Ok. Points well-taken. I won't worry. :-)-- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. - Desmond

Not sure I see the comparison. Yahoo doesn't even offer most of the features we have. If someone goes with Y Groups these days (or Google Groups for that matter), then I have either not marketed the

Yes. With either, you can go to the web site and Claim them so they won't be automatically deleted. (To Claim a message, you can choose to Edit it, then select Cancel.) Duane

Is this the same with pending members? I find they are disappearing as well. Is there a way to change this? Linda Perry Linda@... www.peachhead.net Twitter: Peachhead

I have to admit that I, too, felt some panic about the sustainability of groups.io when I first read this announcement. My premium group (for cats) is grandfathered in for pricing and my basic group

Bruce, ✔️✔️ -Ken Ken Sent from my phone

Thanks for explaining. I hope you will consider a way to ease the financial burden this would impose on the smaller, community focused Non Profits. We really struggle on our shoestring budget and GIO

Agree that an interim pricing with limited features could be much more appealing. i understand this is Mark’s business and he is free to make the rules but also feel that once users have been

Ah, I mixed up member list and member directory. My point was just to see who else is in the group, if the group owner sets it up that way. JohnF

Very sorry to hear this. IMHO, Groups.io would be a more sustainable business model if Mark reduced the Premium tier to $10/mo (or a flat $100/yr paid in advance). That would be a lot more palatable

Keep in mind that these changes will only apply to groups created after the changeover (as I understand it.) Existing groups will still have all of the features they currently enjoy (legacy enabled).

If a group wants to make the information available about contacting other members, they could make the Members list visible to everyone. I don't find the member directory very useful since it only

I can see why Mark is making these changes but it does seem to me that before very long there will no longer be any basic {as in 'free') groups and groups.io is slowly following the pattern of

I'd like to suggest you keep the member directory (so people can see who else is still in the group) and photos. I imagine these would have to be kept for the moderators/owners in order to properly

Same as is now, 1GB. Thanks, Mark

Mark -- At this time Basic groups are restricted to 1 GB total storage; this includes photos, files, attachments, etc. If photos, files and wiki are going away, what's going to happen with message

Ooof. I did proof-read it before I sent it. It is Monday, August 24, 2020 at 9am pacific time, ie. two weeks from today. Thanks, Mark

Will they have message lists? -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. - Desmond Tutu

What's that cutoff date again? :-)-- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. - Desmond Tutu

All, I am making a change that will affect all new basic groups created after Monday, 24, 2020 at 9am Pacific Time. Basic groups created after that time will be limited to mailing list features only.