Hi
Well I think I understand some of the issues after about an hour of testing - however it's much more fun testing when chip and suds are flying ;=)
Yahoo have changed terms of service so that even if a group declares Public access to everything (which Mach1Mach2 did) the non-members cannot access files etc. This was well advertised but I did not see implications.
I run with the "Remember my id on this computer" checked so normally when I click the Favorite I get straight into the group and am logged in. If one uses several Yahoo identities on one machine then this does not work. A different login clears the "memory".
If you follow the file link from an e-mail then one might not be logged in. In this case if you have not remembered an ID then the right click, Save Target As... ends up saving an webpage which is the Sign In screen!
If I have a remembered ID as an ordinary user then the Save fails stating that the file is unavailable. This must be a bug. If I have remembered my japrentice Sign In then I can access the file (either because I am a moderator or because I was the creator - I do not know which).
So my advice (apart from getting your manual from the "mirror sites" is to ignore the link in the message and to login and navigate in Yahoo! through the Files section.
My future notification will say something like:
In Yahoo! click on the Files link and move down the folder tree to end up right clicking on the file M2DocDrafts>M2MA2.3.pdf Choose the Save Target As... option and save the manual on your hard drive.
If you have time to experiment, apart from Quota Exceeded errors, does this formula work for you? Do let me know please.
Best wishes
John Prentice
