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(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

 

Date change?

Date: 2019-10-17 08:39 am (UTC)
enchantedsleeper: Hello Kitty holding a pencil (Default)
From: [personal profile] enchantedsleeper
I was just checking the help page and it looks like the date might have changed - it now says "Beginning October 28..." So that gives us an extra week at least.

Also, if you can still log in to the associated Yahoo! account, it looks like you can use the Verizon Privacy Dashboard to download archived data from your Groups. This is per my Wired email newsletter this morning.

Re: Date change?

Date: 2019-10-17 04:23 pm (UTC)
enchantedsleeper: Hello Kitty holding a pencil (Default)
From: [personal profile] enchantedsleeper
That's odd. The link works completely fine for me...

Re: Date change?

Date: 2019-10-17 10:17 pm (UTC)
enchantedsleeper: Hello Kitty holding a pencil (Default)
From: [personal profile] enchantedsleeper
Nope, I'm pretty sure their services don't extend to the UK.

I get taken to: https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha (that's an approximation of the link, it's session-specific so it won't work a second time) and then after doing the Captcha, got taken to: https://yahoo.mydashboard.oath.com/lite

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