The visibility settings for subgroups are:

• Subgroup listed in parent group, messages publicly viewable

  The subgroup will be listed on the parent group’s home page, and its message archive will be able to be viewed by the general public and by members of the parent group (which, by default, includes the members of the subgroup). In addition:

  • The contents of subgroup messages will be discoverable by web search engines.
  • An RSS feed link will be created automatically and listed in the Group Information section on the subgroup’s home page.
• Subgroup listed in parent group, messages viewable by parent group members 

  The subgroup will be listed on the parent group’s home page, and its message archive will be able to be viewed by all members of the parent group (which, by default, includes the members of the subgroup). Message content in the subgroup will not be discoverable by web search engines.

• Subgroup listed in parent group, messages viewable by subgroup members only 

  The subgroup will be listed on the parent group’s home page, but its message archive will be able to be viewed only by members of the subgroup. Message content in the subgroup will not be discoverable by web search engines.

• Subgroup not listed in parent group, messages viewable by subgroup members only 

  The subgroup will not be listed on the parent group’s home page, and its message archive will be able to be viewed only by members of the subgroup. Message content in the subgroup will not be discoverable by web search engines.

• Subgroup not listed in parent group, messages publicly viewable

  The subgroup will not be listed on the parent group’s home page, but its message archive will be able to be viewed by the general public and by members of the parent group. In addition:

  • Message content in the subgroup will be discoverable by web search engines.
  • An RSS feed link will be created automatically and listed in the Group Information section on the subgroup’s home page.

! Important: As with parent (main) groups, a subgroup’s public archive can be changed to a private one (that is, viewable only by parent group members or only by subgroup members), but a subgroup’s private archive cannot be changed to a public one. Therefore, a subgroup’s archive that is viewable by subgroup members only cannot be changed to be viewable by parent group members or by the general public. All you can change is whether the subgroup is listed in the parent group.