Hello Freecycle(TM) Members!
Good ole Yahoo! is at it again! It seems that their recent update has caused the groups to have some rather nasty glitches. It's happening to a lot of Yahoo! Groups and the folks at tech support say that they are working on resolving the issues as quickly as possible.
Here are some glitches of concern:
1.) Some posts are not showing up on the list after being approved by the Moderators.
2.) Members have reported that their `Daily Digests' are not showing up in their email.
3.) Posts are not showing up in the pending folder for up to 24 hours for the Moderators to approve.
Unfortunately, since these are glitches within the Yahoo! Group system, the Moderators are not able to correct it. We have to just wait it out until the update cycles through.
In the meantime, we suggest everyone to BE PATIENT. I know, I know, easier said than done! But honestly, there is nothing the Moderators can do to correct this. We are just as annoyed with the situation as all of you are.
If you post something to the group and do not see it on the boards, we suggest that you give it 24 hours to show up. If after that time it is still not showing up, please contact the Moderators and `kindly' ask whether the post was approved or not. DO NOT REPOST until you hear from the Moderators about your post. Otherwise, there will be duplicate posts all over the boards once the updates cycle through.
The Moderators work very hard to approve all posts as soon as possible and are in contact with members if there is a problem with the post. So if we have not contacted you, you may assume your post was approved but the delay is caused by the Yahoo! glitch.
One more item that I would like to address is - UPDATE EMAILS
With this new update to Yahoo! Groups, they have now implemented the `Email Updates' to all groups. Our group was one of the beta testing groups so our updates started in April. I sent out an ADMIN on how to stop the updates from arriving in your email but wanted to touch bases with it again as we have many new members.
NOTE: Changing your settings to 'No Email' or even 'Special Notices' will NOT stop those updates from showing up in your email as it is not specifically sent from our group.
If you do NOT want the updates from Yahoo! Groups, all you have to do is to scroll down to the bottom of the email and select 'Unsubscribe to the Updates Email'. You will have to do this for EACH Yahoo! Group that you are receiving these from. This will stop the update emails from showing up and provide instant relief to those pesky update emails.
Keep an eye out next month for some `Return to School Challenge' ADMINs. This will be a four part series for our members; which will be sent once per week during the month of August.
Thank you so much for reading this lengthy ADMIN. We feel it is very important to let our members know when things are happening that are not within our control.
If you have any comments or concerns, please let us know!
Compliments are always welcomed too! :^)
Stay cool!
Your Friendly Tacoma Area Freecycle(TM) Moderators
Questions? Comments? TacomaAreaFreecycle-owner@yahoogroups.com
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