Notification of replies to topics in google groups

[Michelle]

Is it possible in google groups to receive an e-mail notification when
there's a reply to a topic that you've posted in?

Several forums that I participate in have this function and it makes it much
easier to follow a topic. Sometimes I forget to go back and check all of my
topics to see if someone's posted a reply.

Does this make sense? Maybe Google groups doesn't offer this, as it is
typically a "forum"-style option. I guess google groups remind me so much
of forums, that I'm wishing some features crossed over.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Michelle:

I thought Google Groups did offer that facility. The Microsoft version
does:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx

Just make sure you are logged in, or the feature won't appear.NTP
newsgroups. The websites you are going to are "scraping" their text onto
the web, but they're not web-based forums.

These groups go back to the dawn of the Internet (they ARE the dawn of the
Internet, long before the WWW happened...)

If I were to point you to the use of a Newsreader, and you were to spend the
five minutes it will take you to set it up, you may never want to use Forums
again...

http://word.mvps.org/Mac/AccessNewsgroups.html

Accessed through a newsreader, Usenet groups are so much faster than forums
or groups, and you have far more power and control over what, when, and how
you read things.

Cheers

Is it possible in google groups to receive an e-mail notification when
there's a reply to a topic that you've posted in?

Several forums that I participate in have this function and it makes it much
easier to follow a topic. Sometimes I forget to go back and check all of my
topics to see if someone's posted a reply.

Does this make sense? Maybe Google groups doesn't offer this, as it is
typically a "forum"-style option. I guess google groups remind me so much
of forums, that I'm wishing some features crossed over.

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[little_creature]

Hi Michelle:

I thought Google Groups did offer that facility. The Microsoft version
does:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx

Just make sure you are logged in, or the feature won't appear.NTP
newsgroups. The websites you are going to are "scraping" their text onto
the web, but they're not web-based forums.

These groups go back to the dawn of the Internet (they ARE the dawn of the
Internet, long before the WWW happened...)

If I were to point you to the use of a Newsreader, and you were to spend the
five minutes it will take you to set it up, you may never want to use Forums
again...

http://word.mvps.org/Mac/AccessNewsgroups.html

Accessed through a newsreader, Usenet groups are so much faster than forums
or groups, and you have far more power and control over what, when, and how
you read things.

Cheers





--
Don't wait for your answer, click here:http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltdhttp://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

Hello,
the other possibility is to use the RSS feature. If you use safari,
navigate here: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/topics
and click on that RSS code in the address bar. If you use Firefox
navigate to the same place and scroll down the page where you will
find xml button. Or I use sage addin for reading RSS for FF which is
quite handy.
There are usually many ways how to get to the same point pick the
one which is most suitable for you

 

[little_creature]

Hello,
the other possibility is to use the RSS feature. If you use safari,
navigate here:http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/topics
and click on that RSS code in the address bar. If you use Firefox
navigate to the same place and scroll down the page where you will
find xml button. Or I use sage addin for reading RSS for FF which is
quite handy.
There are usually many ways how to get to the same point pick the
one which is most suitable for you

And in the google groups you can make the start before the threat
yellow, by clicking on it to remember. Trust me I'm lost to the end of
the Earth and while using google groups it helps me to be bit less
confused

 

[Michelle]

These are all good ideas. Right now I read all of the Office (Word, PP,
Entourage, Excel) posts through the Microsoft News Server within Entourage.
Occasionally visit the Google's group on the web when I want to do a search
for past posts.

I guess I could subscribe to the RSS feeds through NetNewsWire like I do
most of my other sites. I hadn't looked into the possibility of the groups
having an RSS feed. Would I be able to subscribe to the forum as a whole
AND individual topics?

I'll look into each of your ideas.