Is there a guide to a simple way to create a Yahoo! ID and join a group?

Question

When invited to join a Yahoo! group late in 2005, I couldn't do so till I'd created an ID. Once I had, part way through joining the group I had to go back to the ID to change the way e-mail moved; then back to groups. Joining the group was a nightmare lasting weeks.

I've just created a new group, to which about 80 people will receive an invitation. In trying to write a set of simple instructions so that they can post to the group without giving away their usual e-mail address, I'm struck by the apparent need to inflict on them the same horrendous complexities, bouncing back and forth between trying to join the group and trying to control access to their e-mail address.

To make it worse, though I've changed the group so that it should appear in the Yahoo! Groups directory (whatever that is), searching for it turns up nothing; so there seems to be no way for anybody else to join it.

Is there a set of instructions on how to set up an ID and join a group without heartache?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here 'ya go!

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

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

To have someone join Yahoo Groups they go to: http://groups.yahoo.com and click on "Sign up for Yahoo Groups" and it will take them thru a very easy process to choosing a Username and Password (this is for those that don't use Yahoo Mail as their e-mail program) that only takes about 5 minutes at most.  If someone has a Yahoo username and password they only need that information to sign in to the Yahoo Groups site.

For the invites that come in to the e-mail all the person has to do is click on the "Join this Group" button and it will take them to the group page to choose how they want their subscription to be set up and the format for the messages to show in their e-mail (alot have changes have been made recently).

As for the directory, it can take a day or two for the addition to show up in the registry but if it still doesn't after a few days I would recommend contacting a Yahoo Groups customer service representative to see what they think is going on.