Guild e-mail lists
The Guild provides e-mail lists for its use, and for the use of its branches. Different lists serve different purposes, and their settings for who can send what to each reflect that.
Central Guild lists
Those currently envisaged are listed below. Not all of them are currently active.
| Recipients | List name | Accept messages from: | Replies go to: | Attachments allowed? | Purpose |
| Guild officers | officers@odg.org.uk
[or ‘goff@odg.org.uk’ ] | Any Guild officer | List | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents, Support discussion |
| Guild General Committee members | gencom@odg.org.uk | Any Guild officer | Originator | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents |
| Guild Education Subcommittee members | edcom@odg.org.uk | Any committee member | List | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents, Support discussion |
| Guild Towers & Bells Subcommittee members | tbcom@odg.org.uk | Any committee member | List | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents, Support discussion |
| Guild F & GP Subcommittee members | fgpcom@odg.org.uk | Any committee member | List | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents, Support discussion |
| All Branch secretaries | branchsecs@odg.org.uk
[or ‘brs@odg.org.uk’] | Guild secretary | Originator | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents |
Branch lists
The Guild will provide lists for each branch to use. Those envisaged are listed below. Not all are currently active in all branches.
| Recipients | List name | Accept messages from: | Replies go to: | Attachments allowed? | Purpose |
| All officers of XYZ Branch | officers@xyz.odg.org.uk | Any officer of XYZ Branch | List | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents, Support discussion |
| All tower correspondents in XYZ Branch | towers@xyz.odg.org.uk | Any officer of XYZ Branch | Originator | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents |
| Members in XYZ Branch | members@xyz.odg.org.uk | Any officer of XYZ Branch | Originator | No | Short notices only |
| Members of ABC tower in XYZ branch (+ learners and guests if required) | abc.list@xyz.odg.org.uk | Any member of ABC tower | Originator | Yes (unless the tower requires not) | As required by each tower |
In all the above, for a particular branch, insert its prefix in place of 'xyz', see list of branch prefixes .
Other possible lists (example)
The Guild server can support other lists if the need arises. Their policy will be agreed on a case by case basis. One possibility, not yet implemented, is given here as an example.
| Recipients | List name | Accept messages from: | Replies go to: | Attachments allowed? | Purpose |
| Training officers of all branches (or equivalent) + members of Education Subcommittee + any other individuals heavily involved in training | training@odg.org.uk | Any person on the list | List | Yes | Short notices, Circulate documents, Support discussion |
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