Alumni

Join a Google Group with a Gmail address

1. Sign in to Google Groups.
2. Search for the group:
   1. At the top, click My groups and select All groups and messages.
   2. In the search box, enter the group’s name or email address or a group topic and press Enter.
3. (Optional) To customize or expand the search results, choose an option:
   • If you searched for a topic and want to view only groups, at the top, click Groups.
   • To view more results, at the bottom of the Groups search results, click +x more groups.
4. Click the groupJoin group.If you don’t find any option to join the group or instead find Ask to join group or Contact owners and managers, go to Request to join a group (below).
5. Anyone who can view the group’s members can see your Google profile. If you don’t want your profile to be visible:
   1. Uncheck the Link to my Google account profile box.
   2. (Optional) To use a different display name, click Display name and enter the name.
6. For Subscription, select how to get email updates from the group.
7. If available and you don’t want to be automatically subscribed to updates when you post to the group, uncheck the Subscribe me to email updates box.
8. Click Join group.

Join a group without a Gmail address

If you don’t have a Gmail address, you can still join groups. You need to associate your email address with a Google Account. If you:

• Don’t have a Google Account—Create a Google Account without changing your email address
• Have a Google Account—Sign in to your Google Account with another email address