I am having a terrible time finding the page that gives us the status of our transfer. Could someone step me through this again? I didn’t have trouble earlier this week but I must have forgotten something, We are at stage 3 waiting to be transferred into our premium group.

Thank you!
Susan B

[Mod Note:? Instructions are at /g/GroupManagersForum/message/19948]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 03:01 PM, John Curran Ladd wrote:

I am having a similar problem. I follow the instructions to go to? /yahootransfer? but there isn't a dropdown box next to View Existing Transfer Status - it is just bare text

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I only initiated the request 2 days ago, so that could be the problem

John -- There is no longer a dropdown box at this location. It is now just a list of links, one for each transfer you have underway. As best I can tell, this was changed yesterday morning. Apparently, too many people were struggling to realize that they had to actually click in the box and select a group name.

If you have no list of links here...and it appears that you do not...then you don't have any transfers started. Please also consider that you could you be logged in with the wrong email address.

Regards,
Bruce

John,

From the FAQ I mentioned:

8. How do I check the transfer status?

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Transfers are queued up when you first set it up and processed in that order until you get to Step 5.?

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At that point they are re-ordered based on when the transfer go-ahead is given and uploaded to in that order (unless you pay $200 for priority service).

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When you click on the green "Set Up New Transfer" button at bottom left of the Yahoo groups transfer page (/yahootransfer), a new page will come up where you can enter the source and destination group names.?

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There is also a series of checkboxes for the various areas of the group to transfer (files, photos, members, messages, etc). Simply uncheck the ones you don't want before clicking the "Start New Transfer Process" button.

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(a) If you've already started a transfer:

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Go to the Yahoo transfer page at /yahootransfer

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Select the transfer you want to check status on from "Existing Transfers" at lower right (i.e.: click on the name)

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The box at the top of the resulting page will tell you the status of that transfer.

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Repeat for any other transfers you may have in progress.

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?- if the status is the message that starts "Make sure you have sent an invite to your group":

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This means that Groups.io has not received your invite yet and that you should send another one. They will send you an email once they have received and accepted an invite. If this message hasn't been updated within 6 hours of you sending your invite, please send another one. This notice will be updated when they ?have received your invite.?

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(b) For transfers that are actually approved and in progress, see where you are in the queue:

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When you go to edit your transfer, if it's been submitted for transfer, you'll now see one of these 4 status lines:

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Your group is awaiting export from Yahoo. [Step 1 of 4]

Your group is being exported from Yahoo right now. [Step 2 of 4]

Your group is awaiting import into Groups.io. There are about N groups ahead of it in the queue. [Step 3 of 4] **

Your group is being imported into Groups.io right now. [Step 4 of 4]

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** Where N in Step 3 is an estimate as to where you are in the queue. i.e. Your group is about 70th in the queue right now.

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Step 4 is the biggest bottleneck, as I can only import so many groups at a time without overloading the system. I can't give an estimate as to how long each group takes to be imported, because each group is different (how many photos, how many messages, etc). Also it's dependent on how many groups have requested expedited processing at the time.

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Source:

/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/FAQ-on-Moving-from-Yahoo-Groups

Frances

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On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 02:50 PM, John Curran Ladd wrote:

I still see only empty screen next to "View existing ..."

Then you haven''t initiated a transfer.? Follow the steps at /g/GroupManagersForum/topic/detailed_instructions_on_how/39832225 carefully.

Duane
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