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Email Address change
#suggestion
Mark, I think the confirmation dialog should test the address. That is, send a confirmation message to the address and display the SMTP result - success or failure. I'd go further and keep the Yes but
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Mark, I think the confirmation dialog should test the address. That is, send a confirmation message to the address and display the SMTP result - success or failure. I'd go further and keep the Yes but
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Shal Farley
· #27001
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Tell members why the Directory only shows them some other members
#suggestion
Mark, It's a FAQ in GMF and Group_Help: "My group members report that in the Directory they only see (some small number) of the (some large number of) members. Why?" At the top, the Directory page say
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Mark, It's a FAQ in GMF and Group_Help: "My group members report that in the Directory they only see (some small number) of the (some large number of) members. Why?" At the top, the Directory page say
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Shal Farley
· #26897
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Prepay Premium Group
#misc
Paul, I support this suggestion, as several people have asked about it for various reasons. That said, since you're a GMF member I'm sure you know that the best way to ensure the continuation of the g
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Paul, I support this suggestion, as several people have asked about it for various reasons. That said, since you're a GMF member I'm sure you know that the best way to ensure the continuation of the g
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Shal Farley
· #26848
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Some Message Formatting settings mutually exclusive
#suggestion
Bruce, My own test confirms your results. I could swear I had tested this combination in the past, but maybe I confused myself. Or maybe it has changed and I didn't notice or don't remember. Given tha
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Bruce, My own test confirms your results. I could swear I had tested this combination in the past, but maybe I confused myself. Or maybe it has changed and I didn't notice or don't remember. Given tha
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Shal Farley
· #26847
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Some Message Formatting settings mutually exclusive
#suggestion
Bruce, Having these two both checked is actually a useful configuration, and I've advised group mods to set them both in the past. The context is a group that wants the members' content to be stripped
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Bruce, Having these two both checked is actually a useful configuration, and I've advised group mods to set them both in the past. The context is a group that wants the members' content to be stripped
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Shal Farley
· #26841
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Bad link in confirmation email
#bug
Curt, Heh. But even in an unmoderated group that allows non-member posts, a posting from a non-member is always held for moderation. So the "exposure" would be limited to the co-owners and moderators
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Curt, Heh. But even in an unmoderated group that allows non-member posts, a posting from a non-member is always held for moderation. So the "exposure" would be limited to the co-owners and moderators
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Shal Farley
· #26804
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Bad link in confirmation email
#bug
Curt, I think this results from a change Mark made some years ago, to use the group's posting address as its "name" or identification in the various notices. I'm not really a fan of this change, in pa
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Curt, I think this results from a change Mark made some years ago, to use the group's posting address as its "name" or identification in the various notices. I'm not really a fan of this change, in pa
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Shal Farley
· #26800
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consider a "Like" to be a "follow"
#suggestion
J, Or, how about a Follow button next to the Like button in the bottom bar under the message. Perhaps only showing when your Subscription is Following Only, otherwise in the More menu. As well as in t
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J, Or, how about a Follow button next to the Like button in the bottom bar under the message. Perhaps only showing when your Subscription is Following Only, otherwise in the More menu. As well as in t
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Shal Farley
· #26723
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moderated
Problems replying to digest messages?
#misc
Mark, I wrote: I've done some testing and it seems to relate to the <a> element wrapped around the mailto link: <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"...">Reply To Group</a> In particular, the target="_blank"
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Mark, I wrote: I've done some testing and it seems to relate to the <a> element wrapped around the mailto link: <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"...">Reply To Group</a> In particular, the target="_blank"
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Shal Farley
· #26699
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Problems replying to digest messages?
#misc
J, So you are. I just updated from 68.12.1 (32-bit) to 78.4.0 (32-bit) and I don't get my pop-open windows anymore. Just the blank page. Shal
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J, So you are. I just updated from 68.12.1 (32-bit) to 78.4.0 (32-bit) and I don't get my pop-open windows anymore. Just the blank page. Shal
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Shal Farley
· #26696
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Problems replying to digest messages?
