It has come to my attention that Grouply is back in action again. I
want to remind all members of just what Grouply wants and is. Grouply
is a supposed email service, that reputes to allow you to have all
your group mail in one place. What they don't tell you until you join
is that they want you to give them your passwords and usernames so
that they can gain access to the group. Once in the group they have
complete access to the members database as well as the owners
settings and they can change the group purpose or make themselves
owners or mods at will and there is nothing that can be done about
it. Also once you join Grouply, they begin to spam the group with
invites to join them in your name. From what I've heard from other
groups that spam can be anything from Porn to virus laden mail. When
you first join Grouply you are given an @grouply.com email addy, then
you are allowed to go back to your original email address making it
almost impossible to find out who joined and sent the original
invite. The only way to find out is to see the original email with
the person's name or user name on it, then and only then can they be
removed and banned from the group. I have opted our group out of
Grouply some time ago but with this fresh initiative against Yahoo,
MSN and Google groups I felt that for the newer members of our group
that the owners and mods stance on Grouply is that any member joining
Grouply will be removed and banned immediately without any chance of
rejoining the group.
According to Grouply any attempt by the group owners to block members
joining them will not be welcome.
I want to remind you that anyone joining Grouply and giving them your
username and password is not only in breach of group policy but also
in breach of Yahoo's Terms of Service in regards to group security.
So be a leader not a follower and don't let Grouply and their spam
wielding minions coerce you into joining.