Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread 'Harry Bell' via MacVisionaries
I found that the way to get past that message about not having permission was to swipe to the log in button, double tap and then log in and then go back to the email, click again on the link and now I get an option to sign up to the group! Harry > On 28 Jan 2022, at 21:41, Mary Otten wrote: >

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
actually, I am not personally joining, but hopefully that solution will help those with link issues. Karen On Fri, 28 Jan 2022, joseph hudson wrote: Try sending a message with the word subscribe to the following email address. viphone2+subscr...@googlegroups.com On Jan 28, 2022, at 4:18

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread joseph hudson
Try sending a message with the word subscribe to the following email address. viphone2+subscr...@googlegroups.com > On Jan 28, 2022, at 4:18 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > I will add that previously one could subscribe via e-mail instead of visiting > the google groups site at all. > I am

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Cc: Cara Quinn Subject: Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone HI All, Just as a general reply, Mark and I will definitely see what we can do to try to figure out what is going on. My sincere apologies for the inconvenience. As I said, we are still considering moving the list but we

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread Cara Quinn
HI All, Just as a general reply, Mark and I will definitely see what we can do to try to figure out what is going on. My sincere apologies for the inconvenience. As I said, we are still considering moving the list but we have more research to do. Just to give you an idea, at present with our

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
I will add that previously one could subscribe via e-mail instead of visiting the google groups site at all. I am guessing this is gone, especially given google's desire to track everyone these days. would freelists.org be a possibility? Karen On Fri, 28 Jan 2022, Mary Otten wrote: Well,

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread Mary Otten
Well, I don’t have an official invitation yet, but I did try clicking on the link that was in the original message where you could supposedly go and get a group subscription link that way. Except I got the same message that Max did. You don’t have permission to access this content. You can try

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread Agent086b
Hi, clicking on the link in the invite email takes me to a 404 error page not found. Cara clicking on the link in your message to the list says I don’t have access to that page also. Can anybody give me any pointers? Thanks for any help. Max > On 28 Jan 2022, at 11:14 am, Cara Quinn wrote: > >

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
Hi Cara. Well I'm glad everything's back up and running with you guys over at VIPhone. I'm just hoping that the same outcome doesn't happen with this group. As for VIPhone, I'm thinking I may return. I just needed a break from the drama pool that was cluttering my inbox every day. So I may

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread joseph hodge
Thank you for explaining. I hope I wasn't being rude by asking it just crossed my mind lol. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2022, at 7:27 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Hi Joseph, > > Well there are obviously no guarantees, but considering that VIPhone has been > around for about thirteen

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread joseph hudson
I think if she did that, and since she has such a wide membership, we would have to pay yearly. And some of us would have to sponsor the payment. Do you need to keep in mind, that to bite off of that, it would be $220 for the whole year. So each person that wanted to join, after the first

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread Ryan Mann
have you considered moving over to groups. Io instead of using Google? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2022, at 11:44 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Neither do we! > > As I said, neither Mark nor I had gotten any notice whatsoever from Google. > Even before I’d had a chance to

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Cara, I am wondering if you contacted google's accessibility team directly regarding the review request? Perhaps I am wrong, but making that decision without notification seems more like wanting you to upgrade your group to something else instead. Best, Karen

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Joseph, Well there are obviously no guarantees, but considering that VIPhone has been around for about thirteen years now, I think we hopefully will be OK until we can think of a better solution. :) We’re still not opposed to the idea of moving the list to a new provider and the money,

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread Cara Quinn
hey Max, no worries and you’re not thick! :) yes, go ahead and click on the link in the email to accept the invitation. I haven’t actually seen what the invites look like from the receiving end so perhaps someone else here may be of more help regarding the actual wording of the links in the

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread joseph hodge
My only question is since Google kicked you guys off the first time what makes the second group any different? I’m just worried that people are going to sign up just to have the same issue arise who knows when! It would just be interesting to know why Google did this so the second time around

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread Michael Marshall
The whole thing is ridiculous. > On 28 Jan 2022, at 3:43 am, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Neither do we! > > As I said, neither Mark nor I had gotten any notice whatsoever from Google. > Even before I’d had a chance to look at the group that day, listers sent Mark > and I notes

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread Agent086b
hi, I am a bit thick I know! If we receive an invitation does that mean we then click on the link to join? Or is this not necessary? Max. > On 27 Jan 2022, at 11:19 am, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have some good news! > > Mark and I have started VIPhone, The Next Generation. :) > >

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-27 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Michael, Neither do we! As I said, neither Mark nor I had gotten any notice whatsoever from Google. Even before I’d had a chance to look at the group that day, listers sent Mark and I notes letting us know that the group had been banned from Google and that they could not access it. Even

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-26 Thread joseph hudson
Hey thanks, I have successfully added myself. > On Jan 26, 2022, at 6:19 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have some good news! > > Mark and I have started VIPhone, The Next Generation. :) > > For now at least, this list will pick up where VIPhone left off. At least > until Google

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-26 Thread Michael Marshall
What exactly is googles problem? have they actually earmarked anything that could be potentially harmful? I just don't get this. > On 27 Jan 2022, at 11:19 am, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have some good news! > > Mark and I have started VIPhone, The Next Generation. :) > > For now

Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-26 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi All, I have some good news! Mark and I have started VIPhone, The Next Generation. :) For now at least, this list will pick up where VIPhone left off. At least until Google decides to review us. -Then we’ll see what happens from there. Over the next few days, Mark and I will be inviting all