We all know that Yahoo! Mail is still the most popular web mail service around and even though thousands us have made the switched to Gmail, there would still come a time that we would a Yahoo! Account for some of the services we sign up or use.
Among this is that classic mail-list service called Yahoo! Groups. Almost any group or organization has used this service for their group communication and mail-subscription needs.
College students and their professors are some of the most regular users of this and since most are still With Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Groups becomes the default choice for a group mailing list service.
Gmail users like me, fret not. For there is a way to bridge the gap and let us join any Yahoo! Group; send and receive messages to and from the group using our beloved Gmail accounts.
Here’s how.
- When you receive the invitation to join a Yahoo! Group, simply click on the join button and you’d be taken to the Yahoo! Sign-in page. This is where you would need your old Yahoo! account ID and password. Of course if you don’t you could always sign-up for a new one, just for the purpose of joining this Yahoo! Group.
- Once you’ve logged into Yahoo! Groups using your Yahoo! account, you’ll be taken to the Edit Membership page. In step 1, find “Email Address” section and below your Yahoo! email address, there’s a link that says “Add new email address“. Click on it and you’ll proceed to the third step.
- Once inside the ‘Add Email Address‘ page, enter the Gmail account you want to use with this Yahoo! Account and Group. Once you’ve completed the form, an verification email will be sent to the Gmail account you’ve just entered in.
- Login to your Gmail account, look for the verification email from Yahoo! and complete the verification process by simply clicking the link provided in there.
- Once you’ve verified the Gmail address, you would again be taken back into the ‘Edit Membership‘ page inside the Yahoo! Groups section. You would then see that your Gmail address is among the addresses you could with this Yahoo! Group. Click on that and complete the rest of the process.
- If all goes well, and it should, you would see a confirmation page that says you’ve become a member of that Yahoo! Group and you’re still going to use your awesome Gmail account.
This same process could be used if you want to again change the email address you’re going to use with this or any other Yahoo! Group. It would also come in handy if you decide to leave the group for whatever reasons, (usually when the spam has infested the group!) or use a non-Gmail address.
All in all, this gives you the best of both worlds, Yahoo! Groups and your beloved Gmail account.
Tags: email, gmail, Google, how-to, Internet, productivity, yahoo
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January 7th, 2008 at 3:15 am
are people really dumb these days that they need to read a step by step guide like this?
even before gmail was born, i’m using my ISP’s email (@maple.com.ph) as my primary yahoo group mail
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January 7th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
If you’re correct, I’m glad I did something to help them out instead of feeling ‘mr-know-it-all’ at their expense.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
aww.. that’s not good. They’re multiplying like rabbits
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January 10th, 2008 at 4:46 am
You’d be surprised but some people would actually need a step-by-step guide like this. Hehe
No updates in the last 6 days? Must be pretty busy. Hope all is well.
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January 16th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Will I be able to send messages as well from gmail? Will I be able to reply to Yahoo group mails from gmail?
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January 17th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Hey man, long time no update. Hope everything’s goin well. Have a nice day!
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January 17th, 2008 at 9:10 am
@ Jaydip Mehta: Yes you can. Once you’ve followed this steps, you’d be able to send and receive messages from Yahoo groups and from other Gmail users as well.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I didn’t know this. Oh, well, I have not used Yahoo! Groups for a very long time now. I used to when I started a Mandy Moore fan club. Haha. But those were my internet newbie days. :p
And by the way, thanks for this step-by-step guide. I bet most average readers find it useful.
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September 11th, 2008 at 9:42 am
There are people who are computer and internet challenge who needs step by step instructions. It is better for people like this to multiply like rabbits than having guys like jepoy grow everywhere like mushrooms! ugh
October 17th, 2008 at 4:17 am
One thing i’ve noticed is mail i send from my gmail account to a yahoo!group doesn’t come back to me through the group list. It’s strange. it goes out, cause i check on the yahoo!group site, and there it is.. and people respond to it, and THOSE messages come through just fine to my gmail… but ones i send, i never see. heh.. just a strange little quirk. anyone else have that happen?
October 17th, 2008 at 10:14 am
@keaven -
The same thing happens to the mails I sent to the Yahoo! Groups I’m a member and even an Admin of. I think it’s just the way things are set because you’re the one who sent the message so it would be redundant if it would be end up in your inbox too.
But once a reply is made to your message, the whole conversation would be sent to your inbox.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:48 am
no, the gmail account (or other than yahoo) can only receive message from the group,
we can only sent message using yahoo acount.
or am I wrong ? did I miss something ?
itll be great if we could post using other then yahoo account
so we can do all from our email client.
November 8th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Its ok for yahoo group, but what about if you want to join/de join google group if you have join that using your yahoo email?
November 16th, 2008 at 3:17 am
i am host owner to several yahoogroups,
twice now, two individuals have not been able to sign on
this last one is confirmed and listed as a member, but cannot post nor does she recieve posts, and i cannot find an answer to this anywhere. can you help me in this situation?
dorinda
November 17th, 2008 at 5:37 am
@dorinda moreno - I experienced those problems too in the past but it was resolved on its own over time. It’s better to contact Yahoo! Group’s support for this.