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Rejecting messages without a subject line
#suggestion
Debbie
I wrote about this a couple of times in the past few years, and never saw anything about why it's not being done. I think it's great that when someone tries to send a message it is automatically rejected if it has no subject line. I would love it if that feature would be applied to the messages sent to the owner address. I get those often and find it very annoying.
Have a good weekend, Debbie
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Bob Bellizzi
On one of my Premiuum groups I noticed that my message scroll referted to 20.
When I checked my account it indicated I had it set to Infinite. I set it to 20 and it worked. I set it to 100 and it worked. I set it to Infinite and it only provided 20. When I checked it it was set to Infinite. I went through this procedure several times and had the same results. Mark, the group is FuchsFriends -- Bob Bellizzi
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Re: New notifications proposal
#misc
Some time ago I asked fot notifications to the moderators when someone uploads a file, a photo, a database.
Will this be considrered in the notifications overhaul? Victoria
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Re: Reinstate previous version of groups home page on mobile devices
#suggestion
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 12:10 AM, Duane wrote:
Not 100% sure it will show what you want, but try going to the main group, then select Subgroups on the left (NOT the one under Admin).Hi Duane, I've looked at that too. It does show membership details of subgroups as you say but does not show pending messages or subscriptions, and it involves more user actions to get there. The Groups page is a great overview of all groups and subgroups I am a member of and it's probably my 'go to' page on a mobile and desktop. The desktop version includes the number of members for each group and each number is also a link to the membership list which I find really useful. I'm sure that was the case on the mobile version too and it's probably one of those things I used without really thinking about it. Andy
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Re: The ability to resize all uploaded Photos, or even a a single Photo
#suggestion
txercoupemuseum.org
My groups are much the same. We need this also; as, undoubtedly untold “free” (or will be “free” come fall) groups. So “Me too”! WRB —
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The ability to resize all uploaded Photos, or even a a single Photo
#suggestion
paul fox
I'm going to paraphrase a bit of a thread from GMF that occurred in November 2019. ("Resizing photos?") At the time, it was suggested that I wait until after all of the Yahoo transfer churn had settled down, and then post this to beta. So here I am.
The issue for me (and similarly for others, if I search for "photo resize" in GMF) is this: I'm a relatively new co-owner of a group that was started 7 years ago, and as a result of our recently hitting the free storage limit (1G plus a very generous .4G overage) I've realized that no one had ever set up resize-on-upload for images. So we have a relatively small number of huge images consuming our space. I'd love to be able to do a resize on all images, but the steps to do so manually involve downloading, resizing, deleting the original, uploading, and then reverting it to the original owner (if its an admin doing the work). For each and every oversize image. The idea of doing this for an entire Photos collection is daunting, to say the least. It would be great to have a way (either with a UI button, or a request to an uber-admin) to resize an entire Photos collection. Next best would be to have a "Resize" button on the photo Edit page, which would eliminate most of the drudgery described above. It might default to resizing to the group max upload size, and of course it would never increase an image's size. Thanks for maybe considering this!
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Re: Reinstate previous version of groups home page on mobile devices
#suggestion
On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 04:42 PM, Andy Wedge wrote:
that does not provide an easy to use summary. Going to the members list for each individual group involves more users actions and doesn't help as the number of members is not displayed on mobile devices.Not 100% sure it will show what you want, but try going to the main group, then select Subgroups on the left (NOT the one under Admin). For a parent group owner, the page that opens will list all groups and subgroups, along with the number of members in each and some other info. A bit messy, but seems to have what you're looking for. Duane
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Re: Reinstate previous version of groups home page on mobile devices
#suggestion
On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 05:16 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
Can you give me some more information on why you'd like the number of members on that page? Are you using that as a proxy for something else? That number generally doesn't change much.From an owner/mod point of view it's a simple and easy way to get an overview of members in our different subgroups and a feel for the uptake of the different interests or geographic regions each one represents. The membership numbers are displayed on the feeds page but along with loads of other information and the order changes based upon group activity so that does not provide an easy to use summary. Going to the members list for each individual group involves more users actions and doesn't help as the number of members is not displayed on mobile devices. Regards, Andy
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Re: Reinstate previous version of groups home page on mobile devices
#suggestion
billsf9c
Mark, Prospective members want to know and judge between lists they will join, partially by member count and use it when they act like BMOC to ellicite a pal to join.
