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groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/116183516
Changes to the site this week: November 4, 2025: BUGFIX: In /posttosub, uploading attachments was broken. BUGFIX: In some cases, when viewing a photo album, the Upload Photos button was displayed correctly, but you were not able to actually upload photos. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39859 CHANGE: When replying to a message on the website, include more references to previous messages in the References header. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39929 The next #changelog will be published on November 14, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/116060138
I spend most of the week working on internal upgrades. Changes to the site this week: October 25, 2025: CHANGE: As a security measure, do not allow group or user data exports for 24 hours after you change and confirm your email address. The next #changelog will be published on November 7, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
November 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115939893
Changes to the site this week: October 20, 2025: NEW: Passkeys now appear as suggestions in the email field of the login page; there's no more need for a separate Sign in with Passkey button. CHANGE: We now provide a flow to create a new passkey when using a passkey from another device. CHANGE: We now support recovery codes with passkey enabled accounts. BUGFIX: In the new Sessions, fix identification of Microsoft Edge browsers as well as Windows 11 (only for new sessions). CHANGE: Prevent signups from 3 additional temporary email services. October 21, 2025: BUGFIX: When viewing invitations, we were showing when an invite was last updated but we were sorting on when the invite was created. October 22, 2025: CHANGE: Chat DMs are no longer rate limited. October 23, 2025: NEW: Chat now supports audio on the web. The app requires an update to support recording audio, which will be released later. NEW: In chat, if you are an owner, moderator or the creator of the chat, you can remove someone from the chat. CHANGE: On narrow screens, the navigation breadcrumb is back on the chat page. CHANGE: In chat when you type @ to bring up the username selector, as you type it now narrows the selection. BUGFIX: Emojis in chat notification messages weren't displayed correctly. NEW: In the Members page, the Action drop up now has an option to Change Member Notifications October 24, 2025: NEW: On the Chats page, for moderators and owners, there's a new Manage Chats button that brings up a page that lets you add and remove people from chats. The next #changelog will be published on October 31, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
October 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115819008
Changes to the site this week: October 17, 2025: DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History NEW: Logged in session tracking system, mostly internal at this point, but can be viewed at https://groups.io/settings/sessions The next #changelog will be published on October 24, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115700679
Changes to the site this week: October 6, 2025: CHANGE: The WYSIWYG editor now uses the Dropzone widget for uploads, as is consistent with the Files section. NEW: Inline images in messages in the archives can now be clicked on to bring up a lightbox to view/download the images. October 8, 2025: INTERNAL: Rolled out new internal anti-spam tracking systems. October 10, 2025: CHANGE: Changed all instances of 'wish' to 'want' in the UI. BUGFIX: When a group was set to Plain Text Only and to moderate attachments, the attachment icon did not display in the editor. DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History The next #changelog will be published on October 17, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
October 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115581857
Changes to the site this week: October 1, 2025: CHANGE: Now when attempting to subscribe to a subgroup and you are not already subscribed to the main group, it handles it correctly. If the main group is restricted, you will be subscribed to the subgroup after your main group subscription has been approved. When viewing pending members in the parent group that also have pending subscriptions in one or more subgroups, those will be listed as well. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39749 BUGFIX: We keep the HTML img tag width and height attributes if they are smaller than the original image. Previously we were setting them to the dimensions of the image. October 3, 2025: DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History NEW: Added support for Passkeys, which can be configured by going to Setting The next #changelog will be published on October 10, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
October 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] New Feature: Automatic Subgroup Subscriptions for Pending Members #releasenotes
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115543878
Hi All, I've just released a new feature that will hopefully make it easier for people to join subgroups when they're applying to your parent group. This is especially helpful if you have a parent group that requires approval. What Changed? Before: When someone applied to join your restricted parent group and then tried to join a subgroup, they'd get an error message telling them they couldn't subscribe to the subgroup until they were approved for the parent. They had to wait for approval, then remember to go back and join each subgroup separately. Now: When someone applies to your parent group and also tries to join subgroups, the system remembers which subgroups they want. When you approve their parent subscription, they're automatically subscribed to those subgroups too. What You'll See In Email Notifications: When you receive a pending member notification, if that person has also tried to join subgroups, you'll see a section like this: This member has also requested to join the following subgroups: Announcements (announcements@example.groups.io) Events (events@example.groups.io) When you approve this member, they will automatically be subscribed to these subgroups as well. On the Website: When viewing a pending member on your members page, you'll see: A badge showing "+2 subgroup(s)" if they've requested to join subgroups Hovering over the badge shows which subgroups they want to join When you click through to view the individual member, you'll see a new panel showing all the subgroups they've requested, with checkboxes next to each one. You can: Leave them all checked to approve everything (default) Uncheck specific subgroups if you don't want to approve those Uncheck all of them to only approve the parent group How Approval Works Email Approval: Just reply to the notification email like you normally do. The member will be approved for the parent group AND automatically subscribed to all their requested subgroups. Website Approval: Click Approve on the individual member page. They'll be subscribed to all checked subgroups. Or use bulk approval on the members list - it works the same way. Email Rejection: Forward to the reject address like you normally do. The member will be rejected and all their pending subgroup requests will be deleted. Note: If you do not have subgroups, nothing has changed for the join process for your group. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Mark
