How do I start a group?
You can start as many groups as you like on your site.
To start a group, log in and visit the site home page.
Then click "Start a Group", enter a group ID and Title,
and click "Start".
How can I invite people to join my group?
If your group
is public, then there are three ways
to invite people to your group.
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Simply send them a link to the home page
of your group. There is a link there that
enables people to sign up and join the group.
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If you are a Site or Group Administrator,
navigate from your group to "Group Admin",
then "Add Members to…". There you will
find three options for adding people to your
group. There are
instructions
for adding members to a group, in the Admin Manual.
Hint: before using this method,
it is a good idea to email your invitees to
let them know to expect the invitation. This
will get them more interested in joining your
group.
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On the "Add Members" page, you will also
find code to add a Sign Up box to a website.
If your group
is private or secret, use "Add
Members" in Group Admin, as described above.
How do I set up a custom domain for my site?
All OnlineGroups.Net sites, including free sites,
can use a domain that you own. Your site
will then appear at http://yourdomain, and your online
group email addresses will be @yourdomain.
To set up your online groups site at your domain,
the ISP that manages the DNS
for your domain will have to make two simple changes to set up the
new subdomain. Please check that your domain complies with our
Terms of Use,
and then ask your ISP to make the two settings listed below,
for the domain you wish to use on your Online Groups site.
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Set the A record to '67.228.108.202'.
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Set the MX record to 'smtp.onlinegroups.net'.
Once this is complete,
please let us know
and we will configure your online groups site to
work at your domain.
How can I delete a group that I don't want?
You can not delete a group on your OnlineGroups.Net
site.
You can, however, close a group.
To close a group, set the group privacy to
secret, and remove all the members,
so that only no-one except you (site administrator) is
able to see it.
See also:
How can I delete a profile that I don't want?
You can not delete your OnlineGroups.Net profile.
If you have made posts to groups, a link to your
profile will be shown on those posts. If you have
not made any posts and you are not a member of any
groups, only the Administrator of any groups you have
joined and left will be able to see a link to your profile.
How does OnlineGroups.Net handle bouncing email addresses?
A bouncing email address is one where there is currently either
no email server, or no email box to match an email address
that has been added, and verified, by a group member, or when the
email server rejects the message for some reason. When
OnlineGroups.Net sends email to a bouncing email address,
a new message is sent back to OnlineGroups.Net stating that the
original message could not be delivered.
The first time OnlineGroups.Net receives a message to say an
email address has bounced, it sends a message to all other
verified email addresses (if there are
any) for the user in question, letting them know that an email to
one of their email addresses has bounced.
If emails to an email address bounce more than five times, on
different days, during a 60 day period, the email address is
set to being unverified.