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Re: option to auto-reset inactive members to NuM after specified time interval #suggestion

Sarah k Alawami

#22416

Ah. So a back end thing not a front end event; so the member will not know they have ben set to new for mod purposes?

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On 13 Oct 2019, at 12:03, J_Catlady wrote:

On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 12:01 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:

would that not be confusing to someone who was inactive because they were in hospital etc and forgot to go no mail?
This has nothing to do with receiving or not receiving mail, it would be a group option so you wouldn't have to use it if you think it would be confusing, and the use case for my group is members who haven't posted in a year or more and I want to resurrect temporary moderation for them.

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Re: option to auto-reset inactive members to NuM after specified time interval #suggestion

J_Catlady

#22415

On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 12:01 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:

would that not be confusing to someone who was inactive because they were in hospital etc and forgot to go no mail?

This has nothing to do with receiving or not receiving mail, it would be a group option so you wouldn't have to use it if you think it would be confusing, and the use case for my group is members who haven't posted in a year or more and I want to resurrect temporary moderation for them.

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Re: option to auto-reset inactive members to NuM after specified time interval #suggestion

Sarah k Alawami

#22414

I like the idea, but use case please? And would that not be confusing to someone who was inactive because they were in hospital etc and forgot to go no mail?

Sarah Alawami, owner of TFFP. . For more info go to our website. This is also our libsyn page as well.
For stuff we sell, mac training materials and tutorials go here.
and for hosting options go here
to subscribe to the feed click here

Our telegram channel is also a good place for an announce only in regard to podcasts, contests, etc.

Our discord is where you will know when we go live on youtube, twitch and mixer. Thanks Restream staff.

Finally, to become a patron and help support the podcast go here

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On 13 Oct 2019, at 9:58, J_Catlady wrote:

It would be convenient to have an option to automatically reset members to NuM if they haven't posted for a specified period of time.
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Re: ability for members to easily see all their messages in a group

J_Catlady

#22413

Thanks, Chris! I suppose it was not obvious to me because (a) I was looking as moderator, and (b) the phrase "by the this member" is a bit off the mark. For an individual member, maybe it could be changed to read "all my messages."

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On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 11:08 AM Chris Jones via Groups.Io <chrisjones12=btinternet.com@groups.io> wrote:

On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 06:01 PM, J_Catlady wrote:

If this already exists, I don't see it...
Yes it already exists...

For an "ordinary member" the best way (starting from the web view of the individual group on which they want to see their posts) is Subscription > Group Profile > All Messages By This Member and "there you are..".

Chris

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Re: ability for members to easily see all their messages in a group

Chris Jones

#22412

On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 06:01 PM, J_Catlady wrote:

If this already exists, I don't see it...

Yes it already exists...

For an "ordinary member" the best way (starting from the web view of the individual group on which they want to see their posts) is Subscription > Group Profile > All Messages By This Member and "there you are..".

Chris

ability for members to easily see all their messages in a group

J_Catlady

#22411

It would be nice if group members could click on "all my messages" in any individual group. (If this already exists, I don't see it...)
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option to auto-reset inactive members to NuM after specified time interval #suggestion

J_Catlady

#22410

It would be convenient to have an option to automatically reset members to NuM if they haven't posted for a specified period of time.
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Status badge for Member Notes

Bruce Bowman

#22409

It would be handy if we had an appropriate status badge so I could see at a glance whether a Member Note has been saved for a member.

Thanks,
Bruce

Site updates #changelog

Mark Fletcher

#22408

Changes to the site this week:

INTERNAL: More work on the API webhooks system.
CHANGE: When forwarding a message using the Mac email client (and maybe others), it takes the forwarded message, encloses it in a blockquote and adds at the top 'Begin forwarded message'. Because it was in a blockquote, we were collapsing it. This was not good behavior, so we now look for this special case and don't collapse that blockquote.
API: Added open_donations_visible to perms object.
API: Added hashtags_visible to perms object.
API: Removed view_archives from perms object.
API: Changed view_guidelines to guidelines_visible in perms object.
API: Added subgroups_visible to perms object.
API: Added perms field to member_info object.
API: Added new Subs array to user object.
API: The member_info object now only returns the fields that are set by the endpoint. Previously it returned all fields, regardless of whether the fields were set or not (some endpoints won't set all the fields based on permissions).
BUGFIX: When dealing with a message from someone not a part of the group, who has DMARC p=reject set on their domain, use their name in the From line (ie Mark Fletcher via Groups.io). Previously this was blank.
CHANGE: When banning a member of a group, we now generate a past member object for them so they properly appear in the past members list.
CHANGE: Added autocomplete="off" to email fields when viewing a member and when viewing your account information to prevent the browser from changing the fields.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Mark

Event: Linode downtime to patch a crash #downtime - Thursday, 17 October 2019 #downtime #cal-invite

main@beta.groups.io Calendar <main@...>

#22407

Linode downtime to patch a crash #downtime

When:
Thursday, 17 October 2019
2:00am to 4:00am
(UTC-07:00) America/Los Angeles

Description:

Our hosting provider, Linode, has to patch all the physical machines our service runs on. This downtime corresponds to the patching of our main database instance. The site will be down potentially for up to two hours, although I believe it will be much less than that.

This downtime starts at 9:00AM UTC.

Mail will be queued during the downtime and will be sent when we are back on-line. I will be sleepy the next day.

