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Hello,
I'm moving a very old group from Yahoo and want to "weed out" the people who no longer participate, so I'd rather not transfer the members automatically. Can I skip that part of the process and only have Groups.io transfer messages, files and photo's?
With many thanks,
Marga

You can certainly do that.? BUT, by default, none of the information will be 'owned' by the original poster, it will all be owned by you.? If they've joined the new group using the same email as they had on YG!, it should tie them together.

Duane
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My recommendation is to transfer the group and weed out the non-participants afterward. The transfer itself will do a lot of it for you.

/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups#Afterward

Bruce
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 11:02 am, Marga Blankestijn wrote:

I'm not sure what you mean - will I be the OP in the archives/files etc., instead of the actual sender?

The transfer agent normally moves the subscribers first. Then as each file/photo is moved, its ownership is compared to the people found in the GIO group's member's list. If no corresponding subscriber is found, ownership defaults to the group owner (you).

This does not apply to the message archive.

What this means for you:? If you want photo and file ownership to be retained in the transfer, you either have to let the transfer agent move them, or find some way to subscribe all the "active" subscribers to the GIO group ahead of time, using the same email addresses they are currently using in the Yahoo group.?

My original advice (to just let the agent move everybody and remove the inactive people afterward) stands. I really think you'll have less of a mess to clean up that way.

Hope this helps,
Bruce
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 01:09 pm, Marga Blankestijn wrote:

I'd really much rather let sleeping dogs lie ;)

Folks have used both methods.? Having the transfer agent handle everything seems to cause the fewest problems.? When the members get the email notice that they've been added to the new group, it conveniently includes a link for them to unsubscribe.? I've only heard of a very few that got irate about things.? There have also been some that became active in the group again because of the increased reliability.

Duane
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