My understanding of this whole ATT/Yahoo/etc. divorce is that the login
method is changing. At one time, you could use those other login names and
the Yahoo Groups would take that email id and password, pass it along to the
right party, get a validation token, and then let you log in. So you didn't
need a different id and password. But with the changes, that method is being
discontinued. It will mean that Groups needs some id and password that
Groups knows as valid to let you into the website. Now you can still use the
normal email, and that isn't being affected. But to get to the group files
and stuff, then you need make sure the Group's membership system knows you
by some other id in addition to the email addresses you use.
As a moderator on some of the groups, the moderator group has been hashing
this for quite a while. It looks messy to say the least.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
www.cnymod.com
www.syracusemodelrr.org
Ken Cameron