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Types of Google Groups

Types of Google Groups

Sept 27, 2018

There are four types of groups available:

  1. Email list - An email list allows users to post from the web or through an email account. This is a mailing list group.

  2. Web forum - A web forum allows people to interact with the group, and have engaging and interactive discussions on the web. It has web-optimized features enabled, including moderation tools. Group members post topics and replies through the web interface, but can still receive updates via email.

  3. Q&A forum - A Question and Answer Forum is a web forum with extra features enabled to support the experience of asking and answering issues. Topics can be marked as resolved, or be rated by users. In addition, you can use categories to organize questions within the forum. People must post through the web interface, but can still receive updates via email.

  4. Collaborative inbox - Topics can be assigned to other members and treated as tasks which can be resolved or reassigned. Additional options are available to control who can assign and receive tasks.