I hated it too guys , but its easy, go to yahoo, and there a link to convert
your egroups over to Yahoo groups. I didnt remember my egroups password, so I
had to have it emailed to me. Then it takes you to a screen where you come up
with a Yahoogroups ID name (anyname, most good ones are taken though) and a
password, and your done.
Jim
J. Larry Hendry wrote:
> I don't understand this at all. I didn't have to do anything. I can still
> access the stuff from my regular mail account. I do have the Yahoo
> Messenger (which is wonderful BTW). So, I had a Yahoo ID already. When my
> ISP mail server went down I hopped over to Yahoo and had e-mail set up in 5
> minutes by entering my existing password. When I tried to post to the motm
> list it would not let me. But, a link came up that absolutely held my had
> through the process and had me posting in about 5 minutes.
>
> My problem is now that I don't need the mail account any more I cannot
> figure out how to close it.
> Larry Hendry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tkacs, Ken <ken.tkacs@...>
> To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:07 AM
> Subject: RE: [motm] First pics of my MOTMized Wiard MiniWave
>
> I agree 100%. I'm not even going to bother; I'm sick of filling out web
> forms already.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bivins [mailto:dbivins@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 January, 2001 10:54 AM
> To: 'motm@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [motm] First pics of my MOTMized Wiard MiniWave
>
> This is pissing me off bigtime. I ∗had∗ a Yahoo ID at some point, and I'm
> not really interested in setting up another account. Worse, I am the ∗owner∗
> of an egroups list, and they never even sent me an e-mail telling me how to
> transition to the new system. So my mailing list is essentially held hostage
> until I fill out Yahoo's bullshit form.
>
> The deal is that Yahoo bought egroups and instead of letting the egroups
> interface stand (which was brilliant because they only needed your f∗∗∗ing
> e-mail address, not your freakin' pet's name) they're forcing everyone to
> get one of their precious IDs.
>
> Flaky flaky flaky.
>
> Sorry for the grumpiness--worked the night through,
>
> David.
>