Yeah, I think they took away some features from google groups:
Hello,
Since you are an owner of at least one
Google Groups group that uses the customized welcome
message, pages or files, we are writing to inform you that we will no
longer be supporting these features starting February 2011. We made this
decision so that we can focus on improving the core functionalities of
Google Groups -- mailing
lists and forum discussions. Instead of these features, we encourage
you to use products that are designed specifically for file storage and
page creation, such as
Google Docs and
Google Sites.
For example, you can easily create your pages on
Google
Sites and share the site (
http://www.google.com/support/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=174623)
with the members of your group. You can also store your files on the
site by attaching files to pages (
http://www.google.com/support/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=90563)
on the site. If you’re just looking for a place to upload your files so
that your group members can download them, we suggest you try
Google Docs. You can upload files (
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=50092)
and share access with either a group (
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66343)
or an individual (
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=86152),
assigning either edit or download only access to the files.
You are the owner of the following group(s) that use(s) a welcome
message, pages or files:
Shackled City-Layton
Starting in January 2011,
Groups will no longer
allow the creation or editing of welcome messages, files and pages; the
content will only be available for viewing and only existing files will
be downloadable. If you would like to keep the content currently on the
pages and files sections of your group, we highly encourage you to
export and migrate it to another product. In February 2011, we will turn
off these features, and you will no longer be able to access that
content.
To make this move easier for you, we have enabled a one-click method for
downloading a ZIP file containing your welcome message and all pages
and files. Download these ZIP files by clicking "Download all pages" or
"Download all files" on the pages and files homepages of your
groups.
Thanks for taking the time to read this email and for using
Google Groups.
Yours sincerely,
The
Google Groups Team
Google
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