Discussions
You can submit a new post to a group either by posting directly to the group or sending a message via email.
To add a new post into the discussion board, click on the +new post link to the right of the discussion area or the +new post button below the discussion area.
- To submit a post directly to a group: visit the group's homepage and click the+ new post button in the colored Discussions bar on the right side of the page. (Alternatively, you can click the Discussions link on the right side of the page and then click the + Start a discussion button at the bottom of the page. This button only appears for the first post to the group.)
- To reply to an existing topic, click Reply near the bottom of the posting.
- To submit a new post via email: send an email to your group's email address. The subject line of the email will be the title of the post, and the body of the email will be the content of the post.
- Users can post on behalf of the group itself instead of their individual username, using the web interface. This setting is on the "Group settings" | "Email delivery" page. You have to be an owner to enable this setting. Turning it on means that when users post from the web interface, a dropdown menu appears where users can choose whether the email appears to come "From: username@domain.com" or "From: groupname@googlegroups.com".
- You can reply to an existing post over email if you're set up to receive all posts to the group through email. Simply find the post you'd like to reply to in your email inbox and click the Reply/Reply All button in your email program. Type your message into the body of the email, making sure you keep the subject line of the email intact so that your post is sent to the correct thread.
If posting to the group is restricted by the owner, the post may be reviewed by a moderator and you may be asked to join the group before you can post.
NOTE: Go to this URL for a tour - http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlegroups/tour3/index.html.
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