve this issue with business-class mail servers for their individual group(s) without adversely affecting other groups. I think perhaps the best thing to do is to add a checkbox, separate from Reply To, that when checked will munge all From lines in messages to a group. Perhaps call it 'Convert All Email From Addresses To Be From Groups.io' with the help text being: "Only use this feature if you use Office 365 and have had complaints from users about email spoofing.' Thoughts? Thanks, Mark
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Group Setting to Enable From Address via groups.io
#suggestion
Pete AE5PL
We have a number of users who are either using email via on-premise Exchange, hosted Exchange, or Office 365 business/enterprise. Exchange checks both the envelope-From address (SMTP FROM) and the header-From address (actual From address in email) for both SPF and internal domain blocking. While this is not true of all mail server software, it is true of all Exchange server versions which encompasses the vast majority of enterprise and business email servers. Recently (within the past year), Office 365 finally implemented DMARC on their servers for North America customers but not all customers have had the knowledge or initiative to properly implement it.
With that background, I am appreciative of the group.io team in implementing auto-change on the header From address for detected DMARC reject domains. However, most Exchange installations do not implement DMARC because it would need to be implemented via third-party software and would require DNS changes. Most Exchange email users do not have access to any of this to make alterations and therefore are stuck with emails they originate getting bounced when sent back through groups.io or having other peoples' emails getting bounced due to SPF failure. While you may disagree with how Microsoft implemented SPF and domain validation, it is what it is and has been this way for over a decade (don't expect any changes now). I am requesting that, in addition to the Reply to Group setting, we have the ability to turn on the "via groups.io" setting for all users in a group. This would allow group owners to resolve this issue with business-class mail servers for their individual group(s) without adversely affecting other groups. Thank you for hearing my request. Hopefully we can see a resolution with relatively little pain to groups.io and our users. Pete
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Re: Can't edit hashtag
Whether or not it's limited to a specific browser, and whether or not someone knows that detail, it's a bug and does not belong in beta. If it was a user issue ("how do I edit") it likewise does not belong in beta but in GMF.
As for your comment "claws away," that definitely does not belong here and I hope Mark will close down this thread. -- J
Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu
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Re: Can't edit hashtag
Chris Jones
On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 09:48 am, J_Catlady wrote:
If the edit function is broken ( which it is in safari) I don’t think anyone could interpret it as anything but a bug.Unless he had a range of other Browsers available the fact that the problem was limited to Safari might not be immediately obvious., Claws away, please! Chris
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Re: Can't edit hashtag
Well, just bring informative since there are a lot of new people here (including you, I think?) If the edit function is broken ( which it is in safari) I don’t think anyone could interpret it as anything but a bug. 😊
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On May 13, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Chris Jones via Groups.Io <chrisjones12@...> wrote:
-- J
Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu
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Re: Can't edit hashtag
Chris Jones
On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 09:22 am, J_Catlady wrote:
Bugs are supposed to be reported to support, not beta.Perhaps he didn't realise it was a bug. Chris
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Re: Can't edit hashtag
ps Bugs are supposed to be reported to support, not beta.
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On May 13, 2018, at 9:20 AM, J_Catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...> wrote:
-- J
Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu
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Re: Can't edit hashtag
That’s a Safari link issue thst Mark is working on fixing. For now, do a right click to open the link in another window or tab, or use a different browser.
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On May 13, 2018, at 7:48 AM, Tom Vail <Tom@...> wrote:
-- J
Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu
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Can't edit hashtag
When I go to the Hashtag tab, I see the box for each of my hashtags and the edit button seems hot, but when I click on it it goes to the messages under that tag. It does not open the edit screen? Where am I going wrong?
Peace, Tom
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Re: Digests do not automatically include the message replied to
Paul Fraser <paul1959fraser@...>
Ronaldo wrote:
I’m not sure what the difference in the end result is. Ideally our users would reply in a format similar to this post but they are either unable to do so or unable to learn. PS, the way the indenting works on the plain text digest (?) the one space indent is not particularly obvious.Groups.io digests strip out the message that is replied toerr..no. it removes everything under the last unindented line, and If I had my way this would be the standard - as it supports traditional quoting in "usenet" and most decent discussion-lists. If people put their comments/answers UNDER the relevant/respective pieces of quote, there is no problem.That requires people to adapt to the software and not vice versa. This is the tail wagging the dog. Is it possible to changeWhat behaviour do you mean exactly? Sending along the entire message replied to, and the one that replied to, and the one before that? That is what Yahoo Groups’ digests do now, so not ‘impractical’. Shal mentioned in another message a limited quote function. The first previous message, or a set number of lines would provide enough context for a non-quoting reply. i concede that that this does not seem to be a big problem elsewhere but I thought I would ask :) -- Paul Fraser
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Re: Digests do not automatically include the message replied to
Paul Fraser <paul1959fraser@...>
Shal Farley wrote:
>>Later I proposed a snippet of the quoted message, rather than the whole quote, might provide sufficient context in the majority of cases. That is probably simpler to implement than my prior suggestion (so more likely to be implemented). It would also have the benefit of being briefer, keeping the Digest more readable. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/2267 That would be a good solution. How do I support this? >>>> PS I’ve found a way to fudge the issue (by turning on the signature > block) for all users except those who reply via the web interface > without quoting the message they are replying to. >>Hm... That might represent a bug of sorts. You mean the quote detection fails when there's a trailing sig applied by the group? If I understand it correctly, this works for allpoting types bar web interface non-quoting replies. Thanks for your reply. -- Paul Fraser
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Re: Digests do not automatically include the message replied to
ro-esp
On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 07:02 am, Paul Fraser wrote:
Groups.io digests strip out the message that is replied toerr..no. it removes everything under the last unindented line, and If I had my way this would be the standard - as it supports traditional quoting in "usenet" and most decent discussion-lists. If people put their comments/answers UNDER the relevant/respective pieces of quote, there is no problem. Is it possible to changeWhat behaviour do you mean exactly? Sending along the entire message replied to, and the one that replied to, and the one before that? That would not be practical groetjes, Ronaldo
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Re: "Down for maintenance" -- time to grow up...
https://groups.io/maintenance/index.html
-- J
Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu
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Re: "Down for maintenance" -- time to grow up...
https://groups.io/maintenance/index.html
-- J
Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu
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Re: "Down for maintenance" -- time to grow up...
Mike Conder
I missed something ... what cat pictures?
Mike Conder
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Re: AOL problem
I'm glad Linda said it: this emperor has no clothes. There is just no real problem here. None of the few members who have been removed have complained or asked for an explanation: they click on the resub link or they don't. In some cases, as I've said, I resub them myself if I know they're active members. The incidents are very few and far between.
I don't know exactly how this solution without a problem got started, but I, too, would urge no change. -- J
Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu
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Re: AOL problem
Linda
Hi Folks,
Occasionally I see a member leave and rejoin. With 2400 members, the current system seems to be working perfectly. I've never had to explain what is going on - they get it. Some of them don't learn the first time, but they "lather, rinse, repeat" all on their own, as it should be. I'm not looking for additional administrative work. Please don't change a thing. And for the record, I love the cats! Linda
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