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#suggestion
Indeed Chris, I can't recall ever seeing a sticky topic in any of the groups I am subscribed to. But only normally read posts via email, only visit the web interface to do admin tasks or attachments s
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Indeed Chris, I can't recall ever seeing a sticky topic in any of the groups I am subscribed to. But only normally read posts via email, only visit the web interface to do admin tasks or attachments s
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Weird message title in group activity log
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UTF-8 is not supported in email headers, including subject lines, as everything in the header should be plain text. But for some reason I have seen some GIO messages with UTF-8 subject lines. Dave htt
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UTF-8 is not supported in email headers, including subject lines, as everything in the header should be plain text. But for some reason I have seen some GIO messages with UTF-8 subject lines. Dave htt
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spamcop.net blocking groups.io?
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Which is the big problem with Spamcop. They are the ones who decide what servers get put on their blocklists and they not only are unwilling to tell you why but impossible to communicate with to get b
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Which is the big problem with Spamcop. They are the ones who decide what servers get put on their blocklists and they not only are unwilling to tell you why but impossible to communicate with to get b
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Dave Sergeant
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Site updates
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For whatever reason my hosting (1&1 Ionos) smtp servers frequently end up on Spamhaus. When it happens I can use my ISP smtp servers in most cases but it is still an annoyance as it usually takes Spam
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For whatever reason my hosting (1&1 Ionos) smtp servers frequently end up on Spamhaus. When it happens I can use my ISP smtp servers in most cases but it is still an annoyance as it usually takes Spam
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"Fake subject tags" are allowed in the subject line
#bug
I agree, strongly. [ and ] are perfectly valid characters in a subject line and can be used for all sorts of reasons. The fact that they are also used to enclose the group name is irrelevant. I would
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I agree, strongly. [ and ] are perfectly valid characters in a subject line and can be used for all sorts of reasons. The fact that they are also used to enclose the group name is irrelevant. I would
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Dave Sergeant
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Changing email address security issue
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'No way ever' is true until it is proven not to be. https://grahamcluley.com/poor-password-security-mensa/ I was one of two people mentioned there who had their personal details exposed in their membe
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'No way ever' is true until it is proven not to be. https://grahamcluley.com/poor-password-security-mensa/ I was one of two people mentioned there who had their personal details exposed in their membe
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Dave Sergeant
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Changing email address security issue
#misc
Having just had my personal information publicly revealed on a hacked forum I would agree. Nobody but the member himself should be able to change email addresses. Dave http://davesergeant.com
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Having just had my personal information publicly revealed on a hacked forum I would agree. Nobody but the member himself should be able to change email addresses. Dave http://davesergeant.com
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Member search for "tom" brings up about 1/2 of membership
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Try Tom*. I do quite a lot of searches in one of my groups for TV model numbers. I always have to add a * wildcard at the end as quite often extra characters are at the end, eg 21AX2100EZ may only sho
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Try Tom*. I do quite a lot of searches in one of my groups for TV model numbers. I always have to add a * wildcard at the end as quite often extra characters are at the end, eg 21AX2100EZ may only sho
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#bug First attachment doesn't show up in new topic
#bug
Trying to send 10MB files via email is asking for trouble. Dave http://davesergeant.com
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Trying to send 10MB files via email is asking for trouble. Dave http://davesergeant.com
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Samuel's Paid User Proposal
#suggestion
eg $5 for up to 10 groups, $10 for up to 25, $20 for unlimited groups, for everybody, forget about grandfathering. That would work. $5/year for EACH of my current 21 groups would be a bit different an
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eg $5 for up to 10 groups, $10 for up to 25, $20 for unlimited groups, for everybody, forget about grandfathering. That would work. $5/year for EACH of my current 21 groups would be a bit different an
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Samuel's Paid User Proposal
#suggestion
This discussion keeps going in the various threads and there seems no easy answer. Whatever, and appreciating that Mark has to make ends meet, it seems GIO is no longer the preferred home for many hob
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This discussion keeps going in the various threads and there seems no easy answer. Whatever, and appreciating that Mark has to make ends meet, it seems GIO is no longer the preferred home for many hob
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Dave Sergeant
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Samuel's Paid User Proposal
#suggestion
Mark obviously has the actual figures, but of the 21 groups I am subscribed to only 2 are below 100 members, 11 below the 500 Premium level and the biggest has 5000 members. Virtually all volunteer gr
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Mark obviously has the actual figures, but of the 21 groups I am subscribed to only 2 are below 100 members, 11 below the 500 Premium level and the biggest has 5000 members. Virtually all volunteer gr
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Samuel's Paid User Proposal
#suggestion
I have not read Marks' proposal in detail but from what I have it seems incredibly complicated. Although existing groups are grandfathered I can well imagine the case where an owner starts a new group
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I have not read Marks' proposal in detail but from what I have it seems incredibly complicated. Although existing groups are grandfathered I can well imagine the case where an owner starts a new group
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Pricing Changes
#update
groups.io, as was Yahoo, revolves around a very large number of totally informal groups whose members have only one thing in common - an interest in the subject of the group. I am in 21 of those (whic
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groups.io, as was Yahoo, revolves around a very large number of totally informal groups whose members have only one thing in common - an interest in the subject of the group. I am in 21 of those (whic
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Dave Sergeant
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Pricing Changes
#update
It really comes down to the limit of 100 for free groups is too low. Mark seems to think the average size of these is 60 or so but even in the groups I am member of (all free and non profit as far as
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It really comes down to the limit of 100 for free groups is too low. Mark seems to think the average size of these is 60 or so but even in the groups I am member of (all free and non profit as far as
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Pricing Changes
#update
Obviously some very different views on this issue. Of the three groups I am owner of: A national amateur radio group (with plenty of international members) which has annual subs. 900 members of which
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Obviously some very different views on this issue. Of the three groups I am owner of: A national amateur radio group (with plenty of international members) which has annual subs. 900 members of which
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Pricing Changes
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Most of the groups I am part of have membership well over the 100 free limit, only a couple below and typically 1000 or more. All hobby or non-commercial groups which people simply wouldn't join if th
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Most of the groups I am part of have membership well over the 100 free limit, only a couple below and typically 1000 or more. All hobby or non-commercial groups which people simply wouldn't join if th
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Dozens of gmail members suddenly bouncing - what's going on?
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The widely reported outage at Google (an account authorisation issue) happened late morning yesterday in the UK and was cleared within a couple of hours or so. Do I take it from your timings that ther
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The widely reported outage at Google (an account authorisation issue) happened late morning yesterday in the UK and was cleared within a couple of hours or so. Do I take it from your timings that ther
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Site updates
#changelog
This type of unsubscribe request fails if the email program adds a signature to postings, like mine do. Some email lists recognise 'stop' after the 'unsubscribe' as a command to ignore everything that
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This type of unsubscribe request fails if the email program adds a signature to postings, like mine do. Some email lists recognise 'stop' after the 'unsubscribe' as a command to ignore everything that
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Groups.io Allegedly Blacklisted
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Quite a few to me have bounced today as well, my mail goes via 1&1 Ionos: mx00.1and1.co.uk: 554 kundenserver.de (mxeue010) Nemesis ESMTP Service not available No SMTP service IP address is black liste
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Quite a few to me have bounced today as well, my mail goes via 1&1 Ionos: mx00.1and1.co.uk: 554 kundenserver.de (mxeue010) Nemesis ESMTP Service not available No SMTP service IP address is black liste
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