Topic: Yahoogroups
Why isn't my member list up to date?
Q: I know that people have joined my group but they're not showing up in my member list! And there's people who have unsubbed and they're still in my member list! What's going on?
A: If your group has over 200-250 members, then your membership list is kept in a backup database that is not updated immediately when someone joins or leaves your group. The backup database (aka the replicated database) is updated everywhere from once an hour to once a week or longer, depending on whatever's going on at Yahoogroups. This replicated database serves to lighten the load on Yahoogroups servers by not having to constantly access huge groups which are also more likely to have more frequent subs and unsubs.
All you can do is be patient, eventually the member list will catch up, usually within a day or two and add the people who joined and remove the people who left, of course, by then you'll have more people who joined and more who left and so the member list is perpetually lagging behind. Keeping the email notifications of new members and unsubs is a good idea, at least for a few days, so that you know what's missing from the member list.
Last updated on December 28, 2003 10:53 AM