I have set up a forum called Group-specific forum using "separate groups", and there are 4 groups: Faculty & Staff; Cohort 1; Cohort 2; Cohort 3.
Today, someone in the Faculty & Staff group informed me that she has been getting email messages from postings in the Cohort 1 group!
Is that supposed to happen? I thought email subscriptions would be group-specific as well?
Thanks for clarifying.
Yes, George, they are.
The reason those particular faculty/staff members is getting the student Cohort emails is because you set them up as Administrators. Admins can see all group messages even if they are separate (private) groups.
You can either remove their admin privileges, or create separate forums for each group and trust the admins will not enter those forums to which they don't belong.
Hope that helps,
Me
I have also been having problems with group emails, but this concerns students only.
I had a forum set up as "Seperate Groups" and was getting complaints about the level of irrelevant emails. When I investigated I found that students were reciveing mail from other groups, even though they couldn't view the posts online.
Following this I upgraded to 1.3.3 from 1.3.1 as there was mention of eMail fixes - but still the emails flowed.
To confirm the problem, I asked a student from 2 of the groups to post a 'testing' message and required the students to complete a survey confirming if they had receved the test message - all students responded that they had.
Also, you suggest "creating seperate forums for each group" but how can this be enforced as all students will see all forums and can enter as they like.
Am I missing something ?
Thanks
David