Greenville County
Bird Club

Upstate South Carolina

Greenville County Bird Club

Upstate South Carolina

GCBC Email Distribution

Greenville County Bird Club members have access to our email distribution, where club trip plans, bird sightings, trip reports, and other items are discussed. This distribution is available only to members. See our Membership Page to join the club.

Near the end of 2018, the club moved to the Groups.io platform for email distribution. Existing club members can read below for information regarding message delivery options, archive access, and account maintenance. If you have questions or problems with the email distribution, contact Jeff Click (jclick@gcbirdclub.org).

Message Delivery Options

Groups.io offers the following message delivery options:

  • Individual Messages (this is the default). You'll receive each message sent to the group individually, when it is sent.
  • Plain Digest. You'll receive a compilation of messages after 12 have been sent to the group, and/or after the end of each day. This option is plain text.
  • Full-Featured Digest. You'll receive a compilation of messages after 12 have been sent to the group, and/or after the end of each day. This option is formatted text.
  • Daily Summary. You'll receive a daily summary each morning of the group's messages from the previous day, with links to view the messages online*.
  • Special Notices Only. You'll receive only special notices from the group moderators. These messages would be very rare, but we may use this for items such as voting requests, election results announcements, etc. You will still have access to view all messages online*.
  • No Mail. You would receive no email, but could still access messages online*.

* Viewing or posting messages online requires signing up for a Groups.io account. Viewing or posting via email does not require an account.

Working with the Groups.io Platform

Posting

To post to the group, simply send a message to gcbirdclub@groups.io. Only members can post to the group.

Changing Subscriptions

To subscribe an email address, send an email to gcbirdclub+subscribe@groups.io. Club members and their family members may use multiple email addresses, if preferred.

To unsubscribe an email address, send an email to gcbirdclub+unsubscribe@groups.io.

Changing Delivery Options

To receive plain digests instead of individual messages, send an email to gcbirdclub+digest@groups.io.

To receive full-featured digests instead of individual messages, send an email to gcbirdclub+fulldigest@groups.io.

To receive a daily summary instead of individual messages, send an email to gcbirdclub+summary@groups.io.

To receive only special messages, send an email to gcbirdclub+special@groups.io.

To receive individual messages instead of digests or a summary, send an email to gcbirdclub+single@groups.io.

To stop receiving messages via email (you may still read messages on the Web), send an email to gcbirdclub+nomail@groups.io.

Online Access to Archives, Photos

Members may access messages and shared photos on the website in addition to (or instead of) using your email software. To access the archives, you will need to set up an account with groups.io. To view archived messages, photos, etc., go to https://groups.io/g/gcbirdclub and log in. Note that you can (as described above) elect to receive no messages via email and still retain the ability to view messages on the groups.io website, if you prefer.