Also used to readily note if after ruffled feathers, there's a loss, and a word needs to be said about it. It's just handy. 5 members in 1500 is nothing but reminds us to remind members that they can wreck things being low on tact. Ideal of course is it being a clickable owner-option. BillSF9c
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Re: Messages contain CC:group even with ReplyTo=sender and "Remove other options"
#bug
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 7:34 PM Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:
I've made this change. Cheers, Mark
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Re: Reinstate previous version of groups home page on mobile devices
#suggestion
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 3:10 PM Andy Wedge <andy_wedge@...> wrote:
Can you give me some more information on why you'd like the number of members on that page? Are you using that as a proxy for something else? That number generally doesn't change much. Thanks, Mark
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Re: Reinstate previous version of groups home page on mobile devices
#suggestion
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 05:02 PM, Andy Wedge wrote:
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 05:00 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: Hi Mark, I notice the mobile Groups page has changed again. I can see that it shows pending messages and member subscriptions but it's missing the number of members in a group. From an owner/mod point of view, this information is really useful particularly when the member list view on a mobile device does not display the number of members. Apart from the addition of a sort feature (which even with my list of 34 groups and subgroups I think I am unlikely to use) I can't see any advantage for the new layout with smaller icons and links for pending messages and subscriptions. Regards, Andy
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Time Zone rendering on client calendars
#bug
Hello,
I believe this has been discussed in a prior ticket (but I am unable to find) I have a Project who prefers using US Pacific Time for their Groups.io calendar. Unfortunately, after the last time zone change, some members using Outlook have subscriptions reflecting 1 hour off. The only fix I have heard is moving all meetings in Groups.io to UTC time zone. 1. Is this a known bug/issue? 2. Do we know if it's on the Groups.io side or Outlook? 3. Any ETA on resolution? Thanks in advance! Brett
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Re: New notifications proposal
#misc
This morning I arose to see my wish has already been granted! So much easier to look at my inbox now and see at a glance whether I need to log into groups.io immediately to approve pending members or if it can wait an hour or so.
Usual excellent service from groups,io! Many thanks, Mark, you're amazing. Helen
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Re: New notifications proposal
#misc
On 20 May 2020 at 2:22, Marina wrote:
So, if possible, please make the notifications hashtags an option.And one of the disadvantages is getting hashtags created automatically. We have all sorts of innocent messages that happen to have a # in the subject line appearing in our hashtag list. I have just deleted a #the hashtag! Dave http://davesergeant.com
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Re: New notifications proposal
#misc
When we moved over from YG, we welcomed the possibility of turning our old compulsory but often misused message tags in compulsory hashtags and let the system take on some moderation duties. One of the positive sides of GIO hashtags is that we were able to set them in our language.
Everyone is perfectly fine with our present hashtags system. I am afraid that having more hashtags, in English, appended to messages would only confuse my members and be of very little use. So, if possible, please make the notifications hashtags an option. Regards, Marina
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Re: Include filename in subject line of upload mails
#suggestion
Glenn Glazer
On 5/19/2020 13:14, Bob Bellizzi wrote:
Glenn That's not my intent. All things that can be used, can be misused, including existing groups.io features. Limiting features to things that cannot possibly be misused is too high a bar for feature requests. As with all things, I am always a supporter of making things available to those that want and not available to those that don't. So, if some of us want pencils and find the risk acceptable, that doesn't imply forcing everyone to buy pencils. They may choose not if they so wish. Best, Glenn --
PG&E Delenda Est
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Re: Include filename in subject line of upload mails
#suggestion
Bob Bellizzi
Glenn
I don't concur with the analogy. You seem to be viewing your suggestion with focus on your needs only. It makes it seem that your pencil analogy disregards the value of any other groups' opinion. -- Bob Bellizzi
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Re: New notifications proposal
#misc
I use and like hashtags on my group's messages. I don't need hashtags on group notifications, but I can live with them if necessary (I'll just ignore them).
What would be infinitely more useful for group notifications is a change to the subject lines for mods who receive notifications via e-mail. Here's an example of what I mean: Somebody applies to join my group. I receive an e-mail: Subscription Approval Needed - xyz@abc.com applied to support@tanyackd.groups.io That's absolutely fine. Works great for me. Amongst other things, I can sort applications alphabetically if i want to. One of the other mods approves them, often while I'm asleep. I get: New Subscriber To support@tanyackd.groups.io I may get up in the morning to five or ten of these. I have to plough through my inbox matching the applications with the approvals. How much easier would it be to see: xyz@abc.com has joined support@tanyackd.groups.io Similarly if somebody leaves I get: Subscriber has left support@tanyackd.groups.io How much easier to get: xyz@abc.com has left support@tanyackd.groups.io Thank you for your consideration. Helen
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Re: Include filename in subject line of upload mails
#suggestion
It could be restricted to x number of characters from the file name rather than the entire file name.
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