>Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:02:29 -0700 >Subject: ADMIN: Yahoo! Groups planned outage Monday the 13th. > >As some of you may already know, Yahoo! has been doing extensive >work on the Groups server farm for over teh last 4 to 5 weeks. Many >users, moderators and group owners have noted various glitches and >delays here and there, apparently related to this process. > >It appears that the message below, sent to all Group moderators, is >meant to be shared with everyone, and it is unclear whether or not >the Groups team will put up an individual post with this same >information or not (that might come later, possibly). > >In line with Full Disclosure, here you are.... > >Mike WA6ILQ > >PS - And I hope that the prediction of the outage lasting a hour >to an hour and a half proves correct. > >********** >On Monday, April 13th, 2009 Yahoo! Groups will undergo scheduled >maintenance. During this time your group will be unavailable for >30-60 minutes. > >The outage is currently scheduled to begin at 1 pm PT, 8 pm GMT. At >this time, 1/4 of all Yahoo! Groups will become unavailable while the >team services these groups. Once maintenance is complete on that 1/4 >of Groups, they will be made available again, and the next 1/4 will >become unavailable until all of the groups have been serviced. > >In total the maintenance period should last around 5 hours, with the >maintenance concluding around 6 pm PT, midnight GMT. > >While your group is being serviced, all features of your group, >including messages, photos, attachments, etc. will be completely >unavailable. However, once your outage time concludes, your group and >all of its features should return and any messages that were posted >to the group via email during this downtime will be sent out. Please >note that your group's outage should only last around an hour. > >In an effort to better communicate to all of you, a blast message >will be posted to all groups starting today and continuing on through >April 13th, 2009, linking to this message on the blog. This blast >message is visible on all groups to all members and moderators. > >Thank you for your patienceduring the outage, the blog (http:// >www.ygroupsblog.com) will remain up (and comments will remain open) >and we will update you all as information becomes available. > >Melissa Daniels >Yahoo! Community Manager >**********
