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Shal, I'd definitely like to get the word out to the other groups, but maybe not quite yet. I wanted to start things slowly for three reasons. First, to be able to work through the (sigh, numerous) bu
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Shal, I'd definitely like to get the word out to the other groups, but maybe not quite yet. I wanted to start things slowly for three reasons. First, to be able to work through the (sigh, numerous) bu
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David, Yes, that's the plan. Public groups are free. And always will be. When we launched last week, free groups originally had the restriction that you couldn't send attachments through them. I remov
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David, Yes, that's the plan. Public groups are free. And always will be. When we launched last week, free groups originally had the restriction that you couldn't send attachments through them. I remov
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One page that's been missing is a page displaying all your subscriptions. Here is a first pass: https://groups.io/subs You can sort, but you can't change any subscriptions/unsubscribe yet. Please let
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One page that's been missing is a page displaying all your subscriptions. Here is a first pass: https://groups.io/subs You can sort, but you can't change any subscriptions/unsubscribe yet. Please let
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Unsubscribing from hashtags is unintuitive
Ah, I had not thought about that. Would you also want to have the tabs for Muted or Followed Threads there as well? Thanks, Mark
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Ah, I had not thought about that. Would you also want to have the tabs for Muted or Followed Threads there as well? Thanks, Mark
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I've gone ahead and added a link from the home page to the /subs page, which should now be fully operational. I took out the part at the bottom of the subs page that displayed how many groups you were
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I've gone ahead and added a link from the home page to the /subs page, which should now be fully operational. I took out the part at the bottom of the subs page that displayed how many groups you were
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Hey All, After gathering a lot of feedback, and doing a lot of thinking, I've decided to make some changes. I hope you'll like them. Here's what I'm considering: there will be two types of groups, Bas
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Hey All, After gathering a lot of feedback, and doing a lot of thinking, I've decided to make some changes. I hope you'll like them. Here's what I'm considering: there will be two types of groups, Bas
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Sal, Thanks for the feedback. If you need the direct add for a one time thing, to populate the group, for example, you could pay the $10 for one month, add everyone you need, and then downgrade to fre
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Sal, Thanks for the feedback. If you need the direct add for a one time thing, to populate the group, for example, you could pay the $10 for one month, add everyone you need, and then downgrade to fre
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That's already in the system. You can track each invitation, whether it's been accepted, and you can see what the receiver's email server has sent back to us. I appreciate the advice, even when it's f
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That's already in the system. You can track each invitation, whether it's been accepted, and you can see what the receiver's email server has sent back to us. I appreciate the advice, even when it's f
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Hi All, I've just pushed to the live site the changes to the pricing model that I mentioned last week. This means that free groups can now have private archives and can be unlisted. It also means that
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Hi All, I've just pushed to the live site the changes to the pricing model that I mentioned last week. This means that free groups can now have private archives and can be unlisted. It also means that
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Membership options
Hi Sara, Thanks for the suggestions. Approval/rejection of pending members via email is definitely on the todo list, as is asking prospective members for more information. You can approve/reject pendi
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Hi Sara, Thanks for the suggestions. Approval/rejection of pending members via email is definitely on the todo list, as is asking prospective members for more information. You can approve/reject pendi
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Hi Shal, Group calendar is definitely on the todo list. And yes, calendars are a very tricky thing to get right. It's interesting that you mention Google Calendar integration, because that was my orig
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Hi Shal, Group calendar is definitely on the todo list. And yes, calendars are a very tricky thing to get right. It's interesting that you mention Google Calendar integration, because that was my orig
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Feature suggestion: Group calendar
Not to reply to my own email, but I forgot to mention. One thing I'm excited about with doing the calendar, is group scheduling. Integrating functionality from something like http://doodle.com I think
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Not to reply to my own email, but I forgot to mention. One thing I'm excited about with doing the calendar, is group scheduling. Integrating functionality from something like http://doodle.com I think
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Hello, There have been several new subscribers to beta in the last couple of days. If you're one of them, welcome! I'm always looking for feedback about groups.io. Did you have any issues registering/
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Hello, There have been several new subscribers to beta in the last couple of days. If you're one of them, welcome! I'm always looking for feedback about groups.io. Did you have any issues registering/
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Welcome
Hi Jim, Hashtags are words that start with '#'. In the case of Groups.io, they only apply to the subject of a message. So, if you send a message to your group with the subject 'This is a sample messag
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Hi Jim, Hashtags are words that start with '#'. In the case of Groups.io, they only apply to the subject of a message. So, if you send a message to your group with the subject 'This is a sample messag
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Oh, I just remembered one other cool thing about hashtags. Members can mute specific hashtags, which means they'll never see messages tagged with the muted hashtags. If someone isn't interested in #fo
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Oh, I just remembered one other cool thing about hashtags. Members can mute specific hashtags, which means they'll never see messages tagged with the muted hashtags. If someone isn't interested in #fo
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Thanks for the suggestion Frances. I've changed the text. Mark
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Thanks for the suggestion Frances. I've changed the text. Mark
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A review of Groups.io
Chris, This is fantastic, thank you so much for your review! One quick question: you mention lack of public groups as a weakness. Are you referring to groups where non-members can post to, or are you
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Chris, This is fantastic, thank you so much for your review! One quick question: you mention lack of public groups as a weakness. Are you referring to groups where non-members can post to, or are you
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Hi Cherrill, We support all the options that Y! Groups supports. So, you can have multiple moderators, with varying levels of permissions. You group can be listed or unlisted in the directory. Archive
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Hi Cherrill, We support all the options that Y! Groups supports. So, you can have multiple moderators, with varying levels of permissions. You group can be listed or unlisted in the directory. Archive
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Hi Bruce, Good questions. As to whitelisting and spam, I'm been registering the Groups.io servers with the various whitelists for the major email providers. A good reputation takes time to develop, of
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Hi Bruce, Good questions. As to whitelisting and spam, I'm been registering the Groups.io servers with the various whitelists for the major email providers. A good reputation takes time to develop, of
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Business model changes
Hi, A restricted group is a group where members have to be approved before they can join the group. An integration is a connection with another service. I admit it's a nerdy word. For example, you can
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Hi, A restricted group is a group where members have to be approved before they can join the group. An integration is a connection with another service. I admit it's a nerdy word. For example, you can
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