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FAQs and Listserv Issues

PIEATALK is a private--invitation only--discussion group for members of the (PIEA) Photo Imaging Education Association.

I.

If you are having problems accepting an invitation, be sure you are clicking on the CORRECT link in the invitation email !

It should look like this:

---------------------- Google Groups Information ----------------------

You can accept this invitation by clicking the following URL:

http://groups.google.com/group/PIEAtalk/sub?s=tTPN6ww.....

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II.

Can't login to the PIEAtalk group?

If you do NOT have a Google Account associated with your email address, and you want to login to the PIEAtalk Google Groups website, you will need to create a Google Account. If you do have a Google account associated with this email address, you can simply login to the group page with it.

NOTE: You do NOT need to login to the PIEAtalk Google Group website to use the PIEAtalk Listserv  !!!

To create a Google Account:

1. Go to the PIEAtalk Google Group homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/PIEAtalk

2. Select the 'Sign in to Google Groups' link.

3. On the right side of the page scroll down until you see 'Don't have a Google Account?
It's easy to start.' Select the large blue button that says 'Create an Account'

4. Fill in the form on the next page, and remember to use the email address that was invited to our PIEAtalk google group--otherwise this account will not give you access to your PIEAtalk account.

5. Immediately after signing up, you will be brought back to the PIEAtalk Google Group homepage.

6. In the future, you will be able to login with this same email and password to gain access to the PIEAtalk google group.

 

III.

For full documentation and help forums related to Google groupse visit the link below.

Official Google Groups Help site

IV.

Managing your PIEAtalk Google Group subscription

Your Participation in the Email Listserv

Please remember two things when sending mail to the listserv.

1. Please be courteous.

2. Please remember that your email is being sent to hundreds of members.

Using the Listserv

Managing Listserv Emails

The primary complaint with email lists is often that when they are successful, the number of emails generated can make it difficult to manage.  Overall, PIEAtalk is a low volume listserv, with occasional spikes in usage--such as around contest or conference times. There are two approaches you can take to keep your participation painless.

Change Your Google Group Preferences

The Google service offers a great deal of flexibility in how often you receive group emails, or even allows you to get "no email" from the group. In this case you would read everything from a Web page. 

• After you have joined the group, you can visit the group page by clicking on one of the following links: http://groups.google.com/group/PIEAtalk

• Click on Edit My Membership in the right hand column.

• Answer the Question: How to you want to read this group?

  • No Email (read from web page)

  • Abridged Email (no more than one per day summarized)

  • Digest Email (up to 25 emails bundled)

  • Email (Each message by itself as it arrives) This is the default, and what we suggest!

You can change the preferences as often as you need.

Create a Mail Rule / Filter to File Emails as they arrive

If you receive all emails separately, you might want your group communications separated from your normal email communications so that they can be read at your convenience.  Almost all mail applications provide a means of setting up mail rules or filters to solve this problem. This will insure you can easily find group communications and also keep it from "mixing" with your normal email traffic.  The basic idea is to define criteria such that any email containing <GROUP NAME> [PIEAtalk] in the from field should be moved or transferred to a folder dedicated for this purpose. Here are two links that describe steps required.  If you find steps for other email applications, please submit the URL in your comments, and the link will be added to these.

• Creating Mail Rules in Outlook

• Creating a Mail Rule in Mac OS X Mail

Additionally, filters can be created to do the same thng with online email such as gMail and Yahoo, etc.

More information can be found after logging in: (Login to pieapma.org to see full details Members Area > PIEAtalk Listserv)