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Subject: Re: [PolySix] Yahoo Groups shutting down

From: Ben Stuyts <yahoo@stuyts.nl>
Date: 2019-10-18

Yes, the files and photo’s are still available. I have a script running that’s archiving them (and retrying, and retrying…) as we speak actually. Just to be on the safe side.

Interesting point that you bring up w/respect to the fee and multiple subgroups! That would be a great opportunity to get all the Vintage Korg groups together and migrate everything over. I’ll have to make sure that this can be indeed done with the one $110 fee.

Can we get the word out to the other Korg groups? I’m not on any of them. I am already in touch with Florian from the MonoPoly list, but it would be great if any of the other group-owners could contact me off-list (just use yahoo@stuyts.nl). I will then try to coordinate our efforts.

Small technical detail/gotcha:

Please note that migration is ONLY possible if you are the actual list owner. Being a moderator is unfortunately not enough. This has to do with the fact that you have to add a new moderator (groups.io) to your Y!G, and only group owners can do that. Unfortunately there are some (many?) Yahoo Groups where the owner is no longer active/involved.

Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions!
Ben



On 18 Oct 2019, at 17:28, 'Chromatest J. Pantsmaker' chromatest@azburners.org [PolySix] <PolySix@yahoogroups.com> wrote:



I have groups ongroups.io.  It works so much better than yahoo.  I'm not sure if it's worth paying the $110 for the transfer.  If you decide it is, I suggest you go check the files and photos section here on this yahoogroup to see if you have access to the files.  I just checked another Y!G yesterday and I couldn't see most of the photos.

Yes, it's $100 pergroups.iogroup... HOWEVER... you can do an unlimited number of subgroups into that main group.  For example, You could do "analogkorg@groups.io" as the main group, pay the $110 and then transfer PolySix into a subgroup, "polysix@analogkorg.groups.io" and then MonoPoly into "monopoly@analogkorg.groups.io", etc....

Of course, after the year, it falls back to 1G of storage which would have to be divided up between the various sub-groups.

As far as requiring some information before approval, that is also possible withgroups.io.  It's just not as intuitive.  You set your questions in your initial new-member pending message.  When they reply to that message, the emails are attached to their address/account and then you can see that in "pending members".  Approve those with answers.  If they don't answer in two weeks, the pending member gets flushed.

I really dislike Y!G.  I can't reply to messages via PC.  I have to actually send the message from the gmail app on my phone.  If I send the same message from gmail on PC, it bounces.

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:10 AM Ben Stuytsyahoo@stuyts.nl[PolySix] <PolySix@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I have groups on groups.io.  It works so much better than yahoo.  I'm not sure if it's worth paying the $110 for the transfer.  If you decide it is, I suggest you go check the files and photos section here on this yahoogroup to see if you have access to the files.  I just checked another Y!G yesterday and I couldn't see most of the photos.

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:10 AM Ben Stuyts yahoo@stuyts.nl [PolySix] <PolySix@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi all,

This is your friendly moderator of the Polysix Yahoo Group. As you might have heard, Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Groups starting October 28. For details read:

https://www.theverge.com/2019/ 10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups- deleting-all-content-upload- message-boards-email- communities
and
https://help.yahoo.com/kb/ SLN31010.html

I suggest we move this group over to groups.io. I have already made a new group over there: https://groups.io/g/polysix. There is a possibility to migrate most of the content and memberships automatically. If nobody objects I will start this process in the next few days.

Kind regards,
Ben



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