First off, thank you to all of you who have been affected by this issue and have
waited patiently while our team works to resolve the problem. We have been
working hard to complete a new, more powerful and scalable search system (rather
than simply patching the old system as we had done in the past), which is why
this fix has taken longer to complete.

But, we're happy to let you know that the team is in the final stages of QA-ing
the new system (checking for bugs, testing for stability, etc.); and if all goes
well, we should be able to start switching over affected groups in the next 2
weeks.

Eventually all groups will be switched over to this new system, but since we
don't the capacity to move all groups to the new system immediately (there are
more than 5 billion messages and 40 terabytes of data to index!), we want to
first address the groups who are having message search problems.

If the search bug has impacted your group and you'd like to ensure that it is on
the list for migration, please click on the link at the end of this message.

(Note: If you have already reported the problem to Customer Care, it is not
necessary to do so again. We have your information already. On the other hand,
reporting the problem a second time won't hurt either, so if your group is
having search issues and you're not sure absolutely sure it has been reported,
go ahead and complete the form).

This link will take you to a site where you'll be asked to provide:

- The email address of your group (this is listed at the bottom of the home page
of the group in the list of group email addresses— so, if you were the Moderator
for Moderator Central, you'd enter moderatorcentral@yahoogroups.com).

NOTE: If this issue affects more than one of your groups, please enter each
group address on a separate line in the form.

- Your role within the group (Member, Moderator, Owner, none)

- Your email address (please use the email address that you have registered with
Yahoo! Groups--if you have multiple email addresses registered with Yahoo!
Groups, please enter them all.)

If you have already reported your group's search issue to Customer Care,
remember that you do not need to fill out this form.

If your group is not currently experiencing search issues, please do not fill
out the form.

Your group will be migrated over to this new system in the near future, but in
the meantime, we want to ensure that all impacted groups are taken care of
before we begin migrating over groups that are not having any search problems.

Thanks for your patience and understanding while we work together to fix this
problem!

Now, here's the link to report your group's issue:
http://surveylink.yahoo.com/wix/p6290938.aspx

Melissa Daniels
Yahoo! Community Manager

PS, if for some reason you have trouble following the link in this message or
have difficulty reading this post, this same message has been posted to the
Yahoo! Groups blog.

The specific blog post that relating to this issue can be found here:
http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/2009/03/17/groups-search-update/ However, more
information on other Yahoo! Groups features (as well as up-to-date information
on issues) can be found by visiting the blog at http://www.ygroupsblog.com