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October 22, 2021

• BUGFIX: When merging two accounts, if both accounts had subscriptions to the same group, an activity log message was not generated for that group showing the email address change. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/account_merge_and_possibly/86513652?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86513652,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1632501742199127530&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1632501742199127530
• BUGFIX: In the Topic Properties page, in the App, the hashtag selector did not work properly. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/adding_tags_not_working/86516775?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86516775,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1621615410312566585&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1621615410312566585
• DOCS: Updates from Nina. [Owners Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/revision-history).

October 21, 2021

• CHANGE: Microsoft emailers will sometimes encode an attachment filename improperly, causing the resulting decoded filename to include Unicode replacement characters. We now detect that and use an alternative header to get the correct filename.
• BUGFIX: When downloading some attachments with UTF-8 encoded file names, the saved file name ended up being the encoded version, not the decoded version.
• INTERNAL: Upgrade jQuery to 1.12.4.

October 20, 2021

• BUGFIX: For some groups with many files, the export group process would timeout generating the export archive, causing the export process to fail.
• BUGFIX: Do not display the group Sponsorship button in the app. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/bug_sponsor_group_cc_link/86431538?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86431538,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1632340410790501564&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1632340410790501564
• CHANGE: Some Microsoft emails have quoted printable HTML parts that contain unicode characters that cause our quoted printable reader to error out when decoding the message. These unicode characters are when the message contains parts in a different language than the rest of the email (ZH-CN in one specific example). We now strip out these extra unicode characters so that the rest of the message can be decoded.

October 19, 2021

• BUGFIX: Email replying to a message from a topic that has been split sometimes would incorrectly create a new topic. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/merge_subject_retention/86289356?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86289356,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1632340410790501564&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1632340410790501564

October 18, 2021

• BUGFIX: Members with `Override: not moderated` posting status should be allowed to post attachments regardless of the group setting. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/override_not_moderated_vs/86420952?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86420952,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1632339382726542350&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1632339382726542350

October 15, 2021

• 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 14, 2021

• BUGFIX: In replies to messages that had been merged into a different topic, we were using the subject of the original, pre-merge, message instead of the subjec of the merged-into topic. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/merge_subject_retention/86289356?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86289356,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1632218096428836583&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1632218096428836583
• CHANGE: We now send messages to all moderators instead of just the payor for the following billing issues: when an invoice is one week overdue, and when we downgrade a group because of an overdue invoice (at two weeks).

October 13, 2021

• NEW: There is now an overall Pending Messages page, where you can review all the pending messages for all the groups you're a moderator of. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/one_page_to_see_all_pending/86170815?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86170815,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1631886172937827806&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1631886172937827806
• CHANGE: Include Monthly Reminder notices in the Member Notices selector when sending a message to a member. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/allow_manual_sending_of/86280993?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86280993,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1631886172937827806&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1631886172937827806
• NEW: Activity log entries are now generated when pending subscriptions and messages are deleted because they expired. The log entries are of the form "test@example.com's pending subscription expired and was deleted, via system" and "test@example.com's pending message "test" expired and was deleted, via system". Also, in the Past Members page, expired pending members are now listed as 'Expired' instead of 'Removed'. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/14_day_expired_pending_member/86204661?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86204661,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1631886172937827806&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1631886172937827806
• INTERNAL: We now check for and fix inconsistencies in our internal counts for numbers of topics in a group. These inconsistencies could have led to not being able to view all topics in the archive for a group.

October 8, 2021

• DOCS: Updates from Nina.
• BUGFIX: More work to eliminate bogus draft saving error messages. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/improved_draft_saving/84780734?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,84780734,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1631311525875970862&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1631311525875970862
• CHANGE: Removed the `Remove` option from the Banned Members page, as it didn't make sense/was mostly a duplicate of the `Unban` option. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/non_members_becoming_past/85982043?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85982043,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1631311525875970862&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1631311525875970862
• CHANGE: Unbanning someone no longer generates a past member record. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/non_members_becoming_past/85982043?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85982043,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1631311525875970862&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1631311525875970862

October 7, 2021

• CHANGE: Changed `Recent Bounces` to `Bounces` in the Account sidebar. In the `Email Delivery History` page as well as the account `Bounces` page, changed `Recent Bounces` to `Bounces`.
• BUGFIX: When making a change or adding a new group member notice, and an existing member notice of the same type does not have a name set, the update would silently fail. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/trying_to_add_member_notice/86006205?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86006205,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1630789183639896555&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1630789183639896555

October 6, 2021

• BUGFIX: Attachments with non-ascii characters in their names would fail to download. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/attachment_fails_with_special/85974955?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,100,2,0,85974955,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1626985975747984618&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1626985975747984618
• BUGFIX: `Post Status: Override: not moderated` should override any moderated hashtags. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/override_not_moderated/86046290?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86046290,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1630730755797002212&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1630730755797002212

