Well, this is what I've been sending (replacing the ***** with the group's name):
Hi, I'm Doranwen, and I'm one of the many volunteers who are attempting to make backups of Yahoo Groups before all of the data disappears thanks to Yahoo's recent decision to scale back Yahoo Groups to mailing lists only. I have applied to join your group ****** in an effort to preserve this data. Let me explain what I will do, if you'll approve my membership:
- I will use a software program to download all of the files and photos for safekeeping.
- I will use the same software program to crawl all of the messages and save them to a database format (db3).
- I will export the messages to a single HTML file. (Future export possibilities include a nicer formatted HTML, as well as a couple SQL types.)
- I will upload these to a *private* Mega.nz folder, and provide you with the link to your group's messages and other files. I will also send a copy to the Open Doors project for preservation. They are committed to preserving the data, but will not share it publicly unless given permission by group moderators (indeed, at this time they have no framework in place for sharing it at all, but simply wish to preserve while we still have the opportunity to do so). You can see more information about these efforts here: https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/14117
Thank you for considering this request.
Doranwen
I've tweaked a few things along the way (just edited now to improve - I'm terrible at email, I always say more than I need to and have to keep paring down to the essentials), and I'm sure a few more things could be tweaked to improve it (for instance, maybe I don't need to mention the possibility of the nicer-formatted HTML files as I don't know if I can scrounge up $25 anyway - I literally don't even have that much extra this month, period, and it's hard to justify for that one simple purpose, as useful as it will be). But that's the gist of it.
I linked them to the post on AO3 because it's the most thorough explanation of the situation (and it links here anyway). And others may have a different method of sharing the files, but I think a Mega folder is probably the best option, at least for me. It's secure (I can provide only the link to their data and not the entire folder - and no one else can access anyone else's with it), permanent (no 30-day expiration after the last download or something similar), and will hold a whole lot of data.
Re: The Great Purge
Hi, I'm Doranwen, and I'm one of the many volunteers who are attempting to make backups of Yahoo Groups before all of the data disappears thanks to Yahoo's recent decision to scale back Yahoo Groups to mailing lists only. I have applied to join your group ****** in an effort to preserve this data. Let me explain what I will do, if you'll approve my membership:
- I will use a software program to download all of the files and photos for safekeeping.
- I will use the same software program to crawl all of the messages and save them to a database format (db3).
- I will export the messages to a single HTML file. (Future export possibilities include a nicer formatted HTML, as well as a couple SQL types.)
- I will upload these to a *private* Mega.nz folder, and provide you with the link to your group's messages and other files. I will also send a copy to the Open Doors project for preservation. They are committed to preserving the data, but will not share it publicly unless given permission by group moderators (indeed, at this time they have no framework in place for sharing it at all, but simply wish to preserve while we still have the opportunity to do so). You can see more information about these efforts here: https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/14117
Thank you for considering this request.
Doranwen
I've tweaked a few things along the way (just edited now to improve - I'm terrible at email, I always say more than I need to and have to keep paring down to the essentials), and I'm sure a few more things could be tweaked to improve it (for instance, maybe I don't need to mention the possibility of the nicer-formatted HTML files as I don't know if I can scrounge up $25 anyway - I literally don't even have that much extra this month, period, and it's hard to justify for that one simple purpose, as useful as it will be). But that's the gist of it.
I linked them to the post on AO3 because it's the most thorough explanation of the situation (and it links here anyway). And others may have a different method of sharing the files, but I think a Mega folder is probably the best option, at least for me. It's secure (I can provide only the link to their data and not the entire folder - and no one else can access anyone else's with it), permanent (no 30-day expiration after the last download or something similar), and will hold a whole lot of data.