Can a group be shut down for construction and reopened later on?

Question

I'd like to redo my group and not have posting while this is going on.

Answer 1

set who can post

management- under group settings click messages- Posting and Archives (Edit) <--click the edit- first column slect off or moderators- click save changes

if your group is active, this more than likely will kill the group by doing this.

Answer 2

When you say you want to redo your group, I'm not sure what you mean.  The group consists of members who sign up because of the type of interest that your group serves.  If you want to change that, the best thing to do would be simply to start another group and let all the people in your present group know about it.