I'm a new moderator. Does a user have to have a Yahoo ID to join a group?

Question

I'm a new moderator. Does a user have to have a Yahoo ID to join a group?

Answer 1

Join the mailing list only:

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

Yahoo! Groups recommends that you join a group via the group’s page (above). But if you want, you can simply sign up for the mailing list for the group. When you’re only on the mailing list, you don’t get access to all the group's web features (Photos, Files, Links, Polls, Calendar.)

To subscribe to a group's mailing list via email, send a blank email to:

[e-mail]

Make sure to replace "groupname" with the actual name of the group (e.g., [e-mail]).

When you get the confirmation message, just reply to it…and your subscription will be complete!

Respond to an invitation to join:

If someone sent you an email invitation to join a group (and you’d like to join), click Join this group!

Answer 2

No.  To be able to access all of the features, yes.  If they do not have a Yahoo ID, they can be subscribed to the mailing list but they cannot access the group page if it is members only.

Answer 3

No, But the non-yahoo users cannot access to the group's features (such as polls/files/photos etc). They have to create a Yahoo ID in order to reach those services.