Yahoo Group How To
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Requirements
· A Yahoo! ID
· An email address
· A working internet connection
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About the PRComputer Club Yahoo Tech Group
· Yahoo is a large internet company (like Google or eBay)
· Among many other services like email, news, and web searching, Yahoo offers a service for small to medium groups like ours to conduct conversations over the internet.
· This service is called Tech Groups.
· Tech Groups allow people who share a particular interest to ask questions, share information, answer questions, or “talk shop” generally.
· The club’s Tech Group is called “ PRComputerClub ”.
· It’s been running since 1999.
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Start here
· Ok, so you’re sat in front of your computer, you’re on the internet, you have a working email address: where do you start?
· Just follow these steps over the next few pages with the illustrations provided to guide your way…..
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First, you get a Yahoo ID
· Go to the club website http://www.prcc.asn.au and find this link.
· Click it and you will go to the Yahoo registration page which looks like this
· It’s a form. You need to fill it in. I know, dull as, but that’s life……
· There are some tricks for the unwary on this page. There are hints all over the place in small type.
· If you enter anything wrong, the page will put little red messages where all the mistakes are. You can just try again.
· If you get into trouble, click on “Help” in the top right of this page or email the webmaster. webmaster@prcc.asn.au
· Write down your Yahoo ID and password. You’ll need it for the next step.
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Second, get the Club Webmaster to add you to the group.
· Go to the club website ( www.prcc.asn.au) and find this link.
· Click it and you will go to the Email Request Form which looks like this
· Fill in this form
· Enter your membership number and your surname.
· Enter the email address you want to use for your messages
· To join, click on the “Add to” button so there’s a dot in it.
· Put your Yahoo ID in the comments box
· Send it by clicking “Submit request”.
· This will go to Webmaster or Membership Officer, who will process it for you.
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Third, shortly you will be ready to begin.
· Once this is ready you will begin to receive emails in your InBox from members of the Tech Group with “[PRComputerClub]” in the subject line.
· To answer any question (or just to have your 2 cents worth on any topic) simply reply to any “[PRComputerClub]” email that appears.
· To post a question of your own, start a new email addressed to PRComputerClub@yahoogroups.com
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Lastly, going on holidays....
· From time to time you may want to stop the messages for a while.
· Go to the club website http://www.prcc.asn.au and find this link.
· Click it and you will go to the PRComputer Club Yahoo Groups page which looks like this.
· Sign in (top right of the Yahoo Groups page, see the little circle?).
· You will use your Yahoo ID and password for this.
· Next click “edit membership”
· Then scroll down to “Step 2 Message Delivery” and click the “Web Only” option.
· Now click save and you're done!
· Note: You can also do this if you want to stop your email InBox overflowing.
· To see any messages you would have to sign in to the PRComputerClub Tech Groups through a web browser.
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Help etc....
For any problem you can’t deal with
· Go to the club website (www.prcc.asn.au) and find the same Email List Request form as in “Second,” above, and write your question in the “Comments” section
· If you change your email address then do the same but use the “Change email” button.
· If you’re sick of all this and want to stop then do the same but use the “Remove from” button
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