The Neighborhood of Hilltop Jersey City, New Jersey

Using the HNA Yahoo Group/Forum

To receive emails from a Yahoo group/forum, to post messages on the forum (i.e., email the membership-at-large) and to reply to individual members, you do not need a Yahoo ID or email address.

You only need a Yahoo ID if you want to:

view files stored in the Files section of the forum (past meeting minutes, archived newsletters, etc.)
view archived messages (emails posted before you joined the forum)
participate in online polls
view the group's online calendar
and other features

Even after setting up a Yahoo ID for viewing the archived messages, files, polls, calendar, etc., note that you may still use any email address you wish for delivery of group emails.

Setting your preferred email address

If you set up a Yahoo ID when you joined the group, this means that Yahoo also created an email account for you. If you are receiving group emails at the Yahoo address but you would prefer them delivered to a different email address, follow the steps indicated on the Yahoo account pages below.

First, add an alternate email for your Yahoo account. Go to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/member/preferences/email/view, click the text "Add/Remove Email Address," then follow the prompts to enter another email address. Yahoo will send a verification email to the alternate email address. Once you verify, your alternate email address will be added to your Yahoo account.
Next, set your preferred email address for where you want emails from your Yahoo Group delivered. Go to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups, click "Edit My Groups" then select your preferred email address from the drop-down menu in the "Email Address" column.

Posting a message to the membership

Send an email to hilltopneighborhood@yahoogroups.com

Replying to an individual member

When group emails arrive from the Yahoo forum, the sender will appear as something like this:

hilltopneighborhood@yahoogroups.com on behalf of John Doe [john^doe@domain^name.com]

To reply to John Doe directly, rather than to the entire membership, copy and paste John's address (john^doe@domain^name.com) into a new email, instead of replying to the all-member email address.

In most cases, it's best to send your replies to the all-member address so that everyone can read your comments and respond with their own.

Changing email delivery type & frequency

If you are feeling overwhelmed by the number of group emails arriving in your inbox each day, here are some options for you:

Option 1

Change your email delivery from "individual emails" to "daily digest" -- then you will get delivery of group emails in one bulk download only once a day (instead of one-at-a-time all day long).

Help page on email delivery types: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/manage/manage-16.html

Option 2

Most email programs allow you to set up filters so that emails from a source you specify can be automatically routed to a subfolder. Microsoft Outlook has this feature, as does Yahoo and other online email services. Once you set up a filter, all incoming group emails are placed into a subfolder so that your Inbox stays less crowded.

Tip: You might want to use the filter settings in addition to the Yahoo "daily digest" option. Then your group emails will come in only once a day and they will automatically be routed into the subfolder you specified rather than your Inbox.

Help pages on setting up filters:

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/classic/mailplus/otherinfo/otherinfo-01.html

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/classic/manage/manage-38.html

Option 3

Remove email delivery all together. Then you can go online at your convenience and read message posts on the Yahoo site. Where to read messages online: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hilltopneighborhood/messages.

Tip: If you opt to read messages online, note that you can "group by topic" to consolidate the display into specific discussion threads. Then you don’t have to open up any topics which do not interest you. How to: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/email/email-27.html

View Yahoo group shared services

View the HNA group calendar: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hilltopneighborhood/cal

View the HNA Files section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hilltopneighborhood/files

More Help

More help info at Yahoo Groups Help Central: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/