[peel] Re: Yahoo Groups is a Norwegian Blue

[Paul Webster]

If the files could be copied to somewhere else, like the Peel Wiki, then I think a move would not be needed (for now at
least).

Paul


On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:31:46 -0400, you wrote:

>so are folks interested in moving to groups.io? it's pretty simple to do, a
>couple of other groups i'm involved with have done so with minimal fuss.
>
>again, whether we move content (which would cost $110) or not, we need an
>admin or moderator to chime in
>
>john
>
>
>On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 11:15 PM iaparkin@... [peel] <
>peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> The files, photos and links are easy enough to make available online. as
>> they are flat files. I can also upload the posts somewhere either as a
>> dump of the SQLLite database, flat files or something similar.
>>
>> The PG software has a number of options for exporting to flat files, but
>> they are pretty simplistic date ordered dumps. An example of a HTML
>> formatted dump page is here - https://bit.ly/2nZB3ee. The messages are
>> presented 50 per page, so 489 files and 96MB in total, with each page
>> having a pretty ugly header with the text of the individual posts appearing
>> below.
>>
>> Making the post available in a more readable readable threaded format will
>> take a little bit more effort, but that is also doable.
>>
>> NB - There are also options for exporting as SQLLite and MySQL dumps, but
>> they unfortunately crash the PG program on my desktop.
>>
>>
>> ---In peel@yahoogroups.com, <grafpoo@...> wrote :
>>
>> yes, it's $110 to use the groups.io migration tool. probably better than
>> trying to cajole you into uploading all that content, heh
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 5:57 PM iaparkin@... [peel] <peel@yahoogroups.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> It appears that transfers to groups.io are not free, they require a
>> premium or enterprise subscription -
>> https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Transfer-from-Yahoo-Groups
>>
>> 
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