You’ve always been able to post messages on Yammer via email. Using the email address associated with your account, send your message to:
yammer@yammer.com - to post a message to your followers
[groupname]@yammer.com - to post a message to a specific group
Many clients are using Yammer groups to implement email distribution lists. If you’ve ever set up a list on Exchange or another internal email server, you know that creating, removing, or changing lists means filing a request with IT and... waiting.
Why wait? Just set up a group in Yammer! You get all the advantages of an archived, searchable, taggable Yammer group along with your email list. You’ll be able to pull up files and links posted to the list instantly, even months after they were sent. New hires will be able to browse existing threads on Yammer, helping them get oriented and productive quickly. And your IT team will thank you.
It’s just a few simple steps to get started:
1. Click the “Groups” tab
2. Click “Create new group”
3. Name and customize your group. The group name will become the list’s email address (groupname@yammer.com). If you want anyone to be able to join, view, or post to the group, make it public. If the information is sensitive or you want to control users’ access to the group, make it private.
4. Next, add the email addresses of your new group’s members. Be sure to check the following checkboxes (as seen below):
• Add these members without an invitation
• Email
Click “Save” and you’ve created both a Yammer group and email distribution list. Each post to the group will be delivered to group members via email. The group members don’t even have to join Yammer to start sending and receiving messages to the group. And users who prefer to use Yammer’s web, desktop, mobile, or other clients to interact with the group can switch off email delivery and interact with the group using their preferred client. Setting this up probably took less time than it would’ve taken just to file a request with the IT department.
REMEMBER: This is a great way to guarantee message delivery, but you don’t want to flood the members of the group with too many emails. At any time, group members can choose not to receive emails for messages posted to the group by changing their email notification settings. Group members can also leave the group at any time.
