I've had a request for a setting where attachments are automatically deleted after a specified time. . . . .
Is there anything else I should consider when thinking about this feature?

If you compose an HTML message with a photo in it (not just as an attachment), often what happens is that when someone else replies to that message (and does not trim the quoted message), the photo is included in the reply. I have seen this build up over multiple replies, so that you end up with 5-10 copies of the same photo in a thread (and therefore in the Emailed Photos folder). . . . . I don't know the best way to improve this. One solution is for me to try to figure out if an attachment is referenced by a quoted part, and if it is, to delete it from the message. But if you view the quoted part, you'll end up with broken image links. . . . . Thoughts?

Afternoon updates to the site:

• In the group threads view, for people with editing privileges, there's now a dropdown that contains options for merging threads, closing threads, deleting threads, and making threads sticky.
• Emails generated by the calendar are a bit smarter: if there isn't a location specified in the event, then the Location: field isn't displayed in the message. Also, for all day events, only the date is now displayed.
• Added 'Posted' sort options for photos.
• Bug fix for # of recent messages in the 'Your Groups' page.

Mark

I really love using the calendar for that. It's way more flexible than
Yahoo's auto reminder notice feature. Nifty set up on the calendar, Mark.
Well done.

Hopefully a simple question. What happens if I close a thread and someone replies a few days later? I doubt that I'll ever close any, but wondered about the consequences.

Just thought of a related question. Can I "Unclose" a thread?

Mark, in your third bullet does ‘when they were taken’ mean when the photo
was actually taken or when it was posted. The photo could have been posted
yesterday, but may have been taken 2 years ago. When it was taken doesn’t
do anything for some groups, but when it was posted is helpful.

On my "Your Subscriptions" page, it now says every group I'm a member of has
0 "Recent Messages", including beta, despite there having been a message
less than an hour ago. This was working yesterday.

I think that the thread view would be better if "start merge" wasn't
displayed next to every thread. Merging is an option that you hopefully
won't need to use too often. By adding it next to every post, it clutters up
the design. What I'd suggest instead is a little arrow that linked to other
advanced option. This could include merging, making the thread sticky,
closing the thread and deleting the thread.

On my "Your Subscriptions" page, it now says every group I'm a member of has 0 "Recent Messages", including beta, despite there having been a message less than an hour ago.  This was working yesterday.

JohnF

Would you explain to me what 'invite' is pertaining to the calendar?
I think this is really confusing when you have two invites that I
think do two different things.

I'd go for those. Even Periodic, Scheduled, or Notification might
fit better than Notice?

Duane,

There may be a better word to use for "Announcement", as I can see where
you might not be alone in inferring that to be synonymous with an
"Invite". "Notice"? A tad generic, but I think it avoids the implication
of being sent in advance. It also might fit better with the intended use
as a way to send periodic group rules and other ... notices. Hmm, maybe
that works. "Invite", "Reminder", and "Notice".

Sigh, all these tweeky little cases for Mark to handle. But at least it
isn't adding any complexity to the user interface (apart from the one
new control for sending an "Announcement" or not).

-- Shal

On an Event announcement, the message to the group includes ...

On an all day event (one day), it shows the date with 12:00am for
start and end times, along with the time zone.

It shows Where: with nothing after it for Location.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:23 am, Shal Farley<shal@roadrunner.com>
wrote:

Duane,

If using the Calendar to schedule messages, I'd like to be able
to NOT include the Start and End date/time nor Location, in the
email that is sent. That would require yet another option.

I think the option is already there: "All day event". It just needs
to have the effect of not including the time& time zone
information. I'll have to check what happens if you simply leave
the Location field empty.

There are likely other things that ought to be different in the
formatting of an "Announcement" versus that of a "Reminder".

-- Shal

On an Event announcement, the message to the group includes the Event
Name as the title, Start& End Date& Time, and Location. On an all
day event (one day), it shows the date with 12:00am for start and end
times, along with the time zone. It shows Where: with nothing after
it for Location. As you mentioned, having a slightly different
format for Announcement would be better.

Duane

Duane,

> If using the Calendar to schedule messages, I'd like to be able to
> NOT include the Start and End date/time nor Location, in the email
> that is sent. That would require yet another option.

I think the option is already there: "All day event". It just needs to
have the effect of not including the time & time zone information. I'll
have to check what happens if you simply leave the Location field empty.

There are likely other things that ought to be different in the
formatting of an "Announcement" versus that of a "Reminder".

-- Shal