 yahoo! groups is one of the worldâs largest collections of online discussion boards. the term groups refers to internet communication which is a hybrid between an electronic mailing list and a threaded internet forum, in other words, group messages can be read and posted by e-mail or on the group's webpage like a web forum. in addition, members can choose whether to receive individual, daily digest or special delivery e-mails, or simply read group posts on the group's web site. groups can be created with public or member-only access. some groups are simply announcement bulletin boards, to which only the group moderators can post, while others are discussion forums. it is not necessary to register with yahoo! in order to participate in yahoo! groups. the basic mailing list functionality is available to any e-mail address, but a yahoo! id is required to access most other features. despite their popularity yahoo! groups have been called "a goldmine... yahoo! has never cashed in on".http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-burrus/yahoo-groups_b_1611741.html?utm_hp_r\ ef=technology&ir=technology the current head of yahoo groups and yahoo! answers is hari vasudev.http://www.indianexpress.com/news/yahoos-best-year-in-a-long-while/1175993/ ==features offered by yahoo! groups== as well as providing e-mail relaying and archiving facilities for the many groups it hosts, the yahoo! groups service provides additional features for each group web site, such as a homepage, message archive, polls, calendar announcements, files, photos, database functions, and bookmarks. each new group created at yahoo! groups allows the creator (group owner) to have several features attached to the group. some of the features can be selected for "off", moderator, members, public. here is the complete list of possible group features: *group members **messages: post via web or email to group. no edit function except delete. **photo album (100gb): organized into album/thumbnail structure. **file storage (100mb): capable of storing any file format. **link directory: options for folders, text labels for each link. **poll: members can create multiple-choice polls, including various options for id display. **database: up to ten tables, each with up to one thousand rows and up to ten columns. **member list: scroll of registered member profiles, and the basics of the information they provide. **calendar: scheduling system for club
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