Forums / mailing lists / groups

What are these forums / mailing lists?

They are places where developers ask and/or answer questions, helping each other for free. To participate, first you need to subscribe to a forum (instructions below) so you start receiving messages and you can also post messages (questions and/or answers). In general, all this is done by email, but you can do it all from the web (if you subscribe from the web).

When you send an email (or post a message from the web site) to the forum, the message is (almost) instantly available at the web site and is also automatically sent to all the members of the forum who chose to receive messages by email (it's the default configuration, but can be changed), so all members can read it. This way, members benefit from having the possibility of getting answers from many people and they can also learn by seeing others' questions and answers.

How much do they cost?

NOTHING! This is a free service provided by Yahoo! Groups. To finance it they include a little text ad in every message, but they don't spam.

Subscribing

To subscribe to a forum, follow the corresponding link (see table below). You can see you can subscribe from the web or by email. The difference is that to subscribe from the web you need a Yahoo! ID (if you dont' have one, you can get yours for free by simply registering as a Yahoo! user), but then you have access to all the features offered by the web interface (message delivery options, past messages, search, and files section), while if you subscribe by email, your access will be limited to just sending and receiving messages.

Forums

 

Use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to their Terms of Service.

Questions?

If you need more information about the forums, contact us, but please don't ask us programming questions since this is what the forums are meant for.