October 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115455033
Changes to the site this week: September 22, 2025: BUGFIX: Some API endpoints weren't working properly with the new API key authentication method. September 23, 2025: CHANGE: Updated the examples in the API docs to use the new API key authentication method, and also included sample Go and Javascript code. BUGFIX: Made the export group and export user code smarter about properly dealing with filenames, which I am hoping will fix an issue with unzipping these files on Windows. September 25, 2025: CHANGE: We now resize inline images only if they have a dimension larger than 2048 pixels. CHANGE: We no longer restrict individual messages in a digest to showing 2 images. September 26, 2025: DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History BUGFIX: In some instances, we were not parsing From lines correctly when names had > characters in them. The next #changelog will be published on October 3, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
September 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115339820
Changes to the site this week: September 15, 2025: CHANGE: When approving pending messages on the web, disable the Approve button once it's been clicked, to avoid double clicks. September 18, 2025: INTERNAL: We're now dumping all incoming email connections with IP addresses that reverse to *.bc.googleusercontent.com, which should not be sending email. September 19, 2025: BUGFIX: Pagination was broken in the Banned Domains list. I also cleaned up the formatting on the page. BUGFIX: When pasting an image into the editor, we were not properly setting the width and height attributes of the image tag, which in some circumstances would cause the image to look blurry. DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History The next #changelog will be published on September 26, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
September 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115218093
Changes to the site this week: September 7, 2025: CHANGE: Changed how we DKIM sign emails, changing from relaxed/simple to relaxed/relaxed and also changed which header fields we sign, in order to address some spurious DKIM signing errors we were seeing. BUGFIX: Fixed various issues with Github Oauth token refreshing. BUGFIX: Improved parsing of invite email lists. September 8, 2025: BUGFIX: For Reply To Sender groups, if a message subject line was encoded, the link in the footer of the message did not properly decode the subject for replies. NEW: For Enterprise groups, we now support SAML-based SSO services, including specifically Microsoft Entra. CHANGE: In the post editor, we now handle pasted inline images differently as the message is entered; we now remove/resize the inline images immediately instead of when the message is posted to the group. September 9, 2025: NEW: The API now supports API keys, configurable at https://groups.io/settings/apikeys September 11, 2025: NEW: Added new event creation and modification endpoints to the API. BUGFIX: Fixed a couple of dark mode color issues with the API documentation. September 12, 2025: NEW: New database column type Github Identity, which does an Oauth authentication step to fetch a Github profile. CHANGE: Updated/cleaned up several database and group profile pages, so that they hopefully look and work nicer now. BUGFIX: In some cases, the notification email to moderators about group sponsorships had an incorrect amount listed. The next #changelog will be published on September 19, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
September 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/115094266
Changes to the site this week: September 4, 2025: BUGFIX: We were not checking whether a user had permission to edit a photo album. Security hole with Photo Albums September 5, 2025: CHANGE: On the Drafts page, the Date column has been changed to Updated. DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History BUGFIX: There were certain instances where, after pasting an image into the new post or reply editor that drafts would stop being saved. Groups.io clears out "Drafts" in batch after a random number of days. Why? The next #changelog will be published on September 12, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
September 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/114972069
Changes to the site this month: July 28, 2025: NEW: Login demonstration video, at Help Center CHANGE: Added some text to the Pricing page about Direct Add not being included in the free trial. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39419 August 5, 2025: DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History August 8, 2025: CHANGE: To comply with the new UK Online Safety Act, when creating a new group or subgroup, you will be required to check a box acknowledging compliance with our safety policy, which is at: Online Safety at Groups.io API CHANGE: The /creategroup and /createsubgroup endpoints have a new required parameter, accept_policies which must have the value of true and signifies that you agree to our safety policy and terms of service. This requirement will go info effect on Monday, September 8th. CHANGE: Changed objectionable -> inappropriate in the report notification emails. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39454 BUGFIX: Changed /editthread URLs to /edittopic. NEW: Improved the Admin / Subgroup / Members page to show member labels and to allow filtering by member labels. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39455 NEW: Improved the Admin / Membership / Direct Add page to show parent member labels and to allow filtering by those labels. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39455 August 10, 2025: CHANGE: Updated the Login demonstration video, minor tweaks and polish. August 18, 2025: CHANGE: Hardened our Oauth login flows. August 21, 2025: CHANGE: When deleting a wiki page, you now must type 'I understand' before the deletion will occur. August 22, 2025: CHANGE: You can now include much more information when direct adding members. August 23, 2025: CHANGE: We are currently blocking access to the website and API for all Mississippi IP addresses. Mississippi Access Update (HB1126) August 28, 2025: CHANGE: Added show password buttons to the login and register pages. August 29, 2025: CHANGE: Added new videos to the help center showing how to change your email address and how to merge two accounts. Help Center Starting next week, I will return to publishing the #changelog weekly. The next #changelog will be published on September 5, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
August 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
groups.io
Effective today (Aug 22, 2025), Groups.io is temporarily blocking web/app access from Mississippi (HB1126). Email participation is unaffected—post via email as usual. Details: groups.io/static/missi...
