Using
E-Group without dealing with Yahoo
If you join Ottoson e-group network by sending a blank e-mail
message to:
ArlingtonMiddleSchool-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
you will receive an e-mail message from Yahoogroups. If you
respond to this message, you will become a member of Ottoson
e-group. From that moment you will receive message that are
sent to the group by other members. You can also send a
message to everyone in the group by e-mailing it to:
ArlingtonMiddleSchool@yahoogroups.com.
Although you
will be using Yahoo's service, you are not required to obtain, or to
have a Yahoo ID. Even if you have a Yahoo ID, you are not
required to use it.
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Benefits
of personalizing your Yahoogroups
To be able to use all of the web features available in
Yahoogroups, we recommend that you obtain a Yahoo ID (if you already
don't have one), and that you personalize your Yahoogroups.
The procedures are given below.
Once you go into the trouble of personalizing your Yahoogroups,
you will be able to easily change your membership options (such as
ways of reducing the amount of e-mail), see old message, view the
calendar of group's event, and access files and photos.
When you set your browser to http://groups.yahoo.com/,
your groups will be listed on the left side. Clicking on any
of these will put you into the home page of that group. Or you
can go directly to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArlingtonMiddleSchool/
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Personalizing procedure if you already have Yahoo ID
Go to Ottoson e-group home page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArlingtonMiddleSchool/
Click on the Sign In link at the top right corner.
This will bring you to the Select Yahoo Profile
page. It will tell you, "If you want to access all the
web features for ArlingtonMiddleSchool, you need to select a Yahoo
profile..." Click on Continue.
You may need to enter your Yahoo ID and password.
Now you should be at a Congratulations page.
"Congratulations, you can now access all of the web features
for ArlingtonMiddlSchool". Click on View
ArlingtonMiddleSchool.
At this point you should end up back at Ottoson e-group home
page, but now you should be able to access messages, including old
message, as well as calendar and other features.
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Personalizing procedure if you do not have Yahoo ID
The procedure below may not correspond exactly to what will occur
in your case.
Go to Ottoson e-group home page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArlingtonMiddleSchool/
DO NOT CLICK ON Join This Group - you are already a member
of this group, but the system is not yet recognizing it.
Instead, click on the Register link at the top right corner.
This will take you to the Sign up for your Yahoo ID web
page. Fill out the information. It may take a few tries
before you'll find a unique ID. Do not forget to write down
your Yahoo ID and password.
You will eventually get to Registration Completed
page. Click on Continue to Yahoo.
You're back at Ottoson e-group home page, but you are not done
yet.
Check your e-mail. You should eventually get a message Registration
Confirmed - Welcome to Yahoo. The message will contain Click
here to Activate Your New Account. Do that.
This will send you back to the browser, to Yahoo Sign-In
page for existing Yahoo users. Sign in using your new Yahoo ID
and password.
You may a page stating that "You're almost done", but
that is a bit optimistic. This is a verification page.
Enter the password again and click Verify.
Now you are being congratulated. Click the Start Now
button.
You're once again at Ottoson e-group home page, but you are STILL
not done.
Click on Find Your Membership.
This should produce a page "We found 1
membership..." Click on Get Web Access.
Now you are the Edit My Membership page of Ottoson
e-group. You may change your options here, but in any case, DO
NOT FORGET to click on Save Changes button at the bottom.
This finally gets you to Membership Updated. Click
on Go To ArlingtonMiddleSchool.
At this point you should end up back at Ottoson e-group home
page, but now you should be able to access messages, including old
message, as well as calendar and other features.
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Changing or adding e-mail address
If you need to change your e-mail address or add
another e-mail address to which Ottoson High School E-group messages
are sent, please follow one of the procedures below. (You may
wish to add an address if you want to receive the message at more
than one address.)
If you have not personalized your Yahoogroups,
then changing or adding e-mail address has to be done by sending a blank
e-mail message to
ArlingtonMiddleSchool-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
from the new address (to add this address
to the membership list), and sending a blank e-mail message to
ArlingtonMiddleSchool-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
from the old address (to remove this address
from the membership list).
If you have personalized your Yahoogroups, then the process of
changing or adding e-mail address has three steps.
First, log in to Ottoson High School E-group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArlingtonMiddleSchool/
Then click on My Groups, to go into
your main Yahoogroups page. You may need your password to get
in. Click on Account Info (top right corner). Now
you will almost surely need your password. Click on the Edit
button next to Member Information, then enter your new e-mail
address into one (usually the first) Alternate E-Mail
boxes. Click on the radial button next to this box to select it as your
Primary Alternate Address. (In Yahoo terminology, all e-mail addresses
that are not from Yahoo itself are considered alternate.). Click the
Finished button to save the changes.
The second step is to wait for e-mail from Yahoo that will verify your new
e-mail address. You will get a verification code. If everything goes
normally, the e-mail message will contain an URL with the verification code
embedded, so all you need to do is to click on that URL.
The third, last step is to go back to Yahoogroups, to your main page (My
Groups), and change e-mail for
each of your groups, including WaldorfHighSchool E-group. To do this,
select each of your groups in turn. For each group, click on Edit My Membership
and select the appropriate e-mail address. Don' forget to click on Save
Changes.
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Want to
protect you e-mail address?
If you are concerned about protecting your e-mail
address, here are things you should know:
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Someone who is not a member of this e-group,
cannot get to your e-mail address.
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Members of the e-group can at most see partial
address in Membership list.
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If you send a message to the e-group, all
members will see your e-mail address.
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Yahoogroups is not considered 100% safe, so it
is possible that someone may gain access and retrieve your
e-mail address.
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Many people have had their addresses on many
Yahoogroups for many years without any problems.
If you desire more protection, the best solution is
to create a new address specifically for e-groups. Most
Internet providers allow multiple e-mail addresses and your e-mail
application at home can be set up to receive messages from all these
addresses. One minor drawback is that if you were to use the
reply feature to send a message to the e-group, and you were not
careful in selecting the correct FROM address, your message will be
sent from a wrong address and ignored (however, it is not advisable
to ever use the reply feature when sending message to the e-group).
If you cannot get another e-mail address at home,
you can get one at Yahoo.com (or another equivalent service).
It's free, but you will have to go onto Yahoo web page to retrieve
your e-mail.
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