I have never experienced the random deletion of a Yahoo Group. I believe they may automatically delete a group if it has been inactive for 6 months, but other than that, this is the first I've heard of that issue. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mindi Fried, DC" <DrFried at MotionDoc.com> Cc: <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Google Groups v. Yahoo Groups > > I've used both, and I have a slight preference for yahoo groups. The last > time I looked, google had no database or polling functions. Not > necessarily essentials, but they could be nice, and they are the reason > that I prefer yahoo. That said, I hate the tendency of yahoo.com to > randomly delete groups. (Happened twice in my experience) > > HTH. > Mindi >