Google Groups – How to Enable Replies to Older Posts

Well, you asked it on 2011 and Google Groups changed recently some features...

But if you want to enable replies from all users on the new Google Groups interface (hey, I use it in Portuguese, so some words here would be synonyms of real options):

1. Enter the group and choose Manage

2. On Details > E-mail Options, change Post Answers to All Members, and press Save

3. On Details > New Members, check the checkbox New Users can Post, and press Save

4. On Permissions > Basic, on Post select All Members, and press Save

5. On Permissions > Post, on Post select All Members (if you have done 4th step, probably this one would be already done too, but once, when I was creating dozen of new groups, options from these steps, 4 and 5, were different, perhaps a momentary bug), and press Save

6. On Info > General, on Post Options, check the option to Allow E-Mail Posting

7. And finally, on Members > All Members, check if someone is not allowed to post (on Posting column). If so, select them and on Actions > Post Permissions select the default option.

You can access all your previous posts by viewing a post you have posted to previously.

1. Locate your previous post (any of them - search groups for your name/handle/user-name)
2. Next to your post, you will see "Post Reply" and a drop down arrow, click the drop down arrow and select "Show Activity"
3. And there you go, now bookmark it :)

*Only the most recent posts are shown, but you can click the posts over time links in the calendar listed below the recent posts.

**Also, switching the recent posts category drop down box will switch the calendar list shown at the bottom.