Thank you for this valuable information Jim. It has importance to a great number of our members.
Members. Please do not go insane with a bunch of off topic comments on Jim's fine email. Thank you.
Barry Young
Group Owner
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On Mon, 3/21/16, 'Jim E.' jim0000@verizon.net [GrizHFMinimill] <GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Subject: [GrizHFMinimill] OT: A Yahoo Group Folder/File Conundrum (long posting)
To: "GrizHFMinimill" <GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, March 21, 2016, 12:25 PM
A year ago, my decades-old internet
mail service (attglobal.net)
notified me that they were dropping free support for
internet mail.
Fortunately, my ISP also had free mail service so I wasn't
worried about
transferring IDs and establishing a new mail address.
BUT, what I discovered was that with respect to my Yahoo
forum files and
file folders (but interesting, not photos/photo folders),
those
files/folders belonged to the combination of my Yahoo
profile ID AND my
email (or in their vernacular, "alias"), not just my profile
ID. The
minute I changed to my new email ID those files/folders
became read-only
to me - I could not modify/delete a file within a folder,
nor could I
delete the folder or change anything about it.
As a test, I added a file under my new ID to an existing
folder,
switched over to my old ID, and VOILA - the new file was
unmodifiable
using the old ID. I switched back and easily deleted
the file. I
decided to retain my old ID as an alias but add my new email
ID and make
it my primary one. Now, even with the old
"attglobal.net" email
invalid, to Yahoo it's an OK alias and I can switch over to
it if I need
to access old stuff of mine.
To see all this yourself, do the (painful) following (I hope
I get all
the steps correct):
1) click on your name in the upper right corner of the Yahoo
screen
after logging on
2) click on 'Account Info'
3) click on 'Manage Aliases' at the bottom
4) click on 'Add an email address' under 'Identities'
5) enter a new address then click on 'Save'. An email
will be sent to
that address to verify it. Respond as directed.
After the email has been accepted, log out/in to Yahoo and
select a
group. In the upper right corner you'll see the word
"Membership" with
a down arrow (here again, you must be within a group).
Do the following
1) click on the word 'Membership'. You'll see your
Profile ID and email
address
2) click on 'Edit Membership'
3) as you move your cursor across the word 'Identity' , a
little
"pencil" should occur to the right with the command 'Edit
Settings'.
Click on that "pencil"
4) to the right of 'Email Address' should be your current,
and the
newly-added, email adresses associated with your profile
ID. Select the
new ID, SAVE the change, and follow the exit process.
Find one of your file/file folders (again, not photos/photo
folders) and
try to edit the folder or one on the files therein. I
think you'll see
what I described above. Go back 'n switch to your
current email and try
again - all should now be working.
Needless, all the above was a painful process to me, as
there was no
documentation available, and the group moderator who tried
to help me
was as equally flummoxed. I hope you're never forced
to go through it.
Graciously,
Jim E.
Lakewood, Calif.
All Hail Rube Goldberg!
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Posted by: "Jim E." <jim0000@verizon.net>
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