[Ham-Computers] Problems when Posting to Yahoo Groups

[Robert Downs via Ham-Computers]

Jim,

I'm a member of several Yahoo Groups, radio and non-radio.  In the 
reflector mode, the only serious problems I recall being reported have revolved 
around the difficulty in figuring out who the message originator is.  Prior to 
the most recent change (which reputedly was prompted by hacker or spammer 
activity), all messages from the reflector showed the sender in the in-box 
listing of most mail managers, including Outlook 2000, 2002 and 2007, Compuserve 
7 and AOL 9 (I think it's 9).  Since the change, only the Yahoo Group 
address shows as From:.  What shows in Reply To: varies with mail manager and 
with how the Group is set up, worst case being when the Group is set to Reply 
To Members.  I currently use Compuserve 7 for most, and as of this morning, 
the senders email address only shows inside the message, near the bottom.  If 
the Group is set to Reply To Members, Reply All no longer also sends to 
Sender, it sends two copies to the reflector.

I can't comment on what's currently happening if you log in and run it in 
Bulletin Board mode, except to say from a recipient standpoint that it seems 
no worse than it has always been.  If there was an ON-OFF switch, I would 
turn it OFF.

Having said all that, what mail manager are you using and do you receive 
messages locally or are you using some variety of Web Mail?  Also, do you know 
for certain that the problem isn't simply that your status is Moderated?  
Some (maybe most) Groups moderate all new members.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 06/02/2014 01:08:14 AM Central Daylight Time, 
hro5-2 at cox.net writes: 
> I'm having almost no luck when attempting to post in Yahoo Group 
> forums. I go to the appropriate group, compose, click Send, and am 
> immediately returned to the list of conversations.  No problem there, 
> except that I never see my message.  I have attempted emails - still 
> unsuccessful.
> 
> I have looked for Yahoo group support forums, but cannot find any.
> 
> A few moments ago, I set up a new Yahoo account, signed up for a 
> group, and attempted to send a message, still unsuccessful.
> 
> Yahoo did make another change for the worst.  When receiving messages 
> from a group, only a Yahoo mail address can be specified.  I'm 
> guessing this change started on June 1.
> 
> I just checked, and a test message made it on ARC-5Radio group, which 
> I joined on 5-31.  Important posts have not been successful.
> 
> What is your success rate?
> Jim
>