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Re: California Utilities' Planned Power Shutoffs today through Saturday to affect 6 to 8 hundred thousand people

Bob Bellizzi

#22406

Well Mark, we squeaked by and hope you did also.
Apparently Piggy (PG&E) made unannounced changes to their selected blackout maps and we were spared.
Santa Cruz county was pretty much dark.
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Re: Proposal for Database Changes

JenniferEverSews

#22405

yes, what Pamela said ... would be a very welcome change.
thank you,
Jennifer
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Pamela wrote:
please can we have a PRINT function :)
Pamela who spends hours every month exporting databases, editing the csv spreadsheet and then printing our databases!

Re: Proposal for Database Changes

Pamela Tatt

#22404

And ... please please please can we have a PRINT function :)

Pamela who spends hours every month exporting databases, editing the csv spreadsheet and then printing our databases!

Proposal for Database Changes

Bob Bellizzi

#22403

I started this list a couple of months ago and since then I've added/deleted ideas.
I've tried to keep the list as short as I could to provide functions that would enhance Database operation and use.

Suggestions for Databases Function:

1. Setup Option in premium to initially open in List or Map mode.

2. Setup Option in premium to allow owners/moderators, based on `1 above, to force DB to stay in List or Map mode permanently or be switchable between.

3. Setup option to hide Index/Record number

4. In Premium/Enterprise groups, when searching, retain the current (List or Map) mode.

5. Provide Reset/Resequence Index command

a. with a “Set Index Increment” function to allow spacing/insertion between records.

b. Or with a preset “Increment of 10 to allow spacing/insertion.

6. Provide “Insert Record Before/After Record #” function when Index Increment >1

7. Retain column headings when scrolling. Currently they disappear.

8. Always go to List mode when importing tables or rows; then, when complete, return to default mode from setup.
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Re: California Utilities' Planned Power Shutoffs today through Saturday to affect 6 to 8 hundred thousand people

Bob Bellizzi

#22402

Well if you've ever lived where there has been an extended outage in both time and area, you would worry about the restart capability of such a huge network of generators and users. Just resyncing 100 and more generators is time consuming.
But this isn't just Northern Callifornia, Southern California Edison is also in the mix.

Oh well, this is a good earthquake/any disaster exercise for us.
We had already started a local Disaster Group at groups.io to common sharing and access of information and resources.

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Re: California Utilities' Planned Power Shutoffs today through Saturday to affect 6 to 8 hundred thousand people

Glenn Glazer

#22401

On 10/9/2019 13:29, Mark Fletcher wrote:

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:26 PM Glenn Glazer <glenn.glazer@...> wrote:

Speaking as someone working for a company with a huge colo presence, if they don't have failover power, it's time to switch data centers. ~~Or go to the cloud.~~

Oh, I know they do have failover power, both battery and generator. But if we're talking about 5 days of no electricity, that's something I'd be concerned about.

Thanks,

Mark

Ah, gotcha. From what I've read (I live in Northern California), the outages aren't supposed to be more than 2-4 days.

Best,

Glenn

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Re: California Utilities' Planned Power Shutoffs today through Saturday to affect 6 to 8 hundred thousand people

Mark Fletcher

#22400

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:26 PM Glenn Glazer <glenn.glazer@...> wrote:

Speaking as someone working for a company with a huge colo presence, if they don't have failover power, it's time to switch data centers. ~~Or go to the cloud.~~

Oh, I know they do have failover power, both battery and generator. But if we're talking about 5 days of no electricity, that's something I'd be concerned about.

Thanks,

Mark

Re: California Utilities' Planned Power Shutoffs today through Saturday to affect 6 to 8 hundred thousand people

Glenn Glazer

#22399

On 10/9/2019 13:21, Mark Fletcher wrote:

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:05 PM Bob Bellizzi <cdfexec@...> wrote:

I know where you reside but not where your servers are.
Might they be affected by the Planned Shutoffs which can last up to 5 days?
Our home has Battery Backup Grid tie solar so hopefully we will generate enough for basics.

Good question. The machines are in a datacenter in Fremont, Ca. Looking at the PG&E outage maps, it seems that parts of Fremont are scheduled to lose power. I don't know if that includes the datacenter. I would hope that we would have received notice if that was the case. In any event, I have a support ticket open to see if I can get verification that the datacenter will continue to have power. If I hear of any interruptions, I will let you know. Things seem to be quite fluid at the moment unfortunately.

Thanks,

Mark

Speaking as someone working for a company with a huge colo presence, if they don't have failover power, it's time to switch data centers. ~~Or go to the cloud.~~

Best,

Glenn

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Re: California Utilities' Planned Power Shutoffs today through Saturday to affect 6 to 8 hundred thousand people

Mark Fletcher

#22398

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:05 PM Bob Bellizzi <cdfexec@...> wrote:

I know where you reside but not where your servers are.
Might they be affected by the Planned Shutoffs which can last up to 5 days?
Our home has Battery Backup Grid tie solar so hopefully we will generate enough for basics.

Good question. The machines are in a datacenter in Fremont, Ca. Looking at the PG&E outage maps, it seems that parts of Fremont are scheduled to lose power. I don't know if that includes the datacenter. I would hope that we would have received notice if that was the case. In any event, I have a support ticket open to see if I can get verification that the datacenter will continue to have power. If I hear of any interruptions, I will let you know. Things seem to be quite fluid at the moment unfortunately.

Thanks,

Mark

California Utilities' Planned Power Shutoffs today through Saturday to affect 6 to 8 hundred thousand people

Bob Bellizzi

#22397

Mark,
I know where you reside but not where your servers are.
Might they be affected by the Planned Shutoffs which can last up to 5 days?
Our home has Battery Backup Grid tie solar so hopefully we will generate enough for basics.

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Bob Bellizzi