I run several Groups.io Email Groups for bands and groups I play with. There is no need to 'get a free account' (meaning a free email address). Your (free) Account at Groups.io is your subscribed email address - it will be the same one subscribed to [Organizers].
To just receive and send messages from and to the Group, nothing is different other than the address you post to. You will need to Log In with your subscribed email address to view the Messages archive, Calendar, and other features. Logging In can be done either with a Password you choose, or by having a "Log In link" emailed sent to your subscribed email address. -Michael > On Aug 4, 2025, at 11:27 PM, Eric Black via Organizers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree, it’s a good idea. And it’s easy enough to get a free account if you > don’t already have one > > Eric > > >> On Aug 4, 2025, at 7:55 AM, Seth Seeger via Organizers >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear list members, >> >> Since the beginning, the archives for this list have been public. This was >> an effort to make information easier to search, to find, to link to, and to >> share. However, the days of free information online have changed. AI bots >> are now scraping the web for data to train on and privacy is more of an >> issue. >> >> As we move to groups.io, Chris and I would like to make the archives >> private. The biggest reasons are member privacy and to protect us from AI >> training/scraping. This means that you’ll need a free account on the new >> site to view the archives. >> >> We feel this is a good change for our community. Since the only barrier to >> the archives would be subscribing, we think this is a reasonable trade off >> between privacy and accessibility. >> >> If you have concerns about this change, please reply! (Once we make the >> archives at groups.io private, we cannot make them public again later.) >> >> Thank you, >> Seth & Chris >> _______________________________________________ >> Organizers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
