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Footers in individual email messages

Formatted (HTML) messages

The footer in an individual group email message that is in HTML format looks similar to this example:

Footer example

Note: The footer might also contain some customized, group-specific or hashtag-specific content.

Plain text messages

The footer in an individual group email message that is in plain text format looks similar to this example:

Footer example

The group owner email address and group web addresses might appear as links (as in the example above) if your email application automatically creates links from text that appears to be email addresses or web addresses.

Note: The footer might also contain some customized, group-specific or hashtag-specific content.

Footer elements

Based on the format of an individual message (HTML or plain text) and the group's Reply To settings, these elements can appear in the message's footer:

  • The statement that appears here reflects the Message Selection setting on your Subscription page for the group.

    This statement appears in both HTML and plain text messages.

  • This link goes to the message on the group’s website. The number in parentheses is the message number in the archive. 

    This link appears in both HTML and plain text messages.

  • (Not shown in the HTML example above)

    This link is a mailto: link that opens a new message composition window in your email application. The group’s email address will be entered automatically in the To field.

    Note: The message you are replying to will not be quoted in your reply even if your email application is set up to quote messages that you reply to. If you want to quote the message, you can copy and paste its text into your reply, or you can click or tap the View/Reply Online link and then use the reply quoting features on the group’s website.

    This link appears only in HTML messages.

  • This link is a mailto: link that opens a new message composition window in your email application. The message sender’s email address will be entered automatically in the To field. Also, the callout “Private:” is added to the beginning of the subject line.

    Note: The message you are replying to will not be quoted in your reply even if your email application is set up to quote messages that you reply to. If you want to quote the message, you can copy and paste its text into your reply, or you can click or tap the View/Reply Online link and then use the reply quoting features on the group’s website.

    This link appears only in HTML messages.

  • This link opens a page on the group’s website where you can confirm that you do not want to receive further email replies to that topic.

    This link appears in both HTML and plain text messages.

  • (Not shown in the examples above)

    This link opens a page on the group’s website where you can confirm that you want to receive further email replies to that topic.

    This link appears in both HTML and plain text messages.

  • (Not shown in the examples above)

    If you are following the topic (either because you specifically chose to or because it is a topic that you created in a group in which the owner set the group’s Reply To setting to “Topic Followers Only”), this link opens a page on the group’s website where you can confirm that you want to stop receiving further email replies to that topic.

    This link appears in both HTML and plain text messages.

  • This link goes to the New Topic page on the group’s website, where you can create a new topic.

    This link appears only in HTML messages.

  • (Not shown in the plain text example above)

    This link opens a page on the group’s website where you can confirm that you do not want to receive further email replies to topics that have the indicated hashtag.

    This link appears in both HTML and plain text messages.

  • (Not shown in the examples above)

    When you are following a hashtag, this link appears. It opens a page on the group’s website where you can confirm that you do not want to receive messages in topics that have the indicated hashtag. 

    This link appears in both HTML and plain text messages.

  • This link goes to your Subscription page for the group.

    This link appears only in HTML messages.

  • This link is a mailto: link that opens a new message composition window in your email application. The owner email address for the group will be automatically entered in the To: field.

    This link appears in both HTML and plain text format.

  • This link opens a page on the group’s website where you can confirm that you want to unsubscribe this email address from the group.

    This link appears in both HTML and plain text messages.

Updated: March 10, 2025