Guest guest Posted February 1, 2001 Report Share Posted February 1, 2001 > Moderator News this month includes a lot of info that will be > helpful to members getting used to the new format at eGroups. Please look > this over and go exploring at the site. > If you have any questions we can help you with, please contact us at our owner > address (for each list the owner address is " listname " -owner ) > > ---- > GETTING STARTED - SIGNING IN: > ---- > > All you have to do to access your groups on the web site is to link > your current eGroups account(s) to a ID using our wizard. (If > you don't use the web site, you won't need to link your accounts.) > > The process is simple: > > 1. Go to the wizard: > /convwiz > > 2. Tell us the eGroups account you'd like to link to a ID. > (Your account is the email address you've used to sign in to the > eGroups service.) > > 3. Tell us the ID you'd like to link your account to. If you > don't have a ID, you can register for one at that time. > > 4. If you have multiple eGroups accounts, you need to go through the > wizard more than once. You can link up to 5 accounts per ID. > > IMPORTANT NOTES: > * Please remember that your groups have not moved. They are still > here! All you are doing is establishing a ID log-in to access > them via the web site. > * Old URLs and email addresses will continue to work. > > ---- > WHAT'S NEW / WHAT'S STILL THE SAME > ---- > > All the features you know and love about eGroups are now part of > . In addition, we've added some new functionality that we > hope you'll enjoy. > > WHAT'S NEW: > > has lots of new features and even better customization. > You can: > > * Chat with other group members using our improved Chat. > > * Add a splash of color to your group, or a group home page photo, all > without knowing HTML. > > * See when group members are online and communicate with them in real > time using Messenger. > > * Reach a larger audience. You will have the entire network of > communications and communities services at your doorstep. > > And much, much more to come! > > WHAT'S STILL THE SAME: > > * All eGroups email and web addresses will continue to work. You can > still send email to @, @ > as well as @ > (Your members will receive all mail from @) > > * All of your group information including messages, calendar events, > and your entire membership have been maintained. > > * remains a free service > > > ---- > WHAT'S NEXT? > ---- > > * International sites: We'll soon begin to internationalize > Groups. In the interim, you can continue to use the international > versions of eGroups. > > * Clubs integration: We plan to integrate Clubs into > Groups later this year. The service will offer all of the previous > Clubs features, as well as other enhancements. > > ---- > MORE RESOURCES > ---- > > Below are some places to stay informed and to communicate with others > about the service: > > * Chat Event: Chat with a member of the > team on Thursday, February 1, 2001 at 4:00 PM EST. Log in on > Thursday to participate: > http://chat./ > > * Help Center: detailed FAQs regarding the service. > http://help./help/groups/ > > * Discussion Groups: > > EmailList-Managers: for anybody who has ever moderated a list > whether on or on other services. > EmailList-Managers > > -discuss-managers: a group for discussion and questions > concerning the eGroups service, primarily oriented towards > moderators. The group is moderated and monitored by > Staff. > -discuss-managers > > ListHelp: a friendly place to find help and hints for managing, > owning, promoting your group/email list > ListHelp > > Merger: read about previous merger discussions and participate > in new ones in our moderated merger discussion group: > Merger > > * Merger FAQ: for detailed questions and answers about the merger, > please visit: > http://help./help/us/groups/info > > *** > > On behalf of everyone here, thanks for being a > group moderator on our service. > > > Sincerely, > > The team > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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