To focus on improving the core functionality of Google Groups -- mailing lists and forum discussions -- we have decided to stop supporting the pages and files features. Even though we know discontinuing these features may inconvenience some of you in the short term, we believe that this move will improve your experience storing and sharing files as other products, such as Google Docs and Google Sites, are designed specifically for file storage and page creation. 

For example, you can create your pages on Google Sites and share the site with the members of your group. You can also store your files on the site by attaching files to pages on the site. If you’re just looking for a place to upload files so that your group members can download them, we suggest you try using Google Docs. You can upload files and share access with either a group or an individual, assigning either edit or download only access to the files. 

Starting in January 2011, Groups will no longer allow the creation or editing of files and pages; the content will only be available for viewing, and only existing files will be able to be downloaded. 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 the pages and files features, and you will no longer be able to access that content. 

To make this move easier for you, we have enabled zip-download functionality to export all the pages and files from your group easily. You can access this tool by clicking "Download all pages" and "Download all files" feature on the pages and files homepages of your groups. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this announcement and for using Google Groups. 

The Google Groups Team
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Recently we launched some updates to Google Groups, including a new, cleaner interface. Well, now we’re making an update to how we communicate updates and news about Groups. We’ve realized that we don’t have regular enough updates to warrant a standalone blog, so we won't be posting here any longer.

Over the next several months, we'll be migrating our 250+ help forums in 20+ languages to the new Google Product Forums platform. Built on the new Google Groups, Google Product Forums provide users with a fresh interface and robust features for asking questions and discussing our products.

We’re happy to announce some of the latest design and feature improvements we have made to the new Google Groups. These changes are based on feedback we have received from you; we hope they will improve your discussion experience.

In September 2010, we announced that Groups would first disable the creation of files and pages and then completely turn off the feature in February 2011.

We noticed that some of you had not taken advantage of the zip-download functionality to export all the pages and files from your groups.

It has been an exciting few months since we launched the new Google Groups. We love your feedback and are excited about switching over to the new interface.

Update: This issue has now been resolved. Thank you for your patience!

Over the past 24 hours, some Groups users have experienced intermittent errors while attempting to post messages to the web interface. The team is working hard to investigate & rectify this issue.

We have received reports from users that they're seeing the following error on the top message bar, when trying to access certain parts of the new Google Groups:

"An error (#383 or #401) occurred while communicating with the server.

Last month, we announced the preview release of the new Google Groups. Since then, we have received over a thousand suggestions and feedback reports through our Product Ideas page and in-product feedback.

Millions of people around the world use Google Groups to power discussions with the groups and communities they care about. We have been working hard to improve this experience, and today we are happy to announce a sneak preview of the brand new Google Groups.

We announced last week that pages and files will be going away in February. Many of you have asked for more detailed help on moving your content to Google Sites, so here are a few quick steps to move your pages to a Google Site.

In one window of your browser (e.g.

To focus on improving the core functionality of Google Groups -- mailing lists and forum discussions -- we have decided to stop supporting the pages and files features.

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