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Subject:Re: Yahoo groups closing?
From:Ben T
Date:Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:00:21 -0700

Sure, your messages are getting through. Check your email program. Maybe your spam bucket.

BenT

> On Oct 17, 2019, at 11:18 AM, Edward V Barger <edvbarger@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> HI   is this getting through to vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> I do get the messages but have not been able to post for the past couple of months 
> 
> Did go to the website but could not access it  
> 
> Have no idea of where to go from here 
> 
> thanks
> 
> ed
> 
> 
> Edward V Barger
> edvbarger@mac.com
> 310 922 6251
> “ Age is an issue of mind over matter … If you don’t mind 
> it doesn’t  matter "
> Mark Twain 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Oct 17, 2019, at 11:12 AM, Ben T <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> YG has been acting strange for awhile. I’ve got a few groups which I moderate there. One is still quite active. However, none have received any of the closure notices. I’ve read the news reports on the web. It seems to be a major problem only to public groups which have a lot of files and photos. 
>> 
>> 
>> BenT
>> 
>>> On Oct 17, 2019, at 10:12 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
>>> Date: Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 12:24 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Yahoo groups closing?
>>> To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
>>> Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Most of the groups are moving to groups.io.  They make it pretty easy.
>>> 
>>> I don't think them closing is a bad thing at this point as they've been
>>> broken and weird for quite a while now.  I haven't been able to post in any
>>> of my groups for a couple years now.
>>> 
>>> Yrs,
>>> d
>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 7:02 AM Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah. Sucks big time.
>>>> 
>>>> Lists that I own:
>>>> WetWesties has 20 years of posts.
>>>> Diesel-Vanagon list, 16 years.
>>>> Spare Vanagon list has 21 years of posts.
>>>> Riviera-Registry, 15 years and a boat load of pics.
>>>> 
>>>> Verizon claims that I can get the data. The question becomes, “What do I
>>>> do with the data once I have it?” I’ve requested the archive. I guess I’ll
>>>> know better when I see what I get.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Oct 16, 2019, at 12:40 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just got a notice about this on the Yahoo Subaruvanagon list. Is this
>>>> affecting all groups?  Damn.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mobile
>>>> 
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