I did some research into the problem of loosing the site and information and found a system that will work well. I have been able to download all the messages (so far at 20,000+ and counting, 2000 - 2013 as this point in time and it is still running). I will also extract all the photos, links and files once the messages are complete. So here is the summary of what I know at this point.
- We will have all of the messages, at this point it looks like nothing will be lost. There are a few messages deleted that were marked as spam or deleted by the (moderator?) but they are few and were not on the Yahoo site anyway.
- When this is finished I will post the databases to my Amazon S3 account with a link for those that want to download the messages to a PC.
- From what I can see this is a solution for just Windows PC's. But there is a way on Apple to run a Virtual Machine (VM) program and in that VM you can run a windows PC and this software. The VM software is free from Oracle and is called Oracle VM Virtual Box. You can do a search on the net if this interests you.
- This would put all the Yahoo information as of today into a database. That information can be exported into a Wordpress or other hosting site, and life should continue on as before.
- We have been offered a group discount on the software @ $10.00 down from $24.95. I will in no way get any funds, benefits or free licenses from this purchase. I will receive nothing different than any of the other members.
- This software will also 'grab'/import other Facebook Groups, but I haven't looked into that. It will however import more than one group, so if there are other groups you want to get there is no restriction or additional fee. This is a lifetime license as far as I can see.
- I will put together a short presentation on this particular software, how to download the database and how to use the program once the imports are complete. The presentation will be as always, found via the link in my signature.
- There is no need to use this solution, others may have a different way to do the same thing. But this is the way I have found to preserve all the information that we all critically depend on and this will preclude the loss of any / all information by Yahoo.
- It is not wise to think that Yahoo/Verizon will not delete, shutdown and remove all of the access shortly. This is a decision based on revenue and money has no loyalty in the Corporate Tech industry. The server disk space and bandwidth is expensive and it is not generating revenue that matches expenses. This is not the first time Verizon and Facebook and others have done this, they have repeatedly blindsided the users. We would be naive to expect any consideration from them.
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