That is such sad news. I feel for all of the people who this will hit and my prayers are with them. ~ Marian...
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ro_esp2
Apr 5, 2012 2:10 am
... I think you should go to the help pages and click "contact customer care". If they feel like it (..) they will make you "full-moderator", which would...
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pg fl
ponygroom
Apr 5, 2012 2:10 am
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/us-yahoo-layoff-idUSBRE8330LY20120404 I figured they would keep ad sales people, and international stuff, but cut ...
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Shadow Grafix
ashara5_1998
Apr 5, 2012 10:35 pm
I heard on tv yesterday that they've already laid off 200, but the report I heard on tv didn't say if it was any particular department. They were a lot more...
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bluz_lover1
Apr 5, 2012 10:36 pm
Does anyone else have a problem with garbage characters rather than the proper punctuation marks in some posts? I know it happens when copying and pasting...
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Shal Farley
shalfarley
Apr 6, 2012 12:57 am
bluz_lover1, ... Yes, this has been discussed numerous times. ... It is an incompatibility between the character encoding used by the sender and that used by...
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Marian Helmick
imaparent41
Apr 6, 2012 1:31 am
My site archives have that in most of the posts. I don't get them on emails though. (thankfully). Your email I received doesn't have any garbage characters...
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Marian Helmick
imaparent41
Apr 6, 2012 1:32 am
I worry about our groups being discontinued at some point. I value the greatness of what we have with the groups and hope they don't cut them. ~ Marian...
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ottawahitech
Apr 6, 2012 1:36 am
... According to: <http://adage.com/article/digital/yahoo-layoffs-affect-communications-department/233942/> Yahoo is particularly harsh laying off people in...
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David Bruce
tractor57
Apr 6, 2012 1:57 am
Having been through a few mergers and restructurings layoffs are not unexpected. Neither are elimination of some services. Is Groups one of the services to...
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Bill Sardone
wsardone
Apr 6, 2012 3:11 am
Of the things yahoo has not done right...I think groups is one of the things they HAVE done fairly well. In fact...I think they have a good corner on this...
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BW
b12b1
Apr 6, 2012 3:11 am
Thank you so much for this information. I have been so busy trying to find answers that I forgot to check back. Please excuse me. I will go to these...
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Ian Gillis
ianjgillis
Apr 6, 2012 1:29 pm
... Hi Bill, I'm afraid I can't agree with you. Yahoo Groups software is old, clunky, unreliable and poorly supported. A partial roll-out of a "Facebook-ized"...
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Chris B
chrisjbrady
Apr 6, 2012 6:03 pm
I applied to join this apparently private Group cutweb@yahoogroups.com via email. In response I got the following email: === Cutweb on YahooFriday, 6 April,...
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Shal Farley
shalfarley
Apr 6, 2012 8:47 pm
C.J.Brady, ... Nope. It is explicitly allowed by the Groups Guidelines. "In non-adult Groups, you may not use Yahoo! Groups for commercial or advertising...
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Shari
webweaver64
Apr 7, 2012 2:09 am
Where is this against the TOS? It's a private group....
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t2000kwt
Apr 7, 2012 2:10 am
If they do that, if it's worth it to you, you can set up a web site on a server like http://www.hostgator.com/ (I have no financial or other interest in their...
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Ken M
magaroulian
Apr 7, 2012 2:10 am
Hi guys. I'm in Australia, if that's relevant. I'm Group Owner/co-Moderator of a Yahoo Group. Normally, when someone posts to the Group, his/her posts comes...
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vickie_00
Apr 7, 2012 2:45 am
Layoffs sometimes is about downsizing some of the work force, this is especially true if new management comes in. In todays economy I suppose the layoffs is...
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kiaj45
Apr 7, 2012 8:36 pm
Every now and then I get a pop up message asking if I want to archive and don't understand the process. What is the purpose of archiving group messages? Is it...
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regal5575
Apr 7, 2012 8:36 pm
I agree that groups is one thing they did "right". If it were not for "groups" I wouldn't be on Yahoo at all....
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tonyny77
Apr 7, 2012 8:42 pm
All, The message search function for my group has been working like a champ, lately. I hope others have seen the same improvement in their groups. In the...
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bluz_lover1
Apr 7, 2012 8:43 pm
Thanks, this is very helpful. Although, I don't actually use email to view or answer posts - I do that online in the group. It does explain why other people...
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bluz_lover1
Apr 7, 2012 8:45 pm
... Hi, I don't use email for groups, but you probably receive yours in email. I read and post in the group itself. I checked the group archives, and yes, we...
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Richard B
rboylern
Apr 7, 2012 9:02 pm
It has something to do, or so I have surmised over the years, with HTML compatibility and various websites and email providers. It's annoying for sure; but I...
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syed-mohsin naquvi
mnaquvi
Apr 7, 2012 9:08 pm
It also happens if you are using the Windows 7 (or XP) multi-language facility. Sometimes the Unicode  option does not work in the VIEW tab of the menu and...
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makebelieve archive
daltonavon6
Apr 7, 2012 9:13 pm
try making sure you have your word processor set to plain text. the fancy stuff can mess it up. Also check your encoding. on the webpage if its converting...
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nowfuchsfree
Apr 7, 2012 10:24 pm
I'm curious. If a group closes and the owner clicks "delete group", can the name be reused? If so, does anyone know how long a time period would elapse...
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Vicki Siedow
vickisiedow
Apr 7, 2012 10:29 pm
I hesitate to jinx it, but my groups have never had a problem of any significance. Even when the whole system is messed up, my groups have experienced very...
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Lorrie
minilorrie
Apr 8, 2012 12:50 am
It is soooo nice to hear people praising the Groups instead of complaining if some insignificant problem happens. Most problems solve themselves or are...
