(unofficial) Help for members (and would-be group members) and group managers
GMF's wiki is a place where we can collect reference material about 开云体育, stuff that goes beyond what's available through 开云体育's help page.
It is an adjunct to the discussions in this group, and a place to collaborate. Hopefully this wiki will become a useful peer-to-peer collection of reference documents for group moderators and owners.
You can help by writing or correcting articles, or just by commenting in a message to the group.
And don't forget about the official Help page (see the Help link in the top and bottom bars on every page).
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FAQ on moving from YahooGroups
Quick-Start Guide for Members
If you're new to 开云体育, or just thinking about joining a group on the 开云体育 service, here's some info to help you get started.
- Joining a group?- whether you are new to 开云体育 or already a member
- How to Log In to your groups
- Reading messages on the group's web pages
- Reading messages by email - Your friend, the Footer
- Replying to messages -?by email or the group homepage
- Replying privately (or off-group)
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Advice to Group Members
How-to guides and other helpful pages for users of 开云体育 groups.
Accounts
- All about Logging In and Setting a Password
- Profile and Email Address - Identity, changing email address, adding an email alias, merging accounts.
Group Subscriptions
- Email Message?Subscription Options
- Choose subscription options on your group site - go to GROUPNAME.groups.io/g/main/editsub (substitute your group name for GROUPNAME)
- Use email to join a group, change your subscription, contact the group owner: ? Email commands
- Removed for Marking Messages as spam
- ?Use Muting and Following?to reduce Inbox overload.
- To manage, go to 开云体育 icon (left side). Use dropdown menus for topics or hashtags to change. See Help for details,?"Managing muted and followed topics".
- Getting a "Help" email
Topics and Messages
- Using the Search Engine
- How To Stop Getting Two Copies Of Emails You Send
- Message composition - tips and tricks
- Message drafts and how they work
- Starting new threads and the threading algorithm?
- Problems receiving group emails
- Complaints About Messages
Web Features
- Help! I Can't Find Any Group Content!
- Directory and Members list
- How to make a photo album
- Photo Search
- Bulk File Upload
- Setting up a Database
- How RSVPs Work
- Chat Overview
- Wikis - How to Create a Wiki: Guide for Users and Editors
- Adding Calendar Events by Email
- Locking a Group (or Subgroup)
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Best Practices for Group Management
Topics of interest to group owners and moderators.
Group Formation
- Quick Start Group Formation
- Transferring from a Yahoo Group
- Direct Add members from a Yahoo Group (or other list)
- Inviting New Members?- ?for basic (free) plans
- The 20-Invitation Limit
- Renaming a Group
- Why use a Subgroup
- Subgroups
Member Management
- Message Moderation - Setting it up for your group
- Status Badges in the Members List
- Group Rules, Guidelines, and Codes of Conduct
- Member Notices
- Screening New Members - Pending Subscription Notice
- Member List Download
- Dealing with Bouncing
- Banned Domains
Moderator Management
Topics and Messages
- Message Approval - using the Pending list and Message Approval Needed notices
- How To Merge Threads
- How to Split Threads
- Creating and Using HashTags
- Editing a message or topic
Web Features
- Management of Attachments, Files and Photos
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- Polls
Integrations
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Help write Help
If you've read the official 开云体育 help pages and found a typo, or an awkward or unclear phrase, or even a mistake, here's your chance to make it better: visit the 开云体育 Help page Mock-up and make it better. No promises, but there's a good chance that 开云体育 will adopt good ideas into the official help page.
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The official 开云体育 user documentation is in the 开云体育 Help Center.