Actually, Kenneth, I know the other group in which I sometimes participate as the Gmail Help Forum. From the information you provided, that seems to be the Gmail Help Google Product Forum. However, that is inaccurate as Gmail is the only Google product discussed. So the source of the info you shared is incorrect.
*~Diane* On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > Diane, > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:31 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> The Google Product Forums are a bit different than regular Google Groups. >>> *How so? I mean other than not revealing posters' e-mail addresses. >>> * >>> >> > Here are some differences. > > The *Gmail-Help Google Group* (this group) is both a web-based discussion > group and an email discussion group. Some members, such as yourself, may > post and read messages at the Google Group's webpage. Others, perhaps the > majority, may only ever read and post to the group via email. > > The *Gmail Help Google Product Forum* is only a web based discussion > group. While members may select to receive updates to threads of interest > or threads to which they've posted via email, they can't then reply to > those posts via email. Instead they must return to the forum's webpage to > post a reply. > > Email subscribers to the *Gmail-Help Google Group* will receive via email > every post submitted to the group. > > Members of the *Gmail Help Google Product Forum* can select which threads > for which they want to receive email notifications but there's no means to > automatically begin receiving all posts submitted to the group via email. > They can also select in their general settings if they want to receive > notifications for things like "Send me an email if there is a status change > on my post or topic" or "Send me an email when somebody assigns a topic to > me." There are no options like this in Google Groups. > > Posts/Emails submitted to the *Gmail-Help Google Group* are just > individual posts/emails. You can reply to them or not. That's about all > you can do. > > Posts submitted to the *Gmail Help Google Product Forum* can be voted > on. Readers can vote up replies by clicking on the +1 button at the bottom > of the post. Also, the person who started the thread/question submitted to > the group can select a "best answer" if they decide one of the replies is > most helpful. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
