Email Basics
How much Yahoo! Groups activity can I do via email, and how? How do I verify my email address? How do I add a new email address to my Yahoo! Groups account? How do I remove an email address from my Yahoo! Groups account? I get Group email, but I’m not in the Member list and I don’t see the Group when I sign into groups.yahoo.com — what’s up? I'm receiving email from a group, but when I try to visit the group's webpages, it says that I "need to enable web access". How could I join a group without getting access to its web features? How do I prevent this from occurring in the future? I received a notification to "complete my account?" What does this mean? Can I post messages from the web site? Can I post from more than one email address?
Posting & Formatting Issues
How do I post a message to a group? How long does it take for messages to get delivered to the group? Why hasn't a message I sent to the group appeared on the web site? What’s the maximum size of messages that can be posted to a group? Are there types of attachments that aren’t allowed? I tried to post a message by replying to the daily digest, but the message was rejected. Why? Why does it say "Please do not reply to this message via email" in messages I receive from the group?" I replied to a message via email, but it didn’t appear in the correct topic. Why? I’m trying to start a new topic via email, but messages keep appearing in an existing topic. Why? Can I use HTML tags or CSS properties in my Yahoo! Groups messages?
Email Preferences
How do I view or edit my email preferences? What are the options for reading group messages in email? What's different about the "fully featured" individual email format from the "traditional" format? I prefer the original, "traditional" email format. Can I still receive it? I’m receiving the "traditional" email format. How can I get the "fully featured" format? How can I put message delivery on hold while I'm away and unable to check email?
Reading Messages in the Web Archive
Can I control how much information appears on the Messages page? Can I group Messages by topic? How? Can I change the sort order of messages? How do I switch back and forth between Group by Topic and listing chronologically? How are topics organised? How do I navigate within a topic on the web? When reading messages in topic mode, I see both "Next Topic" and "Next Message" links. What’s the difference? Can I re-sort messages within Group by Topic? How do I get a summary view of all the messages in a topic (similar to the summary mode in Message View)? Whenever I click into a topic in "Group by Topic" view, I see the first (oldest) message posted to the topic. How do I see the most recent message? How do I switch between a variable width and fixed width font? How do I "unwrap lines" or "view source" in topic view?
Message Search
How do I get to advanced message search within my group? What does the "Special notice only" box mean on the Advanced Search Page? Can I use advanced search features such as quotation marks? What about including and excluding words using "+" and "-", and the use of "OR"?
Troubleshooting Delivery Issues & Stopping Unwanted Email
Why did I stop receiving email from my group? I never signed up for Yahoo! Groups. Why am I receiving messages? I just received an email telling me I'm subscribed to a group, but I'm not interested in taking part. What do I do? How can I prevent moderators from adding me to their groups or sending me invitations?
Bouncing
Why does it say my account is "bouncing"? How can I stop bouncing? What does "bouncing" mean? How do I reactivate my Yahoo! Groups account?
Spam & Abuse
How visible is my email address on Yahoo! Groups? What is the spam policy in Yahoo! Groups? How do I avoid spam? What is SpamGuard? Can I use SpamGuard if I read group messages via POP email? What is Yahoo! Groups' policy on spam? How can I get more general information on spam? What should I do if I find content which is illegal or violates the Yahoo! Terms of Service? What should I do if someone posted my unauthorized/copyrighted photo in a group? What do I do if I'm being harassed in a group?
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Top Questions
- How much Yahoo! Groups activity can I do via email, and how?
- How do I verify my email address?
- How do I add a new email address to my Yahoo! Groups account?
- How do I remove an email address from my Yahoo! Groups account?
- I get Group email, but I’m not in the Member list and I don’t see the Group when I sign into groups.yahoo.com — what’s up?