# Would Discourse be a good replacement for Yahoo e-groups?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 29, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021 "2019-05-29T18:03:05Z")
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### Author:  [@jod.z](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jod.z)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021/1 "2019-05-29T18:03:05Z")
I’m looking for something to replace Yahoo E-groups for our club. I’m wondering if Discourse is the right tool for the job, but I have some questions.
- Can people (easily) get notified via e-mail of ANY topics/replies?
- We would want it to be “members only.” How are members managed? Is there a way to invite new members and unsubscribe members based on a list?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021/2 "2019-05-29T18:08:53Z")
> [@jod.z](#):
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> - Can people (easily) get notified via e-mail of ANY topics/replies?
Yes.
> [@jod.z](#):
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> We would want it to be “members only.”
You can configure much of that when you run the setup wizard. You can search here for basic configuration questions and find things like [Sending bulk user invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-bulk-user-invites/16468).
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### Author:  [@jod.z](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jod.z)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021/3 "2019-05-29T18:24:07Z")
Thanks, @pfaffman. I see in this topic you were trying to connect Discourse with WooCommerce Subscriptions. It’s way over my head, but I’m wondering if you were successful.
> [@Manage group membership in Discourse with WP Discourse SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-discourse-group-membership-with-wp-discourse/74724/72):
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> Holy cow! How’d you manage to find it!? Nice work.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021/4 "2019-05-29T18:32:10Z")
Welcome, @jod.z!
I’ve done it a couple of times. I think that the best resource here is: [Sync WooCommerce Memberships with Discourse groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syncing-woocommerce-memberships-with-discourse-groups-when-discourse-is-the-sso-provider/118485). It’s still a bit fussy figuring out all of the pieces.
If you need more help that you can get here, I can provide it, as it’s how I make my living. 😉[https://www.literatecomputing.com/](https://www.literatecomputing.com/). You can contact me directly or post in #Marketplace. I’m trying to be on vacation now, so I’m not as responsive as I usually am.
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### Author:  [@jod.z](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jod.z)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021/5 "2019-05-29T18:37:21Z")
Excellent, thanks! I would much rather hire you than figure it out for myself 🙂
The link you provided is for WooCommerce Memberships, but we use Subscriptions. Hopefully it’s still possible.
I’ll be in touch if/when we want to proceed. Enjoy your vacation!
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021/6 "2019-05-29T18:50:06Z")
> [@jod.z](#):
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> The link you provided is for WooCommerce Memberships, but we use Subscriptions. Hopefully it’s still possible.
Err. Since “membership” and “subscription” are near synonyms, I can’t quite recall. I vaguely remember trying to get subscriptions to work and switched to Memberships (the client had both). I’ll be available in a week or two, or sooner if it’s an emergency.
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### Author:  [@jod.z](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jod.z)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021/7 "2019-05-29T18:56:06Z")
No rush. Thanks again for your help.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-be-a-good-replacement-for-yahoo-e-groups/119021/9 "2022-10-21T07:06:50Z")