eGroup

Kiruv eGroups 2.0 User Guide

  1. Groups 2.0 is made up of 3 types of emails: the Regular eGroup email, the Daily Digest email, and the Weekly Digest email.
  2. In the Regular Email (shown below) there are 3 different areas that you use to interact with your group:
    1. Comment on a Post (continue a thread)
    2. Post your own message (start a thread)
    3. Change your eGroup subscription
  3. The Digest Emails only have sections 2 & 3. They do NOT have the 'Comment on this Post' section.

Regular eGroup Email:

The Regular eGroup Emails are entitled: "Kiruv Group Activity Notification"

The top section (shown below) contains the header, greeting, and the previous post(s):

1.The next section (shown below) is for Commenting on the Previous Post (Continuing the Thread):

  1. Choose who you want your reply to go to in the dropdown called "Comment Type" – either to the 'Whole Group' or to the 'Previous Poster' (only).
  2. Type in your comment
  3. Click the "Post Comment" Button

NOTE: If the form is not working, click on the blue, underlined words “click here” in the sentence above the form and you will be taken to an identical form on our website, Kiruv.com. Then, follow steps a - c there.

2.The next section (shown below) is for posting a new kiruv activity, question, etc. (Starting a new Thread):

  1. Choose category of your post in the dropdown called "How I reached out this week"
  2. Type in your Post
  3. Click the "Send to Group" Button

NOTE: If the form is not working, click on the blue, underlined words "click here" in the sentence above the form and you will be taken to an identical form on our website, Kiruv.com. Then, follow steps a - c there.

3.The next section (shown below) is for changing your subscription to eGroups:

  1. Choose the option of what you want to your subscription to be in the dropdown called "Subscription Preference" – either 'All E-mails', 'Weekly Digest', 'Daily Digest', or 'Unsubscribe'
  2. Click the "Change Preference" Button

NOTE: If the form is not working, click on the blue, underlined words in the sentence below the form and you will be taken to an identical form on our website, Kiruv.com. Then, follow steps a - b there.

Weekly Digest or Daily Digest Emails:

  1. The Digest emails, entitled "Project Inspire Daily/Weekly eGroup Digest", are very similar to the Regular eGroup Email. The only differences are that they have a digest of all the posts over the past day or week in your group in the top section and do not have a "Comment on this Post" section.
  2. For instructions on how to use the "Submit a New Post" section see #2 above.
  3. For instructions on how to use the "Update Your Subscription Preference" section see #3 above.

A sample Digest Email looks like this: