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Re: Reinstate previous version of groups home page on mobile devices
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On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 09:32 AM, Andy Wedge wrote:
but the useful information about members and pending actions is still missingHave you tried landscape mode? It looks to me like those items only disappear when the screen is less than 750 pixels wide. Seems like it would be way too scrunched to read below that, but I guess it would depend on the device. Duane
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Reinstate previous version of groups home page on mobile devices
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Hi,
until a couple of days ago the mobile version of the groups homepage (https://groups.io/groups) was very useful and displayed details about the number of members and pending messages and subscription requests. Then it just displayed very small mobile site icons and group names that were almost so small you couldn't see them clearly. Now the icons and text are a bit larger and readable but the useful information about members and pending actions is still missing. Can we please reinstate the earlier version? As it stands I think it's user unfriendly as it requires many more user actions to locate and act upon pending moderator actions. Thanks, Andy
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Include filename in subject line of upload mails
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Glenn Glazer
My members ask:
The current upload email subject line says: New file uploaded to main@somegroup.groups.ioand in the body it says: * /foo/bar/baz.pdfWould it be possible to have an option to have the subject line say either of: New file (/foo/bar/baz.pdf) uploaded...The idea being that members could then visually filter upload mails based on the files of interest, e.g., rosters or minutes or bylaws and so on. Thanks, Glenn --
PG&E Delenda Est
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Re: NC Status Clarification
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On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 7:33 PM Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:
That screen is a bit 'dumb'. It only displays something different if the account is not confirmed. It conflates a normal account with a bouncing account, which is why you saw 'Your Account Is Confirmed' when in fact your account was (and is) bouncing. I will need to change that text. Thanks, Mark
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Highlight calendar events with reminders
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Hi Mark,
there is no current way (that I know) of identifying which calendar events have reminders defined. With just a small number of events defined it can be a fairly easy task to check each one individually but it's a time consuming task when there are lots of events. It would be helpful to have a symbol of some kind that shows if an event has a reminder defined. Thanks, Andy
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On 12 May 2020 at 14:53, Andy Wedge wrote:
Yes, the pop-up panel is stable now. Thanks. It still only works with aFor what is worth, we decided not to use the Zoom integration for our calendar alerts. Firstly it doesn't as Mark confirm work with repeated events even if you want to edit a single event of the series. More significantly the organiser (host) of the Zoom event must be the one who sets it up as it interfaces directly to Zoom. We have set calendar edits to be only permitted by moderators and our Zoom organiser is not a moderator (OK, we could change permissions..). Far easier is just to type the Zoom meeting ID and password which our host supplies directly in the alert information box. We could also probably also include the direct link. Hopefully we will only have to do this for another couple of our events if the UK Government allows us to meet again at our normal venue. Dave http://davesergeant.com
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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 2:53 PM Andy Wedge <andy_wedge@...> wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 09:12 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: I'm unable to reproduce this; I can set up a meeting with either PMI or as One Time. Can you try again and then reply to me off-list with the exact time you tried it? I'll see if I can spot anything in the logs. Thanks, Mark
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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 09:12 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
Yes, the pop-up panel is stable now. Thanks. It still only works with a Personal Meeting Id (PMI) at present as the One Time Meeting option generates no Zoom meeting link. Thanks Andy
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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:04 PM Andy Wedge <andy_wedge@...> wrote:
I was just working on that. Should be fixed now. Thanks, Mark
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Hi Mark,
when I click the 'Make this a Zoom meeting' button the pop-up panel where you enter the Zoom meeting details opens and immediately closes repeatedly preventing entry of details. I've tested this on Firefox and Chrome and it's the same each time. Regards, Andy
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Re: "Subscriber was removed for marking a message as spam" notification
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Thank You Bruce. It seems that a number of our users over time have been removed for marking as spam. When I contact them with my gmail address they didn't do it. And when I ask them to carefully examine their inbox and spam folders for an email that has a link to reinstate themselves they almost always never find one. I have no idea if this is because their provider, since they just marked GIO as spam just tosses it and never delivers it even to the spam folder, or if they are not technical (many of our users are not) and just don't know what to look for.
