Thanks, Sue, for the additional info.
"I would guess, in your case, that an applicant's street address
might be required?" Yes.
I have decided to use a different email address and experiment with
the different ways to join, and then issue explicit instructions
about the entire process.
Alvin
At 10:30 PM 08/29/2007 -0400, John DeCarlo wrote
Sue,
I am pretty sure there is no way in Yahoo groups to directly add people.
At the very bottom of the invite page, click on "Add members from an
existing email list". You can just add one member if you like, or
several--there is a top limit but I've forgotten how many. This is
kinda hidden, as it easy to abuse such a function. I direct-add
people who just can't seem to figure out how to get themselves on
the list. I *do* make them try, though. Moderators of family lists
often direct-add the old aunties. :)
I prefer to steer them through joining from the web site. If they
do not already have a YahooID and password, Yahoo walks them through
all that automatically. Saves a lot of hassle the first time they
want to view photos or files (which you can't do without a YahooID).
This is the message that I send out to blind email requests to join:
***********************
To join xxxxxxx, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxxxxxxxx/ (this would be the URL of
your Group Home page)
Click on the button that says: Join This Group!
Please give your reasons for wanting to join this group, plus your
name and general location.
********************
I like your suggested work around of inviting people who you see in the
email request queue. You can put in a note that this is part of your double
opt-in approach <g>.
I'd guess 80% of applicants put enough info in the original
application to satisfy me that they are not spammers. The ones who
don't, I contact privately. I do not send invites in these
circumstances...I save their initial request and approve that if and
when I hear back from them. If you send an invite, they can join
immediately without sending any info. This might work fine for you,
though, if you know all of your potential members.
I would guess, in your case, that an applicant's street address
might be required? In my case, on my international list, I simply
ask for "general location" (country, area, etc), and find that
people don't resist so much if you don't ask for actual address. On
my closed list (which involves volunteers in the family court), I am
provided a list of those who qualify from the head of the
organization, and I will send invites to those folks. This is
simply a courtesy, as list membership is required in the
organization. I *could* direct-add them.
The *purpose* of email lists should be the deciding factor as to how
you control (or don't) memberships.
Sue
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