Google-groups – Google Groups thinks a member I want to add is already a member

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I've just started a new Google Group to replace an old email list that proved unreliable. An email address I'd like to add as a member is being rejected because Google Groups thinks it's already a member. The address does not show up on the members list nor the outstanding invitations list.

Two potential reasons:

The owner of the address in question is already a member of the list, but with a different email address. He wants to add his second address as well, but that his first address is a member already is somehow preventing this. However, other members of the group have already successfully added two different email addresses to the group.
The email address for the old, unreliable list is currently a member of the Google Group. The email address I'm having trouble adding is the owner of the old list, and that is preventing his being added.

Both potential reasons seem fairly far fetched to me. Any help would be appreciated.

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Go to Google Groups Settings > Pending Requests. The person you sent to the request to probably never answered the invitation. Delete it and resend a new one. This just happened to me.

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Gmail not grouping messages with the same subject from Google Groups

As a bit of a spoiler, we tested this last night. I have two email address (which I will call for the sake of example "test1@gmail.com" and "test2@gmail.com"), and then we did this:

To:      Rebecca <Recip@gmail.com>
From:    My Name <test1@gmail.com>
Subject: this is a test
Body:  blah blah whatever

and additionally

To:      Rebecca <Recip@gmail.com>
From:    My Name <test1@gmail.com>
Subject: this is a test
Body:  this should nest under the other

and voila, they nested. No work required. And then we did this:

To:      Rebecca <Recip@gmail.com>
From:    My Name <test2@gmail.com>
Subject: this is a test
Body:  does this nest with the others?

And it didn't nest!

So in other words, two emails from the same sender with the same subject will nest. Two emails from two different addresses with the same subject will not nest.

Google-groups – User trying to join Google Groups is rejected as an existing member when not on the list

As a workaround, can they sign up with a different email address, and then once accepted re-configure their account to use the desired email?

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