main@beta.groups.io

New Group Charter 16 #admin

Hi All, This is the new charter for the main beta group. This message outlines how I've changed the set up and would like to run the group going forward. This group now requires topics to be tagged wi

Hi All, This is the new charter for the main beta group. This message outlines how I've changed the set up and would like to run the group going forward. This group now requires topics to be tagged with a hashtag. These are the currently available hashtags for users: #bug #meta #misc #suggestion You can see their descriptions by going to the Hashtags page. There are additional hashtags, but they are set for moderator use only. If you want to post something and are not sure which hashtag to use or there isn't an appropriate hashtag, use #misc, and I will fix it. But please try to use the existing hashtags whenever possible, as I will be limiting the total number of hashtags. #meta is the tag to use when making suggestions about this group. During cleanup, I combined some of old hashtags into the new hashtags, but mostly I deleted them as they didn't directly fit into the new scheme. This group is now set so that all new topics are moderated. Therefore, expect a delay before your post shows up if it creates a new topic. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Mark

By Mark Fletcher ·

Count mod-edited approval as an approved message 10 #suggestion

I have a new group member whose first message was approved, but only after some editing by me (in conjunction with offlist consultation with her, to improve clarity). We have NMM set to 3. I was about

By J_Catlady ·

Site updates 12 #changelog

Changes to the site this week: September 24, 2021: BUGFIX: Replies to moderated topics that start new topics were getting moderated by mistake. Discussion DOCS: Updates from Nina. September 23, 2021:

By Mark Fletcher ·

Happy Anniversary! 7 #misc

7 years ago today, Mark announced the introduction of Groups.io to the world. Looking at all the features that have been added in that time, it's almost like an entirely different site, all for the be

By Duane ·

Replies to moderated topics which end up starting new topics still get moderated 15 #bug

Hi Mark, This may be an unintended behavior Reply-Rules bug, but this is what's happening: 1. Group setting (and membership) is set to unmoderated. 2. A particular topic (TopicOLD) is manually set to

By Christos Psarras ·

enable moderator to change table owner #suggestion

In my neighborhood group we have a database that is managed by one of our members. That person is moving and a new person will take over. However, the only way to enable the new person to manage the d

By Peter Cook ·

Preserve database "updated" field when exporting and importing #suggestion

I have a need to export and then reimport a database table. I notice that when I do that, the updated field for every record in the imported table changes to the current date and time. Is it possible

By Peter Cook ·

Follow This Topic - just Do It 2 #suggestion

If I click the 'Follow This Topic' link at the bottom of an email, I get taken to a page that asks me to confirm I want to follow the topic - why can't the system just do it and not require it to laun

By David Ferrington, M0XDF ·

Re the Reply button on Emails 2 #suggestion

A number of members in my group - and I used to be one of them - would read an email from the group and click on Reply. The groups.io software puts the name in the To box as, for instance mine which i

By Margo Seegrist ·

add detail "new member moderated" to log entries for posts by NMM member @suggestion 3 #suggestion

When an NMM member posts a message, the log entry says "requiring approval because the member is moderated." It could be more helpful to say "requiring approval because the member is new-member-modera

By J_Catlady ·

Record Moderator activity regarding banning domains in the Activity Log 2 #suggestion

Hi Mark, I noticed that adding or removing domains to/from the banned list is not recorded in the Activity Log. Can we do that? Thanks Andy

By Andy Wedge ·

File list defaults 8 #suggestion

Can you add user-settings for the default File list order? That is, when displaying a list of Files (in a group's Files section), currently the default list order is alphabetically by filename. Could

By Andy ·

Icon display consistency issue when setting a topic to both locked and moderated 13 #bug

Hi Mark, This is a minor display consistency issue in Topics view. A topic can be set to both locked and moderated. But unlike the combo of moderated & sticky or locked & sticky, which display both th

By Christos Psarras ·

What does "Banned Domains" actually mean or do? 8 #misc

As the subject line says -- what does "Banned Domains" mean? What happens (if anything) after a domain is banned? What is the order by which messages are checked, to see if they are OK? What kind of b

By Andy ·

Calendar Reminders 3 #bug

There is no "OFF SWITCH" for Hashtags, so my WORK AROUND is these settings (below) and then to edit the Hashtags (and excess verbiage) out of each Reminder before Approving. Admin > Settings: Message

By Michael Pavan ·

Looks good. One thought.... 2 #suggestion

I actually have two groups.io subscriptions, this one for my non-techie world and one, rich@... for my ham radio life. Logging out is sometimes a chore. If there was a way to “switch hats” as it weee,

By rich hurd ·

The Groups.io app is now live for iOS and Android 17 #update

Hi All, I'm happy to announce that the Groups.io app is now available for both iOS and Android. Here are the links: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/groups-io-app/id1553820507 Android: https://play.

By Mark Fletcher ·

Error message on trying to attach files 4 #bug

A group member is receiving an error message on trying to attach files to his messages, and then the second time he tries, the attachment goes through and everything is fine. The first try, he gets th

By J_Catlady ·

Site updates #changelog

Changes to the site this week: September 17, 2021: BUGFIX: Improved parsing of some secureserver.net bounce emails. NEW: We now track bounces of moderator notifications in the Email Delivery History p

By Mark Fletcher ·

Add "Filter" to the filter-funnel buttons #suggestion

Mark et al -- Please consider adding the single word "Filter" to every filtering button. Few people seem to recognize the the funnel icon for what it is. Every other button has a single-word descripti

By Bruce Bowman ·