I just received this friendly, happy message from Yahoo Groups:

>Dear Yahoo! Groups Moderator,
>
>IMPORTANT NOTICE:
>You are receiving this notice because you are a moderator of one or
>more groups. As part of our efforts to ensure that all Yahoo! Groups
>users enjoy the same high-quality service, we will implement the
>following service changes on Aug. 7, 2003:
>
>- Files and Photos: Groups web membership will be required to access a
>group's Files and Photos areas.

While I'm sure we'll all be devastated that outsiders won't be able to
access our Photos section any more, this is very important from the point
of view of the Files section. Previously, many of the data files were held
on the yahoo groups servers, so they could be accessible through the Army
Builder automatic updates mechanism; starting on August 7th, this will no
longer be possible.

Anyone still using the yahoogroups servers to hold data files should begin
using the http://www.datafilesrus.com/ web site as soon as possible, or
users will not be able to access those updates from within AB (this would
be a Bad Thing). Authors needing to upload files can use the same username
/ password as they have been using to access the AB automatic updates
mechanism.

Thanks for your time,


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Colen McAlister (colen@...)
Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com