Consolidating All the Groups into One

[zanelupin]

bboyminn:

> > I've considered this too, but I don't think the movie group
> > would have to be deleted, it could just be closed to new postings
> > and have a note on the front page directing new discussion to 
> > the main group.
> > 
> > In a sense, the movie group would become a 'Read Only' with
> > new discussion directed to the main group. That would allow 
> > us access to old discussions which are sometimes needed for
> > reference. 
> > 
> > Can the moderators confirm that this is true? 
 
Geoff:

> In the case of the "HPforGrownups-Archives" which I quoted a day 
> or so ago, it is indeed closed to extra postings except that there 
> seemed to be a routine message at about three or four month 
> intervals sent to indicate that the group was still in existence 
> although this seems to have stopped about 2003.
> 
> Can anyone add to this?

KathyK:

Yes, the group settings for who can post messages and who has access to the group archives are separate.  So, we could turn off posting but still allow members access to the archive.  It's also what we used to to do on the Main list in the "shutdown" time at the release of a new book.  If Main and Movie were combined, we could still keep Movie open to new posts, if we choose.  Other than forcing the Movie and Main people to play together, there's really no reason to turn off posting, is there?

As far as the activity posts are concerned, if you're interested, I believe Yahoo! used to delete inactive groups after X number of days, so the moderators set up those automatic messages to keep the group from going inactive.  I don't believe that's a problem anymore, though.