August 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/114380205
Changes to the site this month: June 30, 2025: CHANGE: We now greylist non-member messages to groups and we are more strict about DKIM enforcement, to cut down on spam. July 7, 2025: NEW: Added new link 'Home' from the sidebar to the logged out home page. NEW: New Email Weather Report, at https://groups.io/email-weather, showing recent delivery metrics to the largest email service providers. CHANGE: Updated the event notification email to make it a bit more like the /viewevent page. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39381 July 9, 2025: BUGFIX: In rare cases where an HTML message has elements with IDs that start with 'msgbody', when viewing those messages with other messages in the same topic, that could cause the highlight/quote reply function to not work. BUGFIX: Updated the Group Analytics page to better handle resizing. July 10, 2025: CHANGE: Renamed the Email Weather Report to the Email Provider Status page. July 18, 2025: NEW: Member labels are now available for premium and enterprise groups. NEW: We now have a Videos section of the Help Center, and the first two videos are a Groups.io Overview and a video demonstrating how to use member labels. We also now have a YouTube channel, that contains the same content, at Groupsio - YouTube. July 21, 2025: BUGFIX: Fixed group sidebar highlighting issue when viewing the Subgroups page when there are no subgroups to subscribe to. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39426 BUGFIX: Fixed the 'Members' group sidebar item jumping to indented when a non-moderator clicks around. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39426 July 22, 2025: BUGFIX: Fixed member label sorting issues. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39435 July 23, 2025: CHANGE: Updated the Groups.io Overview video CHANGE: Now features the Groups.io Overview video on the home page. July 24, 2025: NEW: Added a table listing the top reasons why email isn't being delivered on the Email Provider Status page. The next #changelog will be published on August 29, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
July 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] New Feature: Demonstration Videos #releasenotes
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/114230729
Hi All, I've started a Videos section in the Help Center, at https://groups.io/helpcenter/videos. Currently it has two videos, the previously announced Member Labels video and a new Overview video that gives an overview of the Groups.io service. It's my plan to populate this section with additional videos demonstrating various aspects of the Groups.io service. I'd appreciate your feedback on the videos as well as suggestions for what I should prioritize in terms of content. These videos take some time to develop, so this will be an long term, ongoing process. I've also created a YouTube channel, with the same content, here: https://www.youtube.com/@Groupsio Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Mark
July 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] New Feature: Member Labels #releasenotes
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/114230726
Hi All, Member labels are now available to premium and enterprise groups. Member Labels let you visually organize and categorize your members using customizable tags—such as "Board Member," "Volunteer," or "Premium Subscriber." You can filter the member list by label, apply labels in bulk, and manage all labels from a dedicated admin page. Labels are inherited across subgroups, making it easy to maintain consistent organization throughout your entire group structure. This feature gives group owners more control, clarity, and flexibility when managing their communities. I've created a demonstration video walk through of the various aspects of how member labels work. You can view it here: https://groups.io/helpcenter/videos/member-labels Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for improvements. Thanks, Mark
July 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Email Weather Report #releasenotes
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/114038607
Hi All, I've put up a status page that shows, in near-real-time, how the big inbox providers are behaving. It's called the Email Weather Report. What's on it? A quick table for Gmail, Microsoft 365, Yahoo/AOL, Outlook.com, iCloud, Comcast, and GMX/WEB.de. Latency and retry-rate numbers that refresh every five minutes. Click any row and you'll see the last 24 hours of graphs, so you can tell if a bump is new or ongoing. It's at https://groups.io/email-weather Cheers, Mark
July 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/113873951
