FAQ on transferring from YahooGroups #howtoguide #transfer #yahoo
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/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/FAQ-on-Moving-from-YahooGroups
Basic info. Hope you find it useful. Frances -- |
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On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 05:33 PM, Jan Smith wrote:
-From what I read, to have my Yahoo Group transferred to google.io, I would have to join the Premium Yearly Plan which has a fee.? Is that correct?Yes. -I don't want to pay a fee, so is there a way to create my own group here and get my members to join and still have the Basic Plan?? I don't want photos, files or conversations to be transferred over.? Just members.? How, do I do that? 8. What are my alternatives to paying for the Premium Yearly plan?
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Moving members:
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You can Upgrade your group to the Premium for one Month only ($10 USD) in order to upload a list of members (Direct Add). However everything else would need to be copied manually.
On the Basic plan (free) you can upload a list of members to the Invite page. Similar to a Yahoo Group, it sends an invitation to each email address and the invitee must receive and respond to the invitation before they are added to the Members list.
To obtain a list of your Yahoo Group members you can go to the Manage Members page and in the Actions menu Export (download) a csv or tsv format file. It is best to open the file in a spreadsheet like Excel, then you can easily copy the Email column to paste into the Direct Add or Invite page. Note: this is only for groups with 1000 or fewer members, due to Yahoo's Export restriction.
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?Send a message to your YahooGroups members on YahooGroups inviting them to join your new home. Include the URL. Or tell them to send a blank email to the Subscribe email address found at the bottom of your group's home page (that is, [GROUPNAME][email protected] ?substituting the real group name for GROUPNAME).
I realize most people want everything transferred but I have so many photos with full year folders since 2007, conversations, too.? Way too many and the groups isn't that active, so just want my members.AND: ? 11. How do I stop people posting on Yahoo Groups after the transfer?
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Assuming you have already sent the group a notice of intent to transfer, you only need follow up with those who didn't get the message. The easiest way is to put the entire group on moderation. Or in the YahooGroup management settings, you can set it so that nobody can post to the group.
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This applies whether or not you are transferring. Let people know what is happening. Give them the new email address for posting. Put everyone on moderation to stop people posting in YahooGroups. And I suggested to Apple users to get rid of the Yahoo email address in Window, Previous Recipients in Mail.
-- Frances FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 08:07 PM, Jan Smith wrote:
Pablo, so you are saying that if you do NOT transfer the Yahoo group, you can just invite members without having to go to the Premium Yearly Plan, is that correct?Jan -- That is correct. You can set up a group on the Basic plan, invite the subscribers from your Yahoo Group, and pay nothing. However, if you want your content (files/photos/etc) to be copied over for you...and especially if you want your old messages to be moved over...you must pay the piper. So the first thing you have to decide is how valuable this old content may be to the continued functioning of the group. I went to the link you posted above and then someone posted that they could just copy and paste email addresses into the invitations box.?That will work. I'm nervous that I will mess it up.? Someone said they put email addresses in a file and then uploaded.You can do either, or both. Maybe getting too old for this, gee.It's not that hard to invite people, and there's really little you can do to mess things up. At worst, the invitations you attempt to send will not go out; at best, you will gain new confidence in how to run your group.? Regards, Bruce |
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I was almost done, just had to upload the list of names & UIDs into the INVITE for my ~80 subscribers, ? |
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To be totally clear, this is not a "limit"...you can send as many invitations as you want. However, there will be a waiting period while groups.io management reviews the list of invitees to ensure you are not a spammer. The remaining invitations usually go out within a few hours. If you wish, you can go to Admin>Invite and click on the "Sent Invitations" button at the top to check status (or wait for the promised email notification).
See /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Inviting-new-members Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki /static/help More help: use the search button at the top of the Messages list. |
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 04:59 PM, Hermen wrote:
So i started a group with a monthly payment plan. Is that enough to use the Transfer Agent or do i really need to pay 110 up front??Hermen -- You really need to pay $110 up front. The agent is not going to do your transfer for you only to have you "change your mind." I have 4 groups on Yahoo that i would like to transfer to this 1 group on Groups.ioIt is possible, if you're sure that's what you really want to do. Regards, Bruce |
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 05:30 PM, Bry Carling AF4K wrote:
Thanks Hermen, but - WHY is it SO HARD to get information about this $110.00 ??Creating a group costs nothing, so it stands to reason that you wouldn't run into this information until you start looking around for transfer instructions. They made it sound like everyhting would transfer over and no mention of $110I don't know who "they" might be.? Regards, Bruce |
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We've been looking at groups.io and thinking hard about transferring our Yahoo group to Google groups.? We really don't need all the stuff at groups.io and there doesn't seem to be a fee to go to Google groups.? Are we understanding things correctly? Michael
On Monday, October 21, 2019, 2:01:43 PM PDT, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 04:59 PM, Hermen wrote: So i started a group with a monthly payment plan. Is that enough to use the Transfer Agent or do i really need to pay 110 up front??Hermen -- You really need to pay $110 up front. The agent is not going to do your transfer for you only to have you "change your mind." I have 4 groups on Yahoo that i would like to transfer to this 1 group on Groups.ioIt is possible, if you're sure that's what you really want to do. Regards, Bruce |
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 10:41 PM, Michael Hertz wrote:
Are we understanding things correctly?There is currently only a fee if transferring a group from Yahoo.? If you just want to start a new group, it's free until the new rates take effect next year some time. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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