## How to create a Google Group

1. Navigate to [groups.google.com](https://groups.google.com/my-groups).
2. Select Create Group in the top left corner.
3. Enter a name for your group and select your desired privacy settings.
4. Add members and create your group!

## Group Privacy Settings

- ‘Who can search for group’ allows you to choose between **Entire organization** and **Group members**. When **Entire organization** is selected, everyone with a sourcegraph.com email address can search for and view messages sent to the group.
- ‘Who can join group’ allows you to limit group members to invited users only.
- ‘Who can post’ manages who can send messages to your group. Select **Group members** if you wish to limit messages to group members only. Select **Entire organization** if you want to give all sourcegraph.com users the ability to send messages to the group. If this group is being used for external communications, select **Anyone on the web**.


<section class="h0Wrapper headingWrapper"><section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="how-to-create-a-google-group"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#how-to-create-a-google-group"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>How to create a Google Group</h2>
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<li>Navigate to <a href="https://groups.google.com/my-groups">groups.google.com</a>.</li>
<li>Select Create Group in the top left corner.</li>
<li>Enter a name for your group and select your desired privacy settings.</li>
<li>Add members and create your group!</li>
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</section><section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="group-privacy-settings"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#group-privacy-settings"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Group Privacy Settings</h2>
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<li>‘Who can search for group’ allows you to choose between <strong>Entire organization</strong> and <strong>Group members</strong>. When <strong>Entire organization</strong> is selected, everyone with a sourcegraph.com email address can search for and view messages sent to the group.</li>
<li>‘Who can join group’ allows you to limit group members to invited users only.</li>
<li>‘Who can post’ manages who can send messages to your group. Select <strong>Group members</strong> if you wish to limit messages to group members only. Select <strong>Entire organization</strong> if you want to give all sourcegraph.com users the ability to send messages to the group. If this group is being used for external communications, select <strong>Anyone on the web</strong>.</li>
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