What Are Google Groups: Introduction to Get Started
Learn what groups are and how you can use them.
Groups are essential for sending emails, sharing Google Drive items, and sending Google Calendar event invites to multiple people at once.
You can also post to Groups using the Google Groups site at https://groups.google.com instead of sending an email to their email address – the end result is the same.
Here’s a quick example of how a Group works as a mailing list:
We have created a Group called Test Group with the email address [email protected] and added everyone in our domain as a member.
Now we can send an email to [email protected], and everyone in our domain will receive it.
Members who are subscribed for email notifications, as shown here, see the message in their Gmail Inbox. All members are subscribed by default.
Note that when you send an email to a Group you are a member of, you don’t receive the email in your Inbox, but all other members do. If you want to read your email, check your Sent mail, or go to the Google Groups website at https://groups.google.com.
Here is the Groups website’s home page at https://groups.google.com.
If you select My groups on the left, you’ll see a list of Groups you’re a member of.
Click the name of a Group to see Group posts.
Here is how the list of Group posts (conversations) looks. You can click a post to read it and see more options.
Here is what a post looks like when clicked – it is very similar to Gmail.
Members have the option to Reply to all, Reply to the author, or Forward. Group owners and managers can disable these options.
Learn what groups are and how you can use them.
Update group manager permissions, email notifications preferences, display language, and your bounce status.
Update membership settings related to a particular group, such as display name, link to your account profile, email address used for your membership, and subscription.
Add a new group.
Choose if and how you want to receive email notifications from a group you are a member of.
Send a request to join a group.
View general info about a group such as its owner, name, email, description, your join date, and its privacy settings.
Quickly find a group based on specific characteristics.
The quickest way to manage members, edit settings, or delete a group.
Add additional email addresses to a group.
Change a group’s email address.
Change a group’s name.
Change a group’s description.
Quit a group.
Permanently remove a group.
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