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# Create group (red button at top)
# Create group (red button at top)
# Be sure of the following:
# Be sure of the following:
#;Group name
#: '''No commas''' because they don't get escaped and munge email addresses (Google Groups bug!)
#;Group email address
#;Group email address
#: @'''groups'''.sagamorehillspta.org
#: @'''groups'''.sagamorehillspta.org

Revision as of 18:14, 22 August 2014

This page concerns the discussion groups powered by Google Groups (provided by the Sagamore Hills PTA Google account), and shouldn't be confused with the other Sagamore discussion lists privided by Parents.

See the Sagamore Hills Elementary Schoo PTA Google Groups for a list of current groups.

Google Groups also powers Sagamore email.

The first group was created 2014-05-06 for the garden,

Adding members

Sign into the Sagamore Google Groups as sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org and goto:

Group settings → Members → Direct add members

Folks may also add themselves to a group by emailing:

GroupID+subscribe@groups.sagamorehillspta.org

For example, emailing grounds+subscribe@groups.sagamorehillspta.org .

Creating a new group

There are actually 2 ways to create a group—we're going to do it through the Groups interface instead of the Admin panel.

  1. Create group (red button at top)
  2. Be sure of the following:
    Group name
    No commas because they don't get escaped and munge email addresses (Google Groups bug!)
    Group email address
    @groups.sagamorehillspta.org
    Select a group type
    Email list
    View topics, Post, & Join the group
    Public
  3. Then, in the group's settings:
    Don't force using Google Accounts
    Settings → Identity → Required forms of identity → Display names only
    Non-member messages are moderated
    Settings → Moderation → Moderate messages → Moderate messages from non-members of the group.
    Setting → Email options
    Add a subject prefix
    Subject prefix → [groupname]
    Modify the email footer
    Email footer
    Not sure about this yet…
    Change where replies are sent
    Post replies → To the author of the message only
    Necessitates reply'ing-to-all to include the group, but otherwise, can't reply to original sender (who might not be a subscriber)
  4. Make sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org an owner (so they can manage the group) but not receive or post group messages (individuals should do that) and remove admin@sagamorehillspta.org (admin always has access)
    1. Group settings → Members → Direct add members
      Enter email addresses to add as members (comma separated)
      sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org
    2. Group settings → Members → All members
      1. Without using the checkbox, click on the entry for sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org
        Role
        Owner
        Email delivery
        No delivery
        Posting permission
        Override: member is not allowed to post
      2. Using the checkbox, select admin@sagamorehillspta.org
        1. Actions → Remove from group