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There are three stages:
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This is a bit more complicated than you might like, I'm afraid - it's the price we (don't) pay for using Yahoo.  But bear with it, because once you're signed up, you can get on with the fun stuff of giving and getting things for free.
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* [[#Finding Your Local Group|Finding Your Local Group]]
 
  
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= Finding Your Local Group =
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= How do I find my local group? =
  
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After joining your local group, to post a message, send an email to your local group's yahoo address or click on "messages" at the local Freecycle group web site. You can find your local group by clicking here and locating your group according to the region where you live.
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There are two ways to find your local group.
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# You can browse UK groups [http://www.freecycle.org/group/UK here].
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# You can search search for your nearest Freecycle (or other recycling group) [http://recyclinggroupfinder.com/ here].
  
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UNSUBSCRIBING:
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So first, find which group is local to you.
  
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To unsubscribe, send an email to the unsubscribe address noted at the bottom of each e-mail from your local group. It'll look something like this blahblahblah-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com (this of course is not an actual unsubscribe address).
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= How do I join my local group? =
  
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POSTING, READING, REPLYING & MANAGING YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
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Ok, now you know which group you want to join. How do you do it?
  
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To post, read or reply to messages or to manage your membership settings (including email delivery options), visit your local Freecycle group site (find your local yahoo group here). To read the list archives (especially helpful for new members who may find recent posts of interest there), visit your local Yahoo group main page and click on "messages" on the left.
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There are three different ways of joining groups, so first of all you need to decide which is suitable for you.
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# You can join groups by email.  This is easy to do, but you get fewer features and less control over your membership.
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# Or you can join groups via Yahoo.  This requires a [[Getting A Yahoo ID|Yahoo ID]], so you'll need to create one if you don't have one.  Then you can sign up and look at posts on the web.
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# If your group uses the new website, you can join via My Freecycle. 
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Decide which of these you want to do, and then click [[Joining By Email|here to join by email]], [[Joining Via Yahoo|here to join via Yahoo]] or [[Joining Via My Freecycle|here to join via My Freecycle]].

Revision as of 18:42, 1 October 2008

This is a bit more complicated than you might like, I'm afraid - it's the price we (don't) pay for using Yahoo. But bear with it, because once you're signed up, you can get on with the fun stuff of giving and getting things for free.

How do I find my local group?

There are two ways to find your local group.

  1. You can browse UK groups here.
  2. You can search search for your nearest Freecycle (or other recycling group) here.

So first, find which group is local to you.

How do I join my local group?

Ok, now you know which group you want to join. How do you do it?

There are three different ways of joining groups, so first of all you need to decide which is suitable for you.

  1. You can join groups by email. This is easy to do, but you get fewer features and less control over your membership.
  2. Or you can join groups via Yahoo. This requires a Yahoo ID, so you'll need to create one if you don't have one. Then you can sign up and look at posts on the web.
  3. If your group uses the new website, you can join via My Freecycle.

Decide which of these you want to do, and then click here to join by email, here to join via Yahoo or here to join via My Freecycle.

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