As Leeni mentioned downthread, people do indeed get the option to switch to digest or special notices only. They get that when clicking the 'Unsubscribe' link in emails. That has nothing to do with

Duane, are you saying that in the no-email-disabled groups, your members receive the option, mid-stream of unsubscribing, of cancelling their unsub and instead switching to s different email delivery?

Yes, it's disabled on 3 of my groups, but the users can still choose any of the others. Duane

Brian, there are too many double negatives here. Bottom line, now that I understand your preference I totally agree with you. Special notices should always get through. The fact that no-email

What requires revisiting is whether it should. I don't need any further convincing that it does. I have never been persuaded by the argument, "because we've always done it that way," and

It does. No revisiting required. I misread your message. Can we get back to the original topic now? :-) -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is

Well, based on what has been stated here, which I have no reason to doubt, the idea that an end-user's choice of no-email should block administrative notices is in desperate need of revisiting. I can

Brian Vogel writes: "OK, but I still don't understand. My understanding is that it is not possible for members of a group to block special notices by e-mail under any circumstances, even if they're

Brian - Yes, re-reading this I do see that there IS a misunderstanding here. If a member is no-email, then they don't even receive special notices. Disabling the no-email option makes it so that they

Yes it needs to be a separate topic. But I assure you that it won’t be rehashed again to any effect. It was one of those mega-battles. (Perhaps you were involved in it? I don’t remember.) Thread

OK, but I still don't understand. (And that could be my not getting something). My understanding is that it is not possible for members of a group to block special notices by e-mail under any

typo, "trying to unsubscribe" -- 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

Good thing the firestorm is already over lol. It was a major conflagration. All the groups I'm in besides this one have no-email enabled. It makes sure I can reach all group members when absolutely

The key here is "trying to subscribe." This is exactly what I'm asking that the system do - just as it does in the case of a non-no-email-disabled group. Otherwise, it's locking the barn door after

Before I ask this, I wish to emphasize it is not intended to ignite a firestorm, but because I'm genuinely curious: 1. Why would one wish to disable the no e-mail option? 2. What does it gain a

As a non-owner, I am not sure exactly how you might do it, but it might be a very good idea to send this information directly to anyone who's trying to unsubscribe secondary to "too many e-mails" and

Yes I could, but it would be nice if this were automatic, as it is in the case of non-no-email-disabled groups, and if it were done before they are actually removed and need to be reinstated.

Brian, I haven't read the doc you posted but I've also put up a doc with (what I assume is) the same info as the top sticky in our group. Thanks. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author,

I also think it's a crying shame that a very great many Groups.io members have no idea how exquisite the level of control over e-mail volume can be if one knows how to do it. This has been an issue

That is what happens. They do have the choice to go special notice when no mail is disabled. I have no mail disabled in my groups but they can go Special Notice if they want to. This way they can get