#misc
Robert, Bingo. I almost never use the footer links in either individual or digest messages. Specifically because I inline reply with quote, as herein, and the footer links don't give me a copy of the
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Robert, Bingo. I almost never use the footer links in either individual or digest messages. Specifically because I inline reply with quote, as herein, and the footer links don't give me a copy of the
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Shal Farley
· #26694
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Blacklisting - using multiple IP addresses?
#suggestion
Mark, Nor do the people involved. It /was/ possible to download the Bouncing list, before last year's October surprise. It hasn't been available since then. But even before then the need to subtract t
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Mark, Nor do the people involved. It /was/ possible to download the Bouncing list, before last year's October surprise. It hasn't been available since then. But even before then the need to subtract t
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Shal Farley
· #26675
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Permalinks for the help center
#suggestion
Mark, For all the same reasons that Wiki pages needed permalinks for their URLs, the same is true for for Help Center pages and sections. Every link in the nav column ought to be a permalink. This wou
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Mark, For all the same reasons that Wiki pages needed permalinks for their URLs, the same is true for for Help Center pages and sections. Every link in the nav column ought to be a permalink. This wou
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Shal Farley
· #26093
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Add the full range of photo editing tools to the Photos albums "photo edit"
#suggestion
Ken, Oh, you want text formatting tools for the photo's Description box. Nevermind. "Post" or "message" has been argued about here. I tend towards "post a message" - "post" is the action and "message"
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Ken, Oh, you want text formatting tools for the photo's Description box. Nevermind. "Post" or "message" has been argued about here. I tend towards "post a message" - "post" is the action and "message"
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Shal Farley
· #25887
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Add the full range of photo editing tools to the Photos albums "photo edit"
#suggestion
Ken, "the full range" is a pretty broad request (Photoshop? Gimp? Lightroom?). Care to suggest some priority items? Topping my list would be in place down-resolution (pixel resolution change via resam
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Ken, "the full range" is a pretty broad request (Photoshop? Gimp? Lightroom?). Care to suggest some priority items? Topping my list would be in place down-resolution (pixel resolution change via resam
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Shal Farley
· #25857
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Testing Notifications; Fault or Feature?
#bug
Chris, On 2020-06-19 these were put under control of the group's Message Moderation setting, as not doing so was seen as a bug. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/25466 I think it also served to av
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Chris, On 2020-06-19 these were put under control of the group's Message Moderation setting, as not doing so was seen as a bug. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/25466 I think it also served to av
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Shal Farley
· #25676
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Moderator notifications enabled for all
#update
Mark, One thing that stood out at me is that the notices sent to Moderators don't carry a hashtag. This means that group activities (e.g. File, Photo, Wiki changes) create two different types of notic
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Mark, One thing that stood out at me is that the notices sent to Moderators don't carry a hashtag. This means that group activities (e.g. File, Photo, Wiki changes) create two different types of notic
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Shal Farley
· #25672
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Moderator notifications enabled for all
#update
J, I don't find it to be irritating, but you can avoid both issues by choosing Web/app notification instead of email. Of course that has the downside that you (generally) don't have a record of the ev
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J, I don't find it to be irritating, but you can avoid both issues by choosing Web/app notification instead of email. Of course that has the downside that you (generally) don't have a record of the ev
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Shal Farley
· #25653
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Moderator notifications enabled for all
#update
DeniseD, It only goes to the group if the person who uploads the file checks the "Notify Members" box (and the group hasn't set #file-notice to moderated). Moderators can control if and how they recei
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DeniseD, It only goes to the group if the person who uploads the file checks the "Notify Members" box (and the group hasn't set #file-notice to moderated). Moderators can control if and how they recei
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Shal Farley
· #25652
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Testing Notifications; Fault or Feature?
#bug
Chris, Possibly, but if it is I don't think it should be. You and the other moderators should receive the Moderator Notice for the action without regard for whether the actor chose to check "Notify Me
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Chris, Possibly, but if it is I don't think it should be. You and the other moderators should receive the Moderator Notice for the action without regard for whether the actor chose to check "Notify Me
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Shal Farley
· #25631
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