One difficulty with a Google Group is that there is nobody to complain to if it's not working. If you go to their help blogs you might get a response to a question about how or why something, but otherwise the system works the way the Google engineers decide the way it works, and that's it. But having said that, I am a member on a half-dozen different ones, and I've never seen any problems, from a user standpoint.<div>
<br></div><div>And echoing what John D said, yes, it is primarily an email list.<br><div><br></div><div>Jim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:12 AM, John Delacour <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:JD@pianomaker.co.uk">JD@pianomaker.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Google groups has a web view option if you like the forum style or you can simply use it as an email list, it works both ways. In other words you do not have to log onto googlegroups in order to read posts. They come directly to a designated email if you like. If you want to post you just send it to <mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">pianotech@googlegroups.com</a>> <a href="mailto:pianotech@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">pianotech@googlegroups.com</a>. In order to utilize the forum style format I believe you have to have a gmail address.<br>
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By default it is a mailing list -- that is to say that anyone who subscribes will get emails for every posting and be able to reply by email. Thewre is, as you say, no need ever to go to the web interface UNLESS you need to check that your own postings have arrived, since Google for some reason does not send copies to the sender of his own postings.<br>
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Anyone can read the messages on the web without needing a gmail account, but if you want to post from the web interface I think you need a gmail account, which is a very useful thing to have and free for all.<br>
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Several people have joined already and so far everything seems to be working fine.<br><font color="#888888">
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