They did change this since I saw it:
"Attention: Starting December
14, 2019 Yahoo Groups will no longer host user created content on its
sites. New content can no longer be uploaded after October 28, 2019.
Sending/Receiving email functionality is not going away, you can
continue to communicate via any email client with your group members."
But in another place it says that Conversations will be gone. In another spot, it also said we could use e-maiI. I took that to mean everything that usually gets posted will no longer be posted (and after December 14th all previous posts will disappear), but if we want to e-mail people in the group, we can do that instead.
I read that the digests will be gone, too.
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What features will go away?
- Files
- Polls
- Links
- Photos
- Folders
- Calendar
- Database
- Attachments
- Conversations
- Email Updates
- Message Digest
- Message History
What will happen on October 28?
On October 28, you will no longer be able to upload any content to the site. To share info with members of your groups, you'll continue to be able to do so via email.
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It looks like they changed this to October 28 to match the banner. Earlier today it said October 21.
To me it is saying, there will be nothing hosted. You can send e-mails to "the group." You will only receive e-mails. You will get all e-mails as individual e-mails from anyone in the group who sends an e-mail. If haven't saved all e-mails or all digests since you joined, you not be able to look anything up.
So, if someone asks a question and I know there were threads that addressed the question/possible workaround/solutions/etc., it will be impossible to search the site for those posts and it will be impossible to refer the person to the thread(s) aka conversation(s).
There will be composing of "posts" in a browser. You can use your usual e-mail client to write an e-mail and send it to everyone in the group.
At least that is what I understood earlier and upon double checking again, that's what it looks like to me.
Groups currently have owners and moderators. It seems that they are now using the word "admins" who will have some limited access to settings and tools. It is unclear what those will be. It is unclear if the same or similar procedures will be used to approve or disapprove applicants.
------------------------------------------------------------------Will I be able to use Yahoo Groups going forward?
You'll still be able to communicate with your groups via email and search for private groups on the site. In addition, admins will continue to have limited access to group settings and administration tools.