Frances, I'd agree with this. As a general principle I think unrelated effects should have separate controls. In this case, being listed or not in the directory has nothing to do with whether a

Changes to the site today: - Public archives/Private archives/Restricted in search listings - Group posting now displays error messages if there are hashtag errors - Group post/reply now checks for

Whoops! Fixed, thanks. MArk

Mark, Except for dinosaurs like me, who insist on using an Email client that hasn't seen an update since 2006 (Eudora Classic). On the other hand, when using its internal HTML rendering it supports

Hi Mark, Congrats on your anniversary! Thanks for all your hard work. I noticed that the description of the new option was not correct: "Only messages in threads you start or post in are emailed to

Mark, take a look at the description of the Special Notices Only option on the Subscription page. It is the same as the description of Replies Only. At least it looks that way to me. I'm sure

And the memory comes back - escape character... dg

You may just give LSoft a run for its money. At one time private folks could have an LSoft server, but now it's only a few universities, AFAIK, and a lot of even public places are using MailMan or

Great!!! Love it! dg

Whoops! Sorry. I had forgotten. I see it now in Settings, Privacy. (I had set mine up properly!) So “Public Groups” is okay, I guess. Should there be an extra bit of explanatory text? Unnecessary?

There are no limits on the number of hashtags. You can set your group up such that if a hashtag isn't included in the subject, an error is returned, giving the option to edit the subject line to

Already available. Groups can be listed or unlisted in the directory. Their archives can be public or private (if the group is unlisted, the archives are private). Thanks, Mark

Okay - that would do the replacement of topics. Is there a limit to the number of hashtags a group can have? Is it in the subject line? And if someone forgets to put in a hashtag, would the default

But - Steve is right. I am owner of a couple of groups - no longer, or never, on Yahoo - where it is a closed group of people, and the only way in is for someone who is a member propose or ask about

Mine would not want to be findable. The people who qualify for membership in groups that I moderate or own learn about us through other sources. They then request membership directly. We do not wish

Ok, I flip flopped. I just pushed to the site the option for subscriptions to be set to special notices only. And there's a checkbox in the group post screen to indicate that a post is a special

DG, This is a good use of hashtags. Create a hashtag for each subject. Then set your group so that messages must include at least one hashtag, and that members cannot create new hashtags. People will

Steve, Mine would. I run a few very private (Yahoo) groups -- private in the sense that membership is rigorously restricted and the resources (messages, files, photos, etc.) are private (members

Hi If there is no special status for “private groups”, perhaps showing up in the directory of groups should be a tick box for the list-owner. I would be happy for my private group, restricted

Hi Mark, Do you need to change the label on the list of groups? Some are restricted and private archives, but show up here in “Public Groups”. I like that they show up in this list, though. Are