Wakefield Triathlon Club Forum on Google Groups

FAQ

Does this replace the old forum?

Yes. The old forum will still be accessible for the purposes of accessing the messages, but the link to it has been removed from the website.

Help! I can’t find the Google Group!

Find the Wakefield Triathlon Club Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/wakefieldtriclub. You will need a Google ID and an invitation from the Group’s moderator to access messages and change your settings for using the Group. Send an email to the moderator if you are a member and wish to receive an invitation or if you wish to change the email address for the forum.

How do I change my email address?

If this is not your preferred email address for receiving club messages, do not accept this invitation and email the moderator with your preferred address and you will be issued another invitation.

How do I create a Google ID?

To make this forum easier and more flexible, we encourage you to set up your own Google account. The account is not an email address – you will use your own email address as your Google ID.

If you don't have a Google account, hit the "Sign in" link in the top right, and then the "don't have a Google ID?" link to create an account. Then you only need to plug in your email address, make up a password, interpret the funny word and agree to Googles terms. Simples!

To jump straight to the Google account creation page, click here.

Can I use it without a Google account?

Yes. You can just use it from your email system to send and receive messages on the forum. However you will get more out of the forum’s other features if you create a Google account.

Who can see the messages?

People have to be invited to the forum to be able to read and submit messages. The club will only invite you to join if you are a member.

What happens when I send a message?

When you send a message it goes to the whole group. You can start a new thread just by emailing wakfieldtriclub@googlegroups.com with a new subject of your choosing. You can also start a new thread by using the web-based forum if you have a Google ID.

You can reply to forum postings in two ways:

1) From your email (hit reply)

2) Via the forum but only if you have a Google ID.

If you are replying to an existing thread from email, check the “reply-to” address. It should be wakfieldtriclub@googlegroups.com. This will go to everyone in the group so be careful to check this if you just want to reply to the sender!

How do I manage all these messages?

Via email:

A forum can create a lot of messages but you can manage this from within your own email system. We recommend creating a Wakefield Tri Club folder in your email and setting up an email filter. Most email clients and webmail systems allow you to do this. The filter can be set up to direct all email into the folder following a rule. The following rules should work for all messages:

• All messages with wakefieldtriclub@googlegroups.com in the “To” field, OR
• All messages with “[Wakey Tri Forum]” in the “Subject” field.

With a Google ID:

You also can reduce your email volume by tweaking some settings in Google Groups. Sign in and click on the “Members” link in panel at the right of the page. You will have the following options:

• No Email - I will read this group on the web
• Abridged Email (No more than 1 email per day) - Get a summary of new activity each day
• Digest Email (Approximately 1 email per day) - Get up to 25 full new messages bundled into a single email
• Email (Approximately 3 emails per day) - Send each message to me as it arrives