Jenna, sorry it's taken me a few days to respond.

This one is really easy. You do have to create a Yahoo ID, but you do not have to have the list emails sent to a Yahoo email address. I don't believe you even have to create a Yahoo email address. They make it sound like you do, but I promise you, you can use your existing email address for group emails.

I don't recall the step by step instructions for setting up a Yahoo ID, but from a long time ago, I remember the wording being misleading, making it sound like you need to use a Yahoo address. But you don't.

If you haven't figured it out while you were waiting for a response, I suggest you go through the process again and pay very close attention to exactly how they word it, and also see if you can just skip the part about creating a Yahoo address. If even if you do have to create a Yahoo address, you can also add email addresses to your membership, and have your list emails sent to that one, and never have to check the Yahoo one.

Hope that helps,
Kitty

: i tried checking out how to join one
: of the online groups, but you're
: asked to create a yahoo account
: with an email address; i already
: have two email addresses--personal
: and business--and certainly don't
: need to monitor a third. why is a
: yahoo email address required? is
: there no way of accessing the
: online groups using my gmail
: address?

: jenna