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Lee Mayger's avatar
Lee Mayger
Brass Contributor
Dec 06, 2016

Group Email Settings have disappeared

Hi,   It appears that the group email settings option has disappeared. I can no longer see this in my production or personal tenants. Can anyone else confirm this please? We are about to implement ...
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Ravin Sachdeva's avatar
Ravin Sachdeva
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Dec 08, 2016

Hi Lee,

 

We are currently in the process of refining our O365 Groups email subscription model, to make it even better and efficient. As a consequence, you are no longer able to see the "Group email settings" option in the dropdown, but the functionality of Unsubscribing from group emails still exists!

 

The option is visible in the screenshot you attached, as well as the group footer that you see in Group emails in your inbox.

 

In the next few weeks, you'll see changes to this model to make it simpler and more consistent across all Outlook end-points. Trust me, you'll want to be around when it come to your Outlook :)

 

Please do let me know if have any other questions we can help clarify.

  • Lee Mayger's avatar
    Lee Mayger
    Brass Contributor
    Dec 11, 2016

    Hi Ravin,

     

    I hope that you are right about me wanting to see the changes, because I used those settings a lot on the groups that I am a member of. I was aware of the unsubscribe option still being available and have no intention of using it, I just wanted to filter the conversations that are copied to my inbox.

     

    I also believe that any changes like this should be notified to the Tenant Admins, as I was made to look stupid when I added this option to our groups testing phase.

     

    Rgds

    Lee

    • Ravin Sachdeva's avatar
      Ravin Sachdeva
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      Dec 14, 2016

      Apologies for the inconvenience caused, Lee. Moving on, we will ensure that even small yet impactful changes are messaged appropriately to you folks.

       

      Again, I'm really excited for the changes that we will be bringing into the product in the new year, and sincerely hope to continually receive valuable feedback from this forum.

       

      Thanks. 

  • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
    jcgonzalezmartin
    MVP
    Dec 08, 2016

    Ok, I'm seeing now same behaviour described  by Lee Mayger ... Ravin Sachdeva might I ask you why you have not add a message in the message center describing this change in Groups?

    • Ravin Sachdeva's avatar
      Ravin Sachdeva
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      Dec 11, 2016

      Juan, this change was introduced to a small set of users for testing and we typically do not announce such changes.

       

      We are doing a lot to improve on the group email subscriptions in Inbox in the next few months based on what we have learnt. Please stay tuned. :)

      • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
        jcgonzalezmartin
        MVP
        Dec 11, 2016

        IMHO even this small changes should be communicated in some way...as you can see in the thread people is asking why this change cc Anne Michels

    • Ivan54's avatar
      Ivan54
      Bronze Contributor
      Dec 08, 2016

      I still have the option. Does the change in the UI also change the users current per group settings for this or do they stay the same?