Set up 2: The shortname space will be created by Jee or Shobha

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Set up 1 Come up with a shortname (one world is
preferred or two words with a hyphen)
Discussion URLhttp//www.dgroups.org/groups/world
bank/shortname/ Members can send a message
to shortname_at_dgroups.org Ways to solicit
members A blank message can be sent to
join-shortname_at_dgroups.org Refer to a webpage
to sign up http//www.dgroups.org/groups/worldban
k/shortname/index.cfm?opdsp_join
Set up 2 The shortname space will be created by
Jee or Shobha
Homepage can be designed in many ways. Here are
three samples from the previous discussions.
You can modified the homepage in the Editing
mode. To view the editing mode, you need to go to
My Group and click a list. If you are a regular
member, the list link will take you to the
discussion space directly. If you are an admin,
it will open the Editing mode page. In the
page, there is an entry for Workspace
Introductory Text. You can enter HTML code in the
form field.
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Access your space through www.dgroups.org
This is where the system sends you the password
to your registered email account.
A list of discussion spaces that you have signed
up.
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Set up 3 Prepare an invitation letter
For Bank staff only, you can send out a nicely
designed Lotus Notes table invitation. For
external staff, you can either explore to send
out a HTML or a rich text based email. Note We
request that all communications related the
e-discussions (invitations, articles,
announcements, websites etc.) carry the following
acknowledgment for DevForum. We will provide you
the HTML code and the text for this.
Useful information for participants
To post messages to the e-discussion You can
either reply to the emails of the e-discussion,
or send a message to shortname_at_dgroups.org Please
note that you can send the messages to the
e-discussion 24 hours a day, but the messages
will be posted in the discussion space in the
period between 800 am and 800 pm New York
time. To read messages on the e-discussion
website Please click on the "messages" tab once
you access the site at the following link http//d
groups.org/groups/worldbank/shortname/ To
receive e-discussion messages by email All
participants will automatically receive the
messages that are posted. However, you can choose
to receive a daily digest containing all the
emails from each day. If you would like to change
your setting to the daily digest, please send a
message to lyris_at_dgroups.org. In the subject
line, type set shortname digest To
unsubscribe from this e-discussion If you do not
wish to be a part of this discussion, please send
a blank message to Leave-shortname_at_dgroups.org
To retrieve your password via
email http//www.dgroups.org/groups/worldbank/sho
rtname/index.cfm?opdsp_log_password
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In the invitation, you need to send a direct link
to the join page.
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Set up 4 Approve members
Fromjseo_at_worldbank.orgTojeester_at_mac.comDate
Tue Jun 21, 2005 011735 PM PDTSubjectDgroups
Registration Hello, The following details
were submitted to Dgroups (www.dgroups.org) as
part of a new user registration for an online
community User Namejen seo E-mail
jeester_at_mac.com Password test This may have
been done by you, or by Jeeyeon Seo
(jseo_at_worldbank.org) administrator of
Development Forum World Bank E-Discussion Venue.
You may visit this community here
http//www.dgroups.org/groups/worldbank/devforumt
est Please note that messages to the list
should be sent to devforumtest_at_dgroups.org.
Messages sent to the above address will be sent
out to all participants in the discussion.
Primary Administrators name
Long name title would appear here.
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There are 3 things to check to ensure your
approval message is correct 2 lines are
required in the body of your messagelogin
(enter your password here)member approve 12345
678910 1112131 where "(enter your password here)"
should be replaced with your password, and the
numbers following "member approve" are the
numbers identifying the requesting users. If
the line starting with "member approve" wraps
down to the next line, then either each new line
should be prefixed by "member approve" or the end
of each line contains "\". Example (body of
message) - NOT CORRECTlogin apple123member
approve 221206 221423 221738 221899 221936 222025
222029 222031 222033 222036 222038 222040 222068
222075 222081 222083 222088 222091 222109 222115
222117 222177 222180 222186 222779 222969 223045
Example (body of message) - CORRECTlogin
apple123member approve 221206 221423 221738
221899 221936 222025 222029 \222031 222033
222036 222038 222040 222068 222075 222081 222083
\222088 222091 222109 222115 222117 222177
222180 222186 222779 \222969 223045 Example
(body of message) - CORRECTlogin
apple123member approve 221206 221423 221738
221899 221936 222025 222029member approve 222031
222033 222036 222038 222040 222068 222075member
approve 222081 222083 222088 222091 222109 222115
222117member approve 222177 222180 222186 222779
222969 223045 Messages should be sent as plain
text, and not HTML format. If your message does
not follow this format, you will receive a
response with the text "The following lines in
your email message did not appear to be Lyris
ListManager commands and were skipped".