As group owner why can't I add a new member?

Question

I tried to add a willing member but I get this message: Doesn't accept direct adds: 1

Why?

Answer 1

it's because of this setting that member has- they'd need to reverse the below for you to add them. Yahoo allows each person to have this setting to avoid those illegal MASS adds some owners do.

How can I prevent moderators from adding me to their groups or sending me invitations?

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/...

Yahoo! Groups allows moderators to subscribe members to their groups or send invitations to join their group. If you do not want to be added / invited to groups, follow these steps:

Click the My Email Preferences link on the My Groups page.

Under Options, click on the Edit link for each email address you want to prevent from being invited/added to a group.

Under Group Invitations, make sure the box is not checked next to Allow group moderators to directly add me to their groups or Allow group moderators to invite me to their groups.

Click Save Changes when you’re done.