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Re: yahoo groups demise

Subject: Re: yahoo groups demise
From: "Peter Shute" pshute2
Date: Tue Nov 5, 2019 12:58 pm ((PST))
Is Google Groups an option?

Peter Shute

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 06:30, John Crockett 
[naturerecordists] <> wrote:

>
>
> *"Attention:* Starting December 14, 2019 Yahoo Groups will no longer host
> user created content on its sites. New content can no longer be uploaded
> after October 28, 2019. Sending/Receiving email functionality is not goin=
g
> away, you can continue to communicate via any email client with your grou=
p
> members."
>
> Given this announcement from Yahoo, it seems rather urgent to save the
> archives.
>
> Can we hear from the list owner what we need to do to preserve this
> valuable resource?
>
> I am happy to contribute (a modest amount of) funds as well toward
> migrating to groups.io
>
> John Crockett
> Westminster, Vermont
>
>
> On Oct 21, 2019, at 1:21 AM, Wim van Dam 
> [naturerecordists] wrote:
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>
>
> I agree: moving from Yahoo groups to groups.io is indeed the sensible
> thing to do.I have been involved in several such moves and I can confirm
> that it is a seamless process.
>
> BUT...
>
> To move all of our 56k+ messages from YG to GIO we need some buy in:
> + We need the approval and cooperation of the current owners/moderators
> of the group
> + We need to find the funds for a one time payment of $110 to groups.io f=
or
> such a transfer.
>
> Discuss.
>
> Wim van Dam
> Solvang, CA, USA
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 9:53 PM Russell Dawkins  [naturer=
ecordists]
> <> wrote:
>
>> Apparently =93groups.io=94 is a good alternative and migration over is e=
asy.
>> I am a member of three other Yahoo groups going this way.
>>
>> Russell Dawkins
>>
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>> Posted by: Russell Dawkins <>
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>>
>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause=
..
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>>
>> Yahoo Groups Links
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