The Poets' Place

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The MSN Groups service will close in February 2009. You can move your group to Multiply, MSN’s partner for online groups. Learn More

General Instructions from MSN Groups Help Index for different Operating Systems & Browsers:

You must be a member of a group to contribute to its message boards.

Make sure that you are on a New Discussion page of the message board that you want to start a discussion on.
To get there: Click Messages or Message Board on the far left. If the Multiple Message Boards page appears, click the name of the message board that you want to start a discussion on, and then click New Discussion. (If the page you are currently on has no links on the far left, click Back until you reach a page that does.)

In the Subject box, type a name for your discussion.
To include a file with your message, click Attach a file.
In the box provided, type the path and name of the file, and then click Attach this file.
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Click Browse to find the file you want to add. Click the file, and then click Attach this file.

Note: To remove an attachment before posting the message, click the Delete button by the attachment's file name.

Type the body of your message. You can use the buttons and drop-down lists in the rich-text tool to add style to your message, such as formatting text, adding pictures or photos, and inserting emoticons. For more information, see Use the rich-text tool to add style to your group.
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At the bottom of the page, click Use HTML to create your page, and then compose your message using HTML formatting. For more information, see The Fellowship of the Ring">Which HTML tags will work in my group?

To post your message, click Send Message.

For group members who are using a non-Microsoft browser such as Netscape or a non-Windows operating system such as Macintosh:

Make sure that you are on a New Discussion page of the message board that you want to start a discussion on.
To get there: Click Messages or Message Board on the far left. If the Multiple Message Boards page appears, click the name of the message board you want to start a discussion on, and then click New Discussion. (If the page you are currently on has no links on the far left, click Back until you reach a page that does.)

In the Subject box, type a name for your discussion.
To include a file with your message, in the box provided, type the path and name of the file, and then click Attach this file.
–or–

Click Browse to find the file you want to add. Click the file, and then click Attach this file.
Note: To remove an attachment before posting the message, click the Delete button by the attachment's file name.

Type the body of your message. You may use HTML code to format your message. For more information, see The Fellowship of the Ring">Which HTML tags will work in my group?
To post your message, click Send Message.

please delete the original message and any tags from your reply, if answering by e-mail.

The Poets' Place e-mail address is: [email protected]

Help for Posting by E-Mail

To send an e-mail message to a Message Board from your regular e-mail program:

Open a new message window in the same e-mail account that you have listed in your E-mail Settings for the group.
Type or paste the group's e-mail address in the To box. (The group's e-mail address is listed on the E-mail Settings page and at the top of most other group pages.)
Compose and send your message.

Your message will be posted to the group's message board, as well as delivered to the e-mail inboxes of group members who have chosen that option.

Note

The version of your message that is posted to the group message board will not include attachments.

Tip

Add the e-mail addresses of your groups to the address book in your e-mail program.

To start a new discussion &/or include a file using non-Microsoft browsers or a non-Windows operating system:

For group members who are using a non-Microsoft browser such as Netscape or a non-Windows operating system such as Macintosh:

Make sure that you are on a New Discussion page of the message board that you want to start a discussion on.
To get there: Click Messages or Message Board on the far left. If the Multiple Message Boards page appears, click the name of the message board you want to start a discussion on, and then click New Discussion. (If the page you are currently on has no links on the far left, click Back until you reach a page that does.)
In the Subject box, type a name for your discussion.
To include a file with your message, in the box provided, type the path and name of the file, and then click Attach this file.
–or–

Click Browse to find the file you want to add. Click the file, and then click Attach this file.
Note: To remove an attachment before posting the message, click the Delete button by the attachment's file name.
Type the body of your message. You may use HTML code to format your message. For more information, see The Fellowship of the Ring">Which HTML tags will work in my group?
To post your message, click Send Message.

To add photos to an album using non-Microsoft browsers:

If you are using a non-Microsoft browser such as Netscape or a non-Windows operating system such as Macintosh, you can add photos to an album without the MSN Photo Upload Control.

Managers and members with permission:

Make sure the album you want to add photos to is open.
To get there: Click Pictures on the far left, click show albums if you see that link directly below the page title, and then click the album name. (If the page you are currently on has no links on the far left, click Back until you reach a page that does.)

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If, on the far left, you see a link to the album you want, click that link.
Click Add Photos.
Type the path where the photo is located, or click Browse and find the photo using your computer's file directory.
Type a title and description for the photo.
Choose a size for your photo, and then click Add Photo.
The album will open, and the new photo will appear in thumbnail view (small preview).

Notes

Without a Windows operating system and MSN Explorer or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, you can add only one photo at a time.
You cannot change the size of photos after adding them to an album. If you want to change a photo's size, you need to delete the photo from the album, resize it, and then add it again.

Important Announcement The MSN Groups service will close in February 2009. You can move your group to Multiply, MSN’s partner for online groups. Learn More
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