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Q. How do I make my Affinity Group an announcement/newsletter list?

A. Sometimes you may wish to make an announcement-only or a newsletter Affinity Group, where only the moderator can post, any posts to the list ONLY go to the moderator, and any replies to the Affinity Group email list bounce to the moderator only.

In the Create New Affinity Group or Edit Affinity Group Settings/Edit Affinity Group Info page for your Affinity Group (you get there by clicking Edit Settings on a Affinity Group you moderate), click the choice Closed Affinity Group. This way, only Group Members you directly add can join. You can give an email address (the moderator's) for potential Group Members to use to request to join the Affinity Group. In your Affinity Group description, note that the Affinity Group is for outgoing announcements only, and that unauthorized messages will not be distributed.

First, once you have finished setting up your Discussion (see Starting a new Affinity Group[new page]), select Edit Email List Information from the options in yellow on the Affinity Group home page. Under Moderated Email List select Moderated. This will mean that only moderators can send email messages to the Affinity Group.

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