Catch-22: Can't Transfer Yahoo Group
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Unable to "invite" <[email protected]> to become a member of my existing Yahoo group, which is Step 3 in the transfer process.
To invite new members, Yahoo requires that they have a "Yahoo ID" [account] with a valid Yahoo email address. SHAME on IO for not knowing this, and simply providing <[email protected]>. And stupid of me to have pre-paid $220 (in STEP 1) without being able to execute Step 3. I seek a way out of this, either: 1) Finding a way to invite a valid Yahoo-ID equivalent of <[email protected]> or 2) Getting my money back, for blatant misrepresentation on the part of IO |
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On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 01:07 PM, Doug wrote:
SHAME on IO for not knowing this, and simply providing <[email protected]>Thousands of groups have been transferred using the information, so I'm not sure what your problem is.? Try going to /g/GroupManagersForum/message/24431 and carefully following all the steps, IN ORDER. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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Doug,
As several have and will point out, it's a valid ID that's been used by a very large number of Yahoo refugees. Just one thought, you have tried just [email protected]?rather than <[email protected]>? Derek |
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Doug, To invite new members, Yahoo requires that they have a "Yahoo ID" [account] with a valid Yahoo email address.
The text on the Invite Members page says you can enter an email address.
See the screen shot at Step 3 here: SHAME on IO for not knowing this, and simply providing <[email protected]>. Yeah, like you're the first person to ever try this. And stupid of me to have pre-paid $220 (in STEP 1) without being able to execute Step 3. Well, that may be true. On that same wiki page see the section Test your ability to promote members in your Yahoo Group -- In Step 4 you have one more requirement beyond simply inviting the transfer address. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Tried all flavors, Derek -- with and without < > and "? " Sorry, an error occurred while loading the content.
You can invite 100 more members today.
Send email to invite people to join your
group. Enter email addresses or Yahoo IDs separated by commas.You can
add first name and last name of the members you are inviting.? Example:
firstname lastname <emailid@...> Invited users need to accept the invitation, sign-in with their Yahoo ID to become members.
On Friday, November 22, 2019, 2:24:31 PM EST, Derek Milliner <derek.milliner@...> wrote:
Doug, As several have and will point out, it's a valid ID that's been used by a very large number of Yahoo refugees. Just one thought, you have tried just [email protected]?rather than <[email protected]>? Derek |
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Doug,
That's been a common Yahoo error ever since the 2013 Neo redesign. The "browser ritual" might help: Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Friday, November 22nd, 2019
4:08 PM, DC Time, First Try 4:33 PM, DC Time, Second Try 5:08 PM, DC Time, Third Try (Responding to Doug Boulton's message to the group at 2:05 PM today) I'm having the same problem, Doug, and await any explanation or correction that Groups.Io has to offer. Haven't seen anything on it so far. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know what's going on? Charles Stevenson Northern virginia anjinsan AT geotrees com |
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On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 05:17 PM, CStevenson/Geotrees.Com wrote:
Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know what's going on?If we're talking about the "error while loading the content" problem, it's a bug in Yahoo Groups, not groups.io ... and it happens A LOT. The answer is what Shal said (/g/GroupManagersForum/message/24570). Keep trying, refreshing the page beforehand, or even try a different browser. Oh and by the way, you must be an Owner of the Yahoo group, or a Moderator with "promote" permissions. If you're not, find someone who is. Good luck, Bruce |
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Charles: I switched from a Mac (at home) to a PC for public use at my local library, and, using Internet Explorer, was finally able to send the "invitation" out to [email protected] Where it goes from here is anybody's guess, but at least the pawn has advanced one small (but important) step forward . . .
On Friday, November 22, 2019, 5:17:58 PM EST, CStevenson/Geotrees.Com <anjinsan@...> wrote:
Friday, November 22nd, 2019 4:08 PM, DC Time, First Try 4:33 PM, DC Time, Second Try 5:08 PM, DC Time, Third Try (Responding to Doug Boulton's message to the group at 2:05 PM today) I'm having the same problem, Doug, and await any explanation or correction that Groups.Io has to offer.? Haven't seen anything on it so far. Has anyone else had this problem?? Does anyone know what's going on? Charles Stevenson Northern virginia anjinsan AT geotrees com |
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Dennis, see this new post.
Yahoo has an outage - for now. /g/GroupManagersForum/message/24643 Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 12:17 AM, Gesine wrote:
Gesine -- Thanks for your kind words of support. Folks can't yell at Yahoo, because there's no one on the other end....so you end up unloading on anyone who will listen, which is frequently right here in GMF. It's all unfortunate, and unfair, but it is human nature. I for one am growing accustomed to it, and it's nice to know it will all be over in a couple months. Meanwhile, here's a reminder that we do still have the IHateYahooGroups group where people having problems along these lines can go and vent their spleen. Regards, Bruce |
So, just to be sure, the OP's problem, to not be able to invite?[email protected]?was a brower issue on a Mac, and was solved on a PC. Greg, see this message: /yahootransfer And? /g/GroupManagersForum/message/24643 A sticky on the GMF list of topics.? Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers |
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Dennis Steckley wrote: One of the yahoogroups on which I used to be able to issue invitations no longer allows me to do so for the past couple of weeks.? And another yahoo group used to allow me to appoint other moderators, but I can't now.? As of now, that means the transfers of both those groups are dead in the water due to absentee owners.? I keep trying on yahoo, figuring if it glitched one way, perhaps it will glitch back the other way.? One did the other day, allowing me to invite and change groups.io to moderator, but within five minutes it reverted back, apparently before the changes could take place.? Frustrating. Dennis, are you using an ID that does not end in @yahoo.com to moderate? You know, Yahoo issued an email (pretty cryptic) stating that only people with yahoo.com accounts could be administrators. (It never occurred to me that this was a precursor to the shutdown.) At that time, I created a Yahoo.com account and made it a moderator, too. I continued to use my old ID for everything, actually having two email addresses associated with the same group. Now that the shutdown is occurring, I wanted to back my group up, so I got PG Offline. It could not download the group using my old ID. I had to use the Yahoo ID. Could you be having the same issue? BTW, the email also stated that the accounts with non-Yahoo domains that Yahoo services (ymail, rocketmail, sbcglobal, bellsouth, ameritech, att, etc.) were included in the disallowed group; they could not be administrators. Larry |
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