Monthly Archives: June 2008

Yahoo! Groups Tip: Groups Privacy Settings

Ever wonder what privacy controls you have on Yahoo! Groups? Well, there are three settings that control who can join your group, who can find your group, and who can see your group messages that I wanted to highlight. Membership … Continue reading

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Please send requests for help to Customer Care

A quick reminder that requests for help with your group should be sent to Customer Care. You can also search the Groups Help pages for answers to common questions. The Groups Message Boards are another place to go to get … Continue reading

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New offerings from Yahoo! Mail (and why it’s important to you)

In case you haven’t heard the latest news from Yahoo! Mail – if you weren’t able to get that special yahoo.com email address you had hoped for, now is your chance to try again. The only catch is that this … Continue reading

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Yahoo! Groups: How long does it really take?

Over the years we’ve seen a lot of speculation around how long it really takes for changes made to group settings to be reflected when users search and browse in the Groups directory. The truth is that some common changes … Continue reading

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Yahoo! Groups India: Re-cap of the Moderators’ Union in Mumbai

  A home maker’s confidence boosted up beyond the four walls of her home, a trainer found the clientele for his training sessions without any marketing or website, a whistler could gather all the performers of this rare art in … Continue reading

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Groups Podcast: Keeping the Groups site up & running

Over time I’ve been asked by several groups users what it takes to keep a product like Yahoo! Groups up and running, so I thought it would be fun to meet with Ian, the person who leads the team that … Continue reading

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HTML code in messages and Groups site slowness

Update: 6/13 – The Y! Mail team is still working towards finding resolution to this issue. I am terribly sorry for the continued inconvenience. I’ll post an update when this issue gets resolved. We are aware that there is a … Continue reading

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Yahoo! Groups Tip: Advanced message search

Did you know that there’s an advanced message search feature within Yahoo! Groups? Just click Advanced next to the search box on your group’s messages page, a new page opens up with options you can select to create a very … Continue reading

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