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Ralph Finch wrote:

> I help run a Yahoo Group myself, and it doesn't require 

> Yahoo email address of the members, so you might want 

> to check this.

 

Ralph,

 

You seem to be on to something.  It seems that it's possible to participate
in a list without "joining" or signing up with Yahoo.  On my Ercoupe web
page, I've now got a sign-up link for each forum.  A person need only put in
their e-mail address and click the button.

 

Yahoo will send a confirmation e-mail to that address and it's necessary to
reply to that e-mail (or otherwise follow the directions in the message) and
your membership in the list will be confirmed.

 

But, with this e-mail only participation, you may not have full "membership"
in the list with access to the pictures, polls, or other items that are
related to full membership.  The Yahoo message said:

 

Your email address has been added to the email list of a Yahoo! Group.
To gain access to all of your group's web features (previous messages,
photos, files, calendar, etc.) and easier control of your message
delivery options, we highly recommend that you complete your account
by connecting your email address to Yahoo account. It is easy and free.
Please visit:
http://groups.yahoo.com/convacct?email=edburkhead%40netscape.net
<http://groups.yahoo.com/convacct?email=edburkhead%40netscape.net&list=ercou
pe-tech> &list=ercoupe-tech
 
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 

 

I think that when you signup with Yahoo, it also creates a Yahoo e-mail
account for you.  That's not a bad thing.  It's an address you could use as
a primary (a lot better than Hotmail) or you could use it as a "junk"
address you give to suspicious websites when they insist that you give them
a valid e-mail address.

 

Anyway, membership in Yahoo lists is pretty easy.

 

Ed Burkhead

http://edburkhead.com

ed -at- edburkhead???.com          (change -at- to @ and remove "???")


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