Can't find the link to bulk subscription

Hi,
I cannot find any link to a bulk subscription page, we are moving from another
listserve and need to bulk subscribe / invite. Tried to find it with the group
set as private, and then changed to public, but still no link on admin pages
found.

Thanks in advance

Dan,

Im in the same boat  planning to start a new group, with the intention of
using a csv list from our email contacts to get it started.

Any plans to bring back this means of adding names?


On 6/12/11 5:35 PM, "Dan Randow" <email obscured>> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
>> > I cannot find any link to a bulk subscription page, we are moving
>> > from another listserve and need to bulk subscribe / invite. Tried to
>> > find it with the group set as private, and then changed to public,
>> > but still no link on admin pages found.
>
> I am sorry about that. We have temporarily removed the invite by CSV
> feature.
>
> If you would like to invite group members in a batch, please email me
> directly and I will try to help you.
>
> Dan




Jan Carr

1000 Portland Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104

Hi Dan

Same issue. As you have suggested in your blog, Google Groups have made quite a
few changes which now makes it a requirement to set up a Google ID etc.

I understand that you have removed the bulk add option as well but at least the
system going forward allows for members to join by simply sending a subscribe
email (thats the way I read it ?). I can love with out the bulk add (single add
would be good) but right now I would like to migrate our existing Google group
list over to OnlineGorups as a one off.

I have requested an email conversation with you to this end if you are able to
assist.

Thanks
Marshall Allen

I just created a test group here with the intent of transfering a 1,549 member
group from Google Groups.  The reason, Google Groups took away "Add Members
Directly".  I have 19 unaswered invitations out of 20.  In the past, I would
have simply added them as new members.  Most are reporting that they never get
the invitation.  I administer 4 Google Groups and will transfer them all this
feature is available

I was excited when I saw in your documentation that you can add members in bulk
via a csv file.  Of course, now I'm disappointed becuase I see that feature has
been removed.  I hope it comes back soon... real soon becuase I'm going to move
them somewhere.

Sorry to hear that.  Unfortunately, since our group consists of Navy veterans
who all served on the USS Newport News CA148.  Many of them are older gentlemen
who are not very computer savvy.  This is because the ship was in service from
1949 to 1975. I need to have the "Add members directly" or there is no
advantage to moving off of Google Groups.

Thanks just the same.

Gary

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Subject: Re: [OGN Admins] Can't find the link to bulk subscription

Hi Gary,

> I just created a test group here with the intent of transfering a
> 1,549 member group from Google Groups.  The reason, Google Groups
> took away "Add Members Directly".  I have 19 unaswered invitations
> out of 20.  In the past, I would have simply added them as new
> members.  Most are reporting that they never get the invitation.  I
> administer 4 Google Groups and will transfer them all this feature is
> available
>
> I was excited when I saw in your documentation that you can add
> members in bulk via a csv file.  Of course, now I'm disappointed
> becuase I see that feature has been removed.  I hope it comes back
> soon... real soon becuase I'm going to move them somewhere.

I am afraid that our documentation is a little confusing on this.

To clarify, the feature that is currently unavailable allows a group
administrator to send bulk *invitations*, not to directly add users in bulk.

cheers,

Dan

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Hi Jan,

> I agree with Gary Palmer that it sometimes difficult to set up a
> discussion group here without the "add members directly" feature.
>
> I hope you will consider this change.

As I mention in my blog post on this
<http://blog.onlinegroups.net/2011/08/19/directly-adding-group-members-%E2%80%94-does-it-actually-help/>
we are short of information on what is actually going wrong when people
do not respond to an invitation.

Some detailed information on that would be most useful for considering
how the system could be improved.

with regards,

Dan

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Hi Antonio,

We do give consideration to the matter of directly adding members as
well as to improving the invitations system. As I mention in
<http://blog.onlinegroups.net/2011/08/19/directly-adding-group-members-%e2%80%94-does-it-actually-help/>
our main challenge is that it is hard to determine what is going wrong
when an invitee does not respond. We  welcome insights into this and
suggestions about how the problems could be overcome.

One option we may consider in the near future is to provide the option
to add group members without requiring any action by the user as a paid
feature. It would be helpful to us to know what level of fee you would
be willing to pay for this feature.

You are right that our service is similar to that of Google Groups. They
have set a high standard for email lists with an integrated web
interface. While there are many small differences, the main differences
that we offer are simple multi-group sites and support.

With OnlineGroups.Net it is very easy to set up a site where you can
locate all your groups and establish the identity of your organisation.
Where you reach the limits of the system, you can contact us for help.
We do not do everything we are asked and some things we charge for but
there are many things we can easily tweak to help you get the best from
our system.

Alternatives that you could consider are:

* GNU Mailman -- works great via email. Easy to set up via
   hosting providers such as Dreamhost or Site5.

* Mailchimp -- great for email newsletters.

* GroupServer <http://groupserver.org> -- the software that
   OnlineGroups.Net runs on is open source and available free
   to download and install (requires server administration skills).

cheers,

Dan

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