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--- [moderatorcentral] Forward button removed from Yahoo!

Groups

Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:01:04 -0000

From: moderatorcentral-owner

Today you might notice things look a little different within Yahoo!

Groups as the "forward" button has been removed from the web interface.

Then: http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/forwardbutton.jpg

Now: http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/noforward.jpg

This change was made as we recently discovered that this feature was

being exploited by spammers as it allowed for spammers to freely enter

up to 50 email addresses of their choice, as well as submit new content

that may or may not have any relation to the original message from the

group.

While we know that the removal of this feature may be frustrating to

some, we believe it will also reduce the number of "spammy" messages

that are being sent out through the Yahoo! Groups system which is a

big win for all Yahoo! Groups users.

Of course you can still forward a message yourself the old fashioned

way by copy/pasting but remember, before you send on a group message,

you need to have the "explicit permission of every group member whose

content is being re-posted or re-transmitted." (Review the Yahoo!

Groups Guidelines here: http://groups.yahoo.com/local/guidelines.html)

Also included in this release is the return of the audio CAPTCHA (we

first blogged about this back in November: http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/2009/11/19/groups-updates-captcha-posting-from-the-owner-address-email-moderation/)

- an accessibility feature that makes using Yahoo! Groups much easier

for those that are visually impaired. To learn more about CAPTCHA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA),

and how Yahoo tests for accessibility issues, check out this post on

our sister blog, Yodel Anecdotal: http://ycorpblog.com/2009/10/29/opening-eyes-to-accessibility/

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