Yahoo Groups Shutting Down - Dec 14, 2019 (UPDATED)

[morgandawn]

(Updated Oct 25, 2019)

Starting Oct 28, 2019 no new files (photos, documents, etc) will be allowed to be uploaded. Starting Dec 14, 2019, Yahoo Groups will be limited to emails only - functions like digest will be eliminated and all files and photos will be deleted. Admins will have limited tools and all groups will be invite only. And archives of existing messages will not longer be accessible.

What To Do?

I have a step by step guide here. The short version

1. Admins - back up your Groups and decide whether and where to move
2. Members - back up your Groups - don't leave this to the admins.
3. Everyone - consider documenting Yahoo Groups on Fanlore, help spread the word

The OTW has made an announcement. Their Open Doors preservation program is open to  providing storage of Yahoo Groups backups that are assembled by moderators and non-moderators alike. Details here.

Fans are gathering on a Discord Channel to chat and ask for and give help:  https://discord.gg/ek2xFyJ (updated invite)

Please follow the Yahoo Group Rescue Tumblr for updates

 

Comments

A helpful tool

[sakura_no_miko]

So, I've been having some fun, since my Yahoo ID goes back to 2005, and inactive accounts have been purged. Originally, I signed up for a Yahoo account but I linked my hotmail up to receive messages. So I had the hotmail account, but not the Yahoo ID.

What I had to do was set up a new Yahoo account, link that same ID, and then run this tool to make it all sync up:
https://joshuatj.com/2018/07/18/your-email-address-is-not-linked-to-a-yahoo-id-yahoo-groups/

And it let me back to the old mailing lists I was subbed to 15 years ago.

Re: A helpful tool

[(Anonymous)]

Also, some of the groups I'm in have been overrun with spambots. One is unfortunately filled to the brim with p*rn ads and pictures, with the actual fandom stuff buried several years back. Ugh. Anyone else run into this issue?

Re: A helpful tool

[morgandawn]

yes, I spot check the year the numbers of messages balloon. Then go to most recent messages to see if the moderators or anyone else is active. Then cut off downloads in the year the bots took over.

I download all the files and photos making certain my virus filters are running.