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

Archiving Yahoo Groups

[lmemsm]

I've put what information I could find on archiving programs for Yahoo Groups on my own dreamwidth page:
https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/11107.html

While I've personally had no luck with the archiving programs out there, I finally was able to successfully download the backup from Yahoo Groups itself of the groups I belong to. Not sure how much information it provides, but it includes groups I'm a member of, not just my own mailing lists. Would be happy to make the information available for any lists that don't have an issue with the information being made public.