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Occasionally you get a member who is having trouble unsubsribing, by the time they've got round to contacting the mods team they may be quite irate as a result of numerous unsuccessful attempts to unsubscribe. They'll probably be on individual messages and be completly swamped with posts. They almost certianly won't grasp that unsubsribing from a yahoo group is an automated process that doesn't in any way require imput from the moderators.
Occasionally you get a member who is having trouble unsubsribing, by the time they've got round to contacting the mods team they may be quite irate as a result of numerous unsuccessful attempts to unsubscribe. They'll probably be on individual messages and be completly swamped with posts. They almost certianly won't grasp that unsubsribing from a yahoo group is an automated process that doesn't in any way require imput from the moderators.
NB: It can take up to three days for yahoo group posts to stop arriving but usually its pretty instant


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/manage/manage-26.html  
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/manage/manage-26.html  


Some reasons a member may be having trouble unsubsribing and the solutions:
==Some reasons a member may be having trouble unsubsribing and some solutions:==


arghhhh! i think i need a flow chart here
arghhhh! I think I need a flow chart here


*They really can't figure out how to do it (yahoo isn't the most intuitive interface)
*They just really can't figure out how to do it (yahoo isn't the most intuitive interface)


*They've set up two accounts with the same email address and only unscribed from one  
*They've set up two accounts with the same email address and have only unscribed from one  


In these cases, when you do a search you can see them on your membership list
The first thing to do when a member is having trouble unsubscribing is to have a look for them on your membership list. In the above situations, when you do search in members you should see them. In which case you can either remove them yourself or send them [[instructions|http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Member_FAQ#Unsubscribe.3F]] on how to do it.


* It's a yahoo glitch (suprisingly common actually)
If they don't appear in your members list it could be for a number of reasons:


* they've managed to unsubscribe from ''your'' Freegle group but are still subscribed to others  
* they've managed to unsubscribe from ''your'' Freegle group but are still subscribed to others  


* they've subscribed with an email address other than the one they're emailing you with
* they've subscribed with an email address other than the one they're emailing you with
* they are unaware of, or haven't accounted for yahoos delays (It can take up to three days for yahoo group posts to stop arriving but usually its pretty instant)
* It's a yahoo glitch (these are suprisingly common actually)

Revision as of 23:00, 12 March 2010

Occasionally you get a member who is having trouble unsubsribing, by the time they've got round to contacting the mods team they may be quite irate as a result of numerous unsuccessful attempts to unsubscribe. They'll probably be on individual messages and be completly swamped with posts. They almost certianly won't grasp that unsubsribing from a yahoo group is an automated process that doesn't in any way require imput from the moderators.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/manage/manage-26.html

Some reasons a member may be having trouble unsubsribing and some solutions:

arghhhh! I think I need a flow chart here

  • They just really can't figure out how to do it (yahoo isn't the most intuitive interface)
  • They've set up two accounts with the same email address and have only unscribed from one

The first thing to do when a member is having trouble unsubscribing is to have a look for them on your membership list. In the above situations, when you do search in members you should see them. In which case you can either remove them yourself or send them http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Member_FAQ#Unsubscribe.3F on how to do it.

If they don't appear in your members list it could be for a number of reasons:

  • they've managed to unsubscribe from your Freegle group but are still subscribed to others
  • they've subscribed with an email address other than the one they're emailing you with
  • they are unaware of, or haven't accounted for yahoos delays (It can take up to three days for yahoo group posts to stop arriving but usually its pretty instant)
  • It's a yahoo glitch (these are suprisingly common actually)