Changes to the site this month: June 4, 2025: NEW: Added Hourly Email Latency graph to https://status.groups.io June 9, 2025: CHANGE: Changed minimum supported versions of Chrome to 80, Firefox to 60, and Safari to 15. Also blocking Internet Explorer. June 10, 2025: CHANGE: Increase the max file size limit for Files uploads to 2GB. June 11, 2025: CHANGE: Due to a policy change by Microsoft, we now have to re-write the From lines of all emails to Microsoft properties (hotmail/outlook/etc). NEW: Reporting automated API uptime percentage to https://status.groups.io June 12, 2025: BUGFIX: Add missing Reply To settings to the group home page. Some reply-to settings don't show up on home page BUGFIX: Fix URL parameter encoding issue with sendloginlink redirect. Missing + from email alias address in the Send Log In Link page BUGFIX: Fix old /account link in account bounce notification messages. Stale link in You're Bouncing message NEW: Premium and Enterprise groups now have access to a new Analytics page, which tracks various metrics for your groups. June 13, 2025: SYSADMIN: Rotated DKIM keys and created a system to automate this. June 16, 2025: NEW: Enterprise groups can now set individual DNS records instead of having to delegate a subdomain in order for us to white-label. Some DNS services don't allow subdomain delegation, so this was a problem. BUGFIX: Display the full subscriber name on the moderator rejoin notifications. View/Reply Online (#39358) June 17, 2025: NEW: Implemented a new bot detection and prevention system on the website, and rolled it out to a limited set of countries. June 18, 2025: NEW: We now greylist emails to +owner addresses for Improved spam filtering. June 19, 2025: CHANGE: Rolled out the bot detection and prevention system to all traffic. CHANGE: Changed the layout of the Analytics page. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39354 NEW: Add a page that's displayed when accessing the website with an out-of-date browser. BUGFIX: Fixed links to authors in groups with subgroups in the /topics page. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39367 BUGFIX: When following a topic, we send out existing emails in the topic. Those emails were missing some headers that we normally add, and contained some headers that we normally strip out because they cause delivery problems. June 23, 2025: BUGFIX: Fix escaping issue with the resub notification email. beta.groups.io/probe?r=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fmessage%2F39383 CHANGE: Due to a change in policy, we now have to re-write the From lines of all emails to Virgin Media properties (ntlworld.com,blueyonder.co.uk,etc). June 26, 2025: NEW: In the groups analytics page, we're now tracking number of replies per day, member status distribution, email delivery preferences, and we're listing the top posters. June 27, 2025: CHANGE: Fixes to the Analytics page to the X-axis alignment of the graphs. The next #changelog will be published on July 25, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
June 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Group Analytics Now Available #releasenotes
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/113610477
Hi All, The Analytics dashboard is now available for premium and enterprise groups. The dashboard provides comprehensive insights into your group's activity and growth patterns. It displays key metrics across different time periods to help you understand engagement trends and member behavior. It can be accessed by owners and moderators, from Admin -> Preferences -> Analytics. Time Period Controls At the top of the page, you'll find three time period buttons: Daily, Weekly, and Monthly. Clicking these buttons updates all metrics and charts to show data for the selected timeframe: Daily: Shows metrics for individual days Weekly: Aggregates data over 7-day periods Monthly: Aggregates data over 30-day periods When you switch between time periods, the metric cards at the top update to reflect the corresponding values (e.g., daily active posters vs. weekly active posters), and all charts refresh to display the appropriate data granularity. Dashboard Components Key Metrics Cards: Display essential group statistics including total members, active posters, median reply times, median approval times (if applicable), and message counts for the selected time period. Member Growth & Activity Trends: A dual-axis chart showing both total member count and active poster activity over time. The left axis (blue) tracks total membership growth, while the right axis (green) shows active poster engagement. Storage Usage: A donut chart breaking down how your group's storage is allocated across attachments, files, photos, database images, member data images, wiki images, and chat photos. Messages & Content Creation: Bar charts showing message volume and content creation activity (files, photos, events, wiki pages) over the selected time period. Top Hashtags: A ranked table of the most frequently used hashtags during the selected time period. Member Churn Analysis: Tracks new member joins versus member departures to show net growth patterns. Important Note About Data Availability Limited Historical Data: This analytics system was recently implemented, so we currently only have historical data going back to May 25, 2025. This means: Monthly views will show incomplete trends since we don't have a full 30-day dataset yet Charts may appear sparse or show shorter trend lines than expected Comparative analysis will become more meaningful as we accumulate more historical data over time As the system continues to collect data, the monthly views will become increasingly comprehensive. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for improvements. Thanks, Mark
June 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/113391298
