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March 24, 2021

• CHANGE: Ended trial of Spamhaus for filtering incoming messages.
• DATABASE: Changed all subscriptions that had Message Selection set to Follow Only or Follow Only And First Message with email delivery of No Email or Special to have Message Selection set to All. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/81187661#28705
• BUGFIX: Switching subscriptions to No Email or Special should force Message Selection to All. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/28696?p=,,,100,0,0,0::Created,,a+couple+more,100,2,0,81191446

March 23, 2021

• INTERNAL: Made the search processing pipeline more efficient by bulk-processing sub, group and activity changes.

March 19, 2021

• DOCS: Updates from Nina.
• NEW: You can now specify an event either on the last day of a month, or the last day of week of the month. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/allow_repeating_events_on/81455706?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81455706
• CHANGE: In the Create/Edit hashtag page, indent Lock Topic under Topic Duration and disable it when duration is Forever. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/on_hashtag_definition_screen/81255408?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81255408
• CHANGE: When parsing hashtags from subject lines, include punctuation (except .?!) when parsing them. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/stricter_treatment_of_invalid/81268418?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81268418

March 18, 2021

• INTERNAL: Work on internal tools for identifying, monitoring, and disabling spammers.

March 17, 2021

• BUGFIX: Publicly was misspelled in the create subgroup page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/a_couple_of_subgroup_bugs/81394197?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81394197

March 16, 2021

• BUGFIX: For hashtags that are set as moderated as well as Use by Mods Only, the Use by Mods Only setting now takes precedent over the moderated setting. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/member_can_still_post_a/81363955?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81363955
• CHANGE: For groups that allow reposting, if the #repost hashtag is set to Use by Mods Only, do not give the user an option to repost if they are not a moderator. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/repost_error_with_restricted/81363906?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81363906
• NEW: Include a count of waitlisted people when viewing an event summary. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/show_waitlist_count_on_rsvp/81377497?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81377497

March 12, 2021

• DOCS: Updates from Nina.
• CHANGE: Tweak the text describing the various Email Delivery options, from Nina.
• CHANGE: We now block emails from servers that present an invalid HELO response, as a spam prevention measure.

March 11, 2021

• INTERNAL: Upgrade and harden the DNS servers against attacks. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/ddos_against_our_dns_servers/81264460?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81264460

March 10, 2021

• BUGFIX: Use the unencoded message subject for activity log entries. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/weird_message_title_in_group/81218564?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81218564

March 9, 2021

• INTERNAL: Much improved monitoring of anti-spam RBLs. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/spamcop_net_blocking/81167271?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,50,2,0,81167271

March 5, 2021

• BUGFIX: Updated the invite and join group pages to reflect recent changes in the subscription settings. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/advanced_preferences_panel/81104378?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,50,2,0,81104378