October 5, 2021

• BUGFIX: Better handling on small screens of non-breaking topic summaries. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/86053152?p=%2C%2C%2C100%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3Arecentpostdate%2C%2C%2C100%2C2%2C0%2C0%2Cprevid%3D1633455316085272923%2Cnextid%3D1632860246670451138&previd=1633455316085272923&nextid=1632860246670451138&allview=1
• BUGFIX: For photos with spaces in the name, properly encode the Download URL so that the spaces are intact. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/allow_downloading_photos/86024492?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86024492,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1630594433055408420&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1630594433055408420
• BUGFIX: The `Subgroup Category` dropdown in the group settings page was not working. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/subgroup_category_setting/86077278?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86077278,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1630594433055408420&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1630594433055408420

September 28, 2021

• CHANGE: The email notification of a pending message will no longer include the original message attached to the message in cases where: the message was generated from a non-subscriber, the message contains a virus, the message was sent from a pending member. The notification email will continue to include the text of the pending message.

September 24, 2021

• BUGFIX: Replies to moderated topics that start new topics were getting moderated by mistake. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/replies_to_moderated_topics/85729704?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85729704,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1628788748160969130&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1628788748160969130
• DOCS: Updates from Nina.

September 23, 2021

• NEW: Added `REFRESH-INTERVAL` and `X-PUBLISHED-TTL` lines to calendar .ics files.
• BUGFIX: For a `first message in new topic moderated` group, if a message comes in that is a reply to an existing topic but the subject has been changed, creating a new topic, we were not properly moderating the message. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/replies_to_moderated_topics/85729704?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85729704,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1628653146188274120&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1628653146188274120
• BUGFIX: If a moderator switches a member from `HTML Digest` delivery to another delivery format, a plain text digest was generated of any pending digest messages instead of an HTML digest.

September 22, 2021

• NEW: Added tooltips to the locked, moderated, sticky, and topic follower only icons in the archives. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/icon_display_consistency/85758460?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85758460,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1628439529526370379&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1628439529526370379
• NEW: Labeled filter buttons with the word `Filter`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/add_filter_to_the/85676461?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85676461,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1628439529526370379&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1628439529526370379
• NEW: Added activity log entries for adding/removing banned domains. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/30250
• NEW: Activity log entries for messages that are moderated because the member is set to NuM now say `the user is new member moderated`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/add_detail_new_member/85798186?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85798186,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1628439529526370379&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1628439529526370379

September 21, 2021

• NEW: In pending message moderator notification emails, now include the reason why the message is moderated.
• BUGFIX: Refactor the smptd process and fix a bug where the wrong group name was included in an error message when a message was sent to multiple groups.
• BUGFIX: Moderators with the Billing permission but not the Paid Subscriptions/Donations permission did not have the `Billing` tab in the sidebar.

September 20, 2021

• CHANGE: - Changed formatting of Help Center page to fix issues on mobile and with the app. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/tapping_member_manual_on_help/85741008?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85741008,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1620917361238880610&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1620917361238880610
• INTERNAL: - Cap the number of bounce records per person in the database to 20.

September 17, 2021

• BUGFIX: Improved parsing of some secureserver.net bounce emails.
• NEW: We now track bounces of moderator notifications in the Email Delivery History page, specifically: storage limit, pending message, pending subscriber, new subscriber, unsubscription, resubscription, spam unsubscription, new subgroup created.
• NEW: We now track bounces of +owner messages in the Email Delivery History page.
• NEW: We now track bounces of replies to messages from the web site separately from posts to subscribers in the Email Delivery History page.
• INTERNAL: Cleanup of email delivery history processing system.

September 14, 2021

• BUGFIX: Fix a race that resulted in concurrent map writes in the sendmessage daemon.
• NEW: Include the album name in photo search results. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/search_function_in_photos/85216893?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85216893,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1627696819176999794&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1627696819176999794
• NEW: Display subscription badges on the `/membersubgroups/` page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/include_subscription_settings/85280732?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85280732,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1627696819176999794&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1627696819176999794
• CHANGE: Only add a `claimed pending message` activity log entry when editing a pending message or undoing an edit to a pending message. Previously, a log entry was generated for any pending message action. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/duplicate_log_entries_for/85543478?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85543478,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1627696819176999794&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1627696819176999794
• CHANGE: When viewing the Polls page, polls that have been closed are now displayed with a X instead of a lock icon. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/locked_topic_icon_not_always/85552157?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,85552157,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1627696819176999794&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1627696819176999794
• BUGFIX: In calendar .ics files, we were not properly setting the SEQUENCE number, which meant that sometimes changes to a group's calendar would not show up in calendars that were subscribed via the .ics file.