On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 at 12:09:31, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
I am puzzled by all this - I got the email too, but, as I said, I am not on the yahoo webring. I have to do nothing, I assume, to keep my site on the QL webring. What _is_ this yahoo webring? Someone has added me, but not told me, so I do not include it on my site. What a mess. >I have followed the links in the original email, and it appears that yahoo >has split webring off again and we all need to migrate our sites from yahoo >to webring. This appears to involve a lot of hassle - you need to obtain >your original yahoo id and password (I never ever had one as far as I know) >and use that to migrate your web site. > >The ringmaster will also be getting an email to migrate his entire ring. Any >sites not migrated, will simply not be on the new webring. > >Here's the email with the links, mind you, I'm not sure if these apply only >to my web site, so be careful out there ! > >Norman. > > > >Dear WebRing Member, > >That's right, WebRing is no longer a part of the Yahoo! network. > >What this means to you: You MUST request to have your existing ring and/or >site data >transferred to the new WebRing servers. > >Yahoo!'s "Terms of Service" does not allow member information to be >transferred to >another entity, including WebRing. If you would like to keep your WebRing >you must >request to have it transferred by following the link below. > >http://edit.webring.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/migrate >Transfer my existing ring information to the new WebRing servers > >Please note, your ring/site WILL NOT be transferred automatically, you must >follow the >link above and complete the transfer process. Rings ans Sites not >transferred will >be lost once the migration period is over. > >Questions can be best answered by visiting the new >http://dir.webring.com/rw >WebRing site. > >Thanks > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >Norman Dunbar EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265 > Fax: 0113 289 3146 >Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:42 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Web Ring - about to vanish ? > > >On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 at 11:28:26, Norman Dunbar wrote: >(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > >>Has anyone else had an email from Yahoo saying that the web ring we manage >>or have a site on is about to vanish ? >Is that >http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?list&ring=the_quantum > >That is the webring my web page is on. > >Doesn't sound like it. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
