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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

 

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Date: 2019-10-19 07:44 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] chrystalline
Thanks! I've been trying to share the word with my groups. Figured out the missing messages were deleted from the archive. Yahoo numbers the messages, and the numbers don't change just because the member and/or moderator deletes a message that came before.

You can add FuRenR to the completely downloaded groups, then, barring the deleted messages. I don't know if anyone still has those.
Edited (completion) Date: 2019-10-19 07:48 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2019-10-19 10:04 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I don't know what this last part that you wrote means

"You can add FuRenR to the completely downloaded groups, then, barring the deleted messages. I don't know if anyone still has those."

M.D. not logged in

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Date: 2019-10-19 10:28 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] chrystalline
Oh, sorry. From context of some of the other comments, I thought you were keeping a spreadsheet of YahooGroups that have been fully downloaded or are in the process of being downloaded, so I figured it should be added to the list. If I misunderstood, I apologize. I was only trying to help where I can.

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Date: 2019-10-19 10:32 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Yes I am updating the spreadsheet. Just juggling a lot of balls...or groups.

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Date: 2019-10-20 01:25 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] chrystalline
Completely understand that. I found the form and submitted it that way, though I wasn't sure how to answer the moderator question. It's a subgroup of another group, and over there someone's asked for permission to host everyone's stories on an archive, but I wasn't sure if that counted.

I also collated the best I could find for alternatives, but I made it my own post to try not to bombard you again over here:
https://chrystalline.dreamwidth.org/728.html

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Date: 2019-10-20 01:42 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] chrystalline
Good idea. Hope you don't mind I copy/pasted without much editing. I don't have a lot of traffic, having been mostly dormant for years, but I wanted to help.

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