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PGO-2-GIO is live!

 

Hi All,
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I have just finished loading a 3878 message group without incident and that concludes the beta test phase for PGO-2-GIO.
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PGO-2-GIO (or P2G as we call it internally) accepts PG4 & DB3 format databases.?
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You can import MBOX data into PGO and then export it as PG4 for import into P2G.
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Its $50 + $1 per 1000 messages uploaded with the first 10,000 free.
There is no charge for multiple groups.
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It does attachments (GIO does not) and it preserves YG message numbers (GIO does not).
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It does not upload members (which GIO did do).
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It also does Files & Photos.
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My recommendation is to create a sub group of your groups.io main group called "Yahoo Archive"? or similar and temporarily change your display name on groups.io to ¡°Yahoo Archive¡±? or similar when you do the actual posting.
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All posted messages, files & photos will appear to come from that account.
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It is not possible to retain the original attribution as that would require that every group member that ever posted in YG join your group and then you would need to log in & out of each members account to post as them.
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Searching messages will still work because the original YG message number, poster & date/time of posting are retained in the message body.
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Obviously, when you set the sub group up, do not invite anyone to it till you¡¯ve loaded the archive data and set your own Notifications to off for the sub group or you¡¯ll get an email for every message you add.
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Also, make sure ¡°moderation¡± is OFF for the user you use to do the posting.
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Cheers,
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Wilson.
 

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:20 AM, Wilson Logan wrote:
it preserves YG message numbers
Sort of.? It's actually only accurate if there have been no posts in the GIO group before using it, as noted by Larry this morning, /g/GroupManagersForum/message/25903.

Duane
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A good strategy for someone using PGO-2-GIO for the first time is to pick a throwaway group name and do as many upload/delete cycles as needed. This will screen out bad attachments, file names munged by Yahoo, and other oddities. Once the messages and files have been groomed as needed, create the new group name and do a final upload. Then delete the throwaway group.

I had suggested that Wilson include an instruction to that effect with the final version.

Larry
 

How does one obtain this wonderful stuff:)
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 09:58 AM, Talmadge C 'TC' Carr wrote:
How does one obtain this wonderful stuff:)
Wondering that myself. I looked all over the Personal Groupware web site and could find no download link.

Until that changes it's still just a rumor.

Bruce
 

Beta test continues. Each version I've seen is better than the previous one.

Go to??and click on Contact at the upper right. Ask if you can join the Beta test.

Right now, I'm mostly pointing out usability issues and suggesting message texts that are more meaningful to a non-tech person. Also tweaking the scheme to retain Yahoo message numbers as GIO numbers, even when some Yahoo messages were deleted.

As long as you have a good PGO capture of your Yahoo group, the clock is no longer ticking.

Larry
Beta tester (not an official spokesman)
 

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 10:27 AM, Laurence Marks wrote:
Beta test continues. Each version I've seen is better than the previous one.
And yet, 23 hours earlier...

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 11:20 AM, Wilson Logan wrote:
I have just finished loading a 3878 message group without incident and that concludes the beta test phase for PGO-2-GIO.
These are, of course, mutually inconsistent; and I guess we can assume a last-minute glitch was discovered.?

Bruce

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