Updates to the Groups.io service.
October 31, 2022
- CHANGE: Send the two-week advanced billing notice to all moderators, not just the person set to pay the invoice. Also, ensure that all billing notices get sent to the person set to pay the invoices, even if that person is no longer a moderator of the group.
October 28, 2022
- CHANGE: Allow viewing of invoices from the `/billing` page.
- BUGFIX: Switching direct add messages was broken. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/bug_custom_message/94552312?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94552312,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1664288649235276321&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1664288649235276321
October 27, 2022
- BUGFIX: The `[Map]` links on database address fields were sometimes not clickable.
October 26, 2022
- CHANGE: `Message History` -> `Archived Messages`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/keep_homepage_message_history/94583649?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94583649,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1664234394902178899&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1664234394902178899
October 24, 2022
- INTERNAL: Add inbox.ru, list.ru, bk.ru, internet.ru to the list of domains to re-write the From line for all messages sent to them. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/mail_ru_dmarc_other_domains/94541162?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,100,2,0,94541162,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1659710118282574008&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1659710118282574008
- BUGFIX: If there is an overdue invoice and the group now has sufficient sponsorship reserves, allow the payment of of the invoice without needing a credit card on file. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/annual_fee_re_billing/94502850?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94502850,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1663580111244134813&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1663580111244134813
October 22, 2022
- INTERNAL: Completed transition to the new database cluster.
October 19, 2022
- BUGFIX: Ignore `charset` declarations in `Content-Type` fields for images, audio and video. An image was being sent with an erroneous `charset` declaration which was causing the image to be garbled. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/bug_picture_attachments/94286773?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94286773,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1662730076558966352&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1662730076558966352
- BUGFIX: For Outlook formatted emails, number ordered lists properly. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/formatting_differences/94418416?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94418416,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1662730076558966352&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1662730076558966352
October 18, 2022
- INTERNAL: Switch all database replica requests to the new database cluster.
October 17, 2022
- BUGFIX: On the `/members` page, the `[Map]` links in Address extra member data columns would go to the individual member page, instead of Google Maps. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/map_link_on_extra_member_data/94051567?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94051567,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1661695813220354232&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1661695813220354232
- NEW: Added additional information to file exports. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/add_attribute_property_data/94371416?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94371416,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1661695813220354232&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1661695813220354232
October 13, 2022
- CHANGE: Revamped the [Pricing](https://groups.io/static/pricing) page to explain the different plans better.
- BUGFIX: If the account of the person who has claimed a pending message has been deleted, clear the claim record from the database.
- BUGFIX: If an enterprise group has a DMARC record with p=reject on the parent domain, there were cases where we would defang the message's From: address twice.
- DOCS: Updates from Nina. [Owners Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/revision-history), [Members Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/revision-history).
October 12, 2022
- CHANGE: Right justify `Number`, `Date`, and `Time` extra data fields. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/33557
- BUGFIX: If we can't read a photo (because it's invalid), return an error message instead of a blank page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/uploading_a_bad_misnamed/94273345?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94273345,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1661402227197205055&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1661402227197205055
- CHANGE: Reformatted and re-wrote the Pricing page to make the pricing structure more clear.
- NEW: Include the `Allow Sponsorships` checkbox on the `/creategroup` page for new trial premium groups.
October 7, 2022
- BUGFIX: After changing your password, you are required to log in again. The message displayed on the login screen was confusing. It now says `Your password has been set. Please log in with it now.`
- NEW: In the `New Topic` page, set focus to the Subject field. In the `/posttosub` pages, set focus to the Subject field. When replying to a message, set focus to the editor, and keep focus in the editor when toggling `Private`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/auto_set_the_focus_to_the/94168403?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94168403,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1661266396049529337&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1661266396049529337
October 5, 2022
- BUGFIX: An owner of a parent group could not approve or reject pending messages from a subgroup where they were not a member.
October 1, 2022
- CHANGE: Added `an edit of` to the pending message approval activity log entry for approvals of edited messages. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/attribute_edited_messages_to/94022654?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94022654,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1660398232308613480&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1660398232308613480
September 30, 2022
- BUGFIX: Improved the activity log entries around editing an existing message. If the editor was moderated, an edited message activity log entry was never generated. Also, there are now new subactions `and sent it to the group` and `and sent it to the group but it requires moderation because the editor is moderated`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/attribute_edited_messages_to/94022654?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,94022654,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1660398232308613480&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1660398232308613480
- CHANGE: Added clarifying single quotes to the account change notification email. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/add_quotes_to_notification/93939553?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,93939553,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1660358877432986461&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1660358877432986461
- CHANGE: Exporting the member list as a csv download, if the user has a date preference of `DD.MM.YYYY`, change the periods to slashes for the joined column. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/use_instead_of_in_member/93950795?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,93950795,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1660358877432986461&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1660358877432986461
- BUGFIX: Changing RSVP confirmation dialog button alignment issue. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/button_alignment_issue_when/93981351?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,93981351,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1660358877432986461&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1660358877432986461
- CHANGE: Strip `:` from the end of hashtags. Previously a colon at the end of a hashtag would cause the hashtag to be ignored.
September 29, 2022
- INTERNAL: Switch all database replica requests to the new database cluster.
September 27, 2022
- CHANGE: Hardcode re-write bigpond.com email addresses as if DMARC was set, to fix deliverability issues.
September 23, 2022
- API: Preliminary support for setting extra member data information via the `/updatemember` endpoint.
September 22, 2022
- BUGFIX: Fix Trello integration, which broke when Atlassian added a new Origin requirement to the API.
- BUGFIX: Direct adding someone who had been banned from a parent group to a subgroup should fail, but wasn't.
- BUGFIX: In some scenarios, banning a member would not create an activity log entry.
- BUGFIX: The `/subgroupmembers` page was displaying members that were banned or were pending.
September 20, 2022
- API CHANGE: Improved the documentation for all of the database objects.
- API CHANGE: Fixed some issues with exporting of `extra_member_data_columns` in group objects and `extra_member_data` in member objects.