Changes to the site this week: May 29, 2025: CHANGE: Don't permit exclamation points in email addresses. They're technically allowed, but in practice they indicate spammers only. CHANGE: For SMTP TLS negotiations, only use TLS version 1.2 as 1.3 is not yet widely supported. This was causing email to some servers to bounce. I have pro-actively looked for affected domains and unbounced affected accounts. NEW: Added hourly web uptime and latency statistics to the Groups.io status page (https://status.groups.io) and changed the formatting to include uptime stats. May 30, 2025: CHANGE: Remove the Promote tab from the Group sidebar for Invite Only groups. Re: Option to disallow join applications The next #changelog will be published on June 27, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
May 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/113276484
Changes to the site this week: May 19, 2025: BUGFIX: The Help Center mistakenly required being logged in to access. CHANGE: Added permalinks to individual Help Center FAQ entries. May 20, 2025: BUGFIX: On the /static/pricing page, the link to group sponsorship information was outdated. (Thanks Nina!) May 23, 2025: BUGFIX: Fixed several minor spacing issues in activity log entries. NEW: Added a new Invite Only mode for groups, which when toggled, prevents people from applying or joining the group. Option to disallow join applications INTERNAL: We are now storing data needed for our upcoming group analytics dashboard. DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History The next #changelog will be published on May 30, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
May 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/113157275
Changes to the site this week: May 15, 2025: NEW: Apple Pay and Google Pay are now supported for paying group hosting fees. CHANGE: When sponsoring a group, you now have the option of using the card on file instead of always having to re-enter it. BUGFIX: If a group has an overdue invoice but has enough sponsorship reserves to pay it, the invoice can be paid without a valid credit card needed. CHANGE: Removed the i=1 parameter when starting a new Ask chat. Re: Ask is live for testing May 16, 2025: CHANGE: The Member and Owner FAQs in the Help Center now show all entries and answers on one page, instead of having to click through each FAQ. CHANGE: Increased the maximum email size for premium and enterprise groups to 200MB from 100MB. The next #changelog will be published on May 23, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
May 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Unscheduled downtime #outage
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/113118118
Hello, The main database machine froze up at 3:03PM Pacific Time today. It was rebooted and came back on-line at 3:16PM Pacific Time. During the outage, all Groups.io services were off-line. No data was lost. All email sent to groups during the outage was queued up and should have already been processed. Thanks, Mark
May 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] Site updates #changelog
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/113035541
Changes to the site this week: May 7, 2025: CHANGE: The trial length for new premium group trials is now 30 days. This change does not apply to existing premium trial groups. NEW: New intergration, Bluesky Cross-Posting. You can automatically share the first message in a new topic to your linked Bluesky account - if it includes one of your selected hashtags. New Feature: Bluesky Cross-Posting May 8, 2025: CHANGE: Changed some of the canonical links on message pages and added DiscussionForumPosting structured data headers to improve SEO and archive appearance on search engine result pages. May 9, 2025: NEW: We will now send out emails to group owners when their free groups approach 100 members, alerting them to this and the fact that free groups are capped at 100 members. CHANGE: Updated the Move button icon on the group photo page to match the move icon in the Files section. DOCS: Updates from Nina. Revision History CHANGE: Merged in French language translation fixes. Thank you seranpion for your help! The next #changelog will be published on May 16, 2025. Take care everyone. Mark
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
groups.io
✉️ [beta] New Feature: Bluesky Cross-Posting #releasenotes
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/112675901
Hi All, I've added a new integration for premium and enterprise groups: Bluesky Cross-Posting. With Bluesky Cross-Posting, you can automatically share the first message in a new topic to your linked Bluesky account - if it includes one of your selected hashtags. Replies and follow-ups won't be posted, and messages without a selected hashtag will stay within your group. We're already using this ourselves on the Groups.io Bluesky account. Messages with the following hashtags will be shared: #changelog – Weekly summaries of changes and improvements #releasenotes – Announcements of new features and updates #downtime – Notices about scheduled maintenance #outage – Details about any unexpected service disruptions To enable this in your own group, go to Admin → Preferences → Integrations → Bluesky Cross-Posting and configure your hashtags. You must be on a premium or enterprise plan to use this feature. Please let me know what you think. Mark
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM