Re: My Yahoo Group already exists on groups.io
Doesn't sound abandoned.? I'd join and post a message to see if it gets approved, rejected, or ignored.? There have been a few cases I've heard of where someone used a YG name so their 'opponents'
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Duane
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Re: Yahoo Groups shutdown commences
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I'd say that's unlikely.? I haven't had an account on Yahoo for 6 years and I got the email notifications they sent out to group owners, so anyone that's still an owner would have gotten them.? I
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Duane
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Re: Yahoo Groups shutdown commences
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Owners coud send out "Special Notices" which often overrode "No Email" but not all Owners got the Yahoo notice. I didn't. Also, members didn't have a real 'need to know' much in advance. -John
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J Forster
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Re: Yahoo Groups shutdown commences
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Some quiet group owners may not have known. And in many groups, a lot of people are no mail or digest; if they haven't checked the site recently, the owner had no way of letting them know. No one can
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Sandy Kozinn
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Re: My Yahoo Group already exists on groups.io
Group Settings * All subscribers can post to the group. * Posts to this group do not require approval from the moderators. * Posts from new users require approval from the moderators. * Messages are
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Harry <here4real@...>
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Re: My Yahoo Group already exists on groups.io
Why not join the group? You can always unsubscribe. At least you will find out if there are many of your old group there. Frances -- Moving to Groups.io (without easy transfer) (
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Frances
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Re: Quoted post position
Quoting is sometimes essential, especially if some of your readers might be getting 50-100 emails a day. If I wish to respond to a post saying they don't like a specific sentence in a book, then: "I
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Sandy Kozinn
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Re: My Yahoo Group already exists on groups.io
Well, check out the settings for the group on the group homepage. Is it moderated or not? "Posts to this group do not require approval from the moderators." - unmoderated. Is the message archive
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Frances
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Re: Quoted post position
Well, there is one workaround - if you are online, click to open the message. Then change from "message" to "topic" at the top of the page. That topic will have a vertical blue line on the left side
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Frances
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Re: My Yahoo Group already exists on groups.io
I emailed that address and have not heard back.? Is it possible somebody created it and abandoned it?
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Harry <here4real@...>
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Re: My Yahoo Group already exists on groups.io
On the group homepage, in the list of?email addresses: Group Owner: [GROUPNAME][email protected] Frances -- Moving to Groups.io (without easy transfer) (
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Frances
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Re: Yahoo Groups shutdown commences
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Owners were warned. But I do know some owners just never alerted their group. I think all owners should have stayed on top of it reporting it to their groups . I know of one that she didn't alert
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Sharon Pohlman
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My Yahoo Group already exists on groups.io
How can I find out who the owner is?
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Harry <here4real@...>
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Re: Quoted post position
No, even if you do read the subjectline. No quote means you don't know what part of whose message the reply is to groetjes, Ronaldo
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ro-esp
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Re: Using an external database for membership
Thought that was going to be the case, thanks for your help Daune.
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Neil
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Re: moderation
Help using the Invite feature - /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Inviting-new-members Or get just one month of premium and then direct add them.
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Frances
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Re: Yahoo Groups shutdown commences
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When our members break our rules with their postings and it's a something that I can't fix without rejecting it with reply and telling them to fix it I just go ahead and do that because it easiest
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Cindy in DE <catkrazy@...>
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Re: Yahoo Groups shutdown commences
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Bruce, So I was right on my hunch.? That the change over was today rather than the weekend as most businesses run M-F 9-5. BMaverick
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BMaverick
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Yahoo Groups shutdown commences
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It looks like all the Home Page pictures have disappeared also, to be replaced by a vapid Yahoo generic picture or nothing. -John ====================
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J Forster
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Re: Yahoo Groups shutdown commences
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Cindy -- This problem has been reported in the Yahoo version of GMF, too. I suspect that going forward, you will have to moderate all posts by email...there is no such web function in Y!G anymore.
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Bruce
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