User Tip - Push-me Pull-you
Posted by Shaun Callahan Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT
Remember the original Dr. Doolittle movie with the 2-headed dancing llama called a Pushmi-pullyu?
In the tech world “push” means the information is sent to you. “Pull” means you go and get it yourself.
User Tip – A Groupsite can push or pull or both. You decide. here’s how:
The key is under the ”My Settings” tab.
After you select the “My Settings Tab”, select the ”My Preferences” tab.
The key to controlling the “push” vs. “pull” is under ”My Email Preferences”
Group Related Email Blasts: Here you choose who you will allow to “push” calendar, discussion and email blasts to you. The choices are “All Group Members” (heavy push) or “Group Managers Only” (light push)
Next choose if you want to be notified by email whenever someone replies to a discussion topic you replied to by selecting “Subscribe” (pull) or “Do not subscribe”.
Recent Activity Updates”: Here is where you decide how often (if at all) you will receive summary digests of what is happening in your Groupsite. You can choose: Once a day, Twice a week, Once a week, Every two weeks or never.
Additionally, if you want the summaries sent to you, you can pick what types of activities you want to be updated on and simply uncheck those activities that you don’t feel the need to have “pushed” to you.
Groupsites are designed to help groups work. You decide how much and how often you want the Groupsite to come to you and how and when you want to go to the Groupsite.