John P
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Re: "Subscriber was removed for marking a message as spam" notification
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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:51 AM, Michael wrote:
In my experience, nobody has ever decided to leave the group by marking a message as spam, rather, it is always their email *client* deciding something is spam and causing them to be dropped.My own experience is about 50:50. The "dropping them like a hot potato" because of an automated spam message situation causes headaches for admins and users alike.It was not my intent to restart the FBL debate. I'm just seeking a more proactive way to help someone when they invariably <vernacular on> freak out <vernacular off> about it. Regards, Bruce
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Re: "Subscriber was removed for marking a message as spam" notification
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Michael
In my experience, nobody has ever decided to leave the group by marking a message as spam, rather, it is always their email *client* deciding something is spam and causing them to be dropped.
Then they come to me wanting to know why they aren't getting messages, or I mention to them, if I don't miss the notice, and they are confused, because they got no notice, (perhaps it went into the spam folder too). The "dropping them like a hot potato" because of an automated spam message situation causes headaches for admins and users alike.
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Re: "Subscriber was removed for marking a message as spam" notification
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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 01:02 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
More generally, we need some way that a group Owner can resend that link to the [ex-]member.My understanding is that the link to resubscribe is personalised to the member that was removed. In that sense, receiving a copy of it would suggest getting an element of control over an account that may not be appropriate. Having the ability to resend the link could be useful though and perhaps sending it as a personal or private message rather than a system message from Groups.io would reduce the chance of it being treated as spam at the receiver's end. Andy
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Re: Email only footer for users without http/s access
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Most email clients will recognise a hyperlink in a plain text email and
make it clickable. They don't always get it right.... I think what was being asked was that the email commands for unsubscribing etc should be shown so they can be used (clickable mailto: or whatever, remember if they are they they can still be manually typed in a new email). The existing links to the web interface are no use for email only users who have never set a password for web access. Dave On 11 May 2020 at 18:40, Bruce Bowman wrote: By definition, the plain text messages sent by groups.io cannot contain http://davesergeant.com
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Re: "Subscriber was removed for marking a message as spam" notification
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That seems a sensible suggestion Bruce.
As an aside, we currently have one member with Virgin Media who gets unsubscribed regular. He has clearly sorted out what happens since he resubscribes in just a few minutes each time, and has not contacted me to complain. But is there a specific issue with Virgin Media at the moment? Dave On 11 May 2020 at 16:08, Bruce Bowman wrote: It would be useful of the notification sent to the +owner address when http://davesergeant.com
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Re: Email only footer for users without http/s access
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Peter Mott <peter@...>
Raw source below. It is reasonable for an email client to hyperlink the unsubscribe link, there is no way the user can unsubscribe using email. Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.
View/Reply Online (#9): https://groups.io/g/zmh292/message/9 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/74013589/547764 Mute #sked: https://groups.io/mk?hashtag=3Dsked&subid=3D8279501 -=3D-=3D-
-=3D-=3D- Group Owner: zmh292+owner@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/zmh292/unsub [peter@northlandmaritimerad= io.nz] -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-
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Re: NC Status Clarification
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Mark,
Ok, I guess something different happened. I'll admit I didn't click through to prove that I could. I just took the site's word for it. There does seem to be some confusion here. When first claiming one could create groups I hadn't noticed the big headline: The address in question is invalid. In fact it is in Bouncing status (but not NC) per shalstest's Pending Members list. I expected it to be both. So I'm not sure how this address escaped NC status, unless there was some automatic response from my email service that "smelled" like a reply to the confirmation request. Shal
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Re: NC Status Clarification
#bug
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 07:14 PM, Shal Farley wrote:
I think that's it: easier to create the account on the spot so that the user can go ahead with filling in their options & profile while they wait for the confirmation to arrive.I think that it is more literally because it's a placeholder in the sense that creating the account a priori prevents anyone else from signing up with the same email address while it's in process. It behaves like it is perfectly realThat's a matter of definition. There are things it does do and things it doesn't do. I think the word "real" is meaningless. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: NC Status Clarification
#bug
J,
I would think of these NC “accounts” as placeholders.That's a reasonable view. It’s probably just easier for Mark to create an “account” before theI think that's it: easier to create the account on the spot so that the user can go ahead with filling in their options & profile while they wait for the confirmation to arrive. It behaves like it is perfectly real, in much the same way that a Bouncing (or Bounced) account is still real, but can't receive group postings by email until the NC status is cleared. Shal
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