Esther, Thanks for all of this helpful info. It is really appreciated. I will save this for future reference. Stacey and GEB dog Chesley
On Jun 24, 2012, at 8:48 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Stacey, > > I think it is possible for you to subscribe to the viphone list without > having Google account by having the list owner or moderator add you directly > to the subscription list. I'll dig up a recent post by Raul Gallego on this > subject and append it. However, I don't think that you have control over your > subscription that way -- if you want to stop receiving list mail probably > your only option is to unsubscribe, and then to try to start subscribing as > though you were a completely new user again, with the same waiting period if > there's a backlog on approving new user subscriptions. As Kawal explained, > when you create a Google account, you do not need to also create a gmail > account for mail. Also, if you have multiple email accounts, you can choose > which of these accounts you want to be associated with receiving the list > email posts, or change your email address if your current one terminates, and > you can manage your subscriptions (no mail, digest format, etc.) from your > Google account. > > Creating a Google account does require negotiating a Captcha, but you only > have to do it once. There is an audio Captcha option on the web page, but I > find those pretty bad, too, although it was manageable. I'll add that the > default page you are linked to if you choose to create an account from the > page where you are prompted to log in to the viphone list now makes it appear > as though you have to create a gmail account when you create your Google > account. You don't need to do this, and you also don't need to supply your > phone or SMS number to activate your account, despite being encouraged to do > so for "security" purposes. > > Here's the URL to use to create a new account without also creating a gmail > account: > https://accounts.google.com/newaccount?hl=en > > You need to supply your current email address and the password you wish to > create for your account, retyped to verify it. And apparently you must now > supply your date of birth (so they can verify you are over 13). That email > address is being used as your unique login for your Google account. If you > need to change your email address for receiving mail at a later time, or add > another email account that you'd prefer to use for your subscription instead, > you'll also be able to manage this yourself within your Google account. Make > sure to check the box for accepting the terms of service before you press the > "Create my account" button. > > Once you've created your account, return to the viphone list page: > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone > > Use the link for "Apply for group membership" and sign in with your Google > account login (which is the non-gmail email address you used to create the > account) and password. I'd add a note saying that you were previously a > member of the list, which they'll be able to verify. > > At any later time you should be able to go to the "Manage My Membership" page > for your account at to change your subscription status or go "no mail" for a > while: > http://groups.google.com/groups/mysubs?hl=en_US&pli=1 > > There are more detailed instructions that posted for Teresa about changing > membership options, and you can read the archived post if you ever need more > information: > • Re: The New Google Groups Site and viewing/changing membership options? > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg64431.html > > I'll paste in Raul's message if you want to try to subscribe via email only. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> >> Subject: Important -- How to manage your subscription via email >> Date: June 11, 2012 >> To: ViPhone Users List <viph...@googlegroups.com> >> Reply-To: viph...@googlegroups.com >> >> Hello all. You might want to save this for future reference. Since this >> topic has come up recently I thought I'd give information on getting help >> with this list when it comes to managing your subscription via email instead >> of the web site. >> >> This is mainly aimed at those who don't have Google accounts and don't want >> to sign up with Google just to participate on the list. To get the help >> commands and email addresses for list subscription management, send an email >> to viphone+h...@googlegroups.com and you will get an auto-reply message. >> Note the Plus sign between viphone and help. The below is what you will get >> back. >> >> >> >> We received your message asking for help related to the group viphone. >> >> To send a message to this group by email, address the email to: >> viph...@googlegroups.com >> To subscribe to this group by email, address the email to: >> viphone+subscr...@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group by email, address the email to: >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> To contact the group owner by email, address the email to: >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com > > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
