[TIP] How to Use Connect: Step-by-step Instructions
We've updated how to Get Started on Connect.
These step-by-step instructions with illustrations will help you get the most out of Connect. Find tips on how to:
- Follow a Group(s)
- Take Part in a Discussion
- Start a New Discussion
- Mention Members
- Send a Private Message
- Add and Edit My Profile
- Set Notification Preferences
- Subscribe or Unsubscribe from a Discussion
- Stop or Restart all Notifications
The Get Started on Connect instructions can be found any time on any page on Connect. Simply scroll down to the footer on any page. In the footer you can also read:
- About Connect
- About our Moderators and Mentors
- Community Guidelines
- Disclaimer
and more...
Let us know what instructions you would like to have added to the Get Started page.
Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Just Want to Talk Support Group.
@ess77 - Don't you love it when a plan comes together 🙂 See the following link to Setup Email Filters section on the following page:
1. Create a new Connect email folder - This page will show you how - Create Personal Folders and Move an Email to a Folder - Xfinity Connect Help: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/move-email-in-xfinity-connect
2. Set up an Email Filter to move all Connect emails into the Connect folder you just created - Xfinity Connect: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/spam-filters-and-email-blocking-new-experience
3. When you get to Step 3 under Setup Email Filters...here's what to type...
- Click Add condition and choose Sender/From as the criteria you want to filter.
- Click Contains to select the parameters of the filter
- Type "@n1.hubapplication.com" (without the quotes) in the Contains field
- Under Actions, click Add action. Then select Move to folder
- Select the Connect folder as the folder where to move the emails
- Click Save to save your filter.
Let me know if you run into any problems. Also, I'm sure your Infinity help desk would help you if you hit a snag.
P.S. - Here is a screenshot I added for my mail filter. Anytime I receive a Connect email in my inbox it, the mail filter moves the email to my Connect folder that I created separately.
@johnbishop Thanks, John. Just read your message. I'll work on this one later. Let you know how it goes.....I already have a plethara of files set up for emails to keep. Is this the same, but you set it up for new emails to go there directly? Is that the concept? When I add the filter, it tells the new messages as they come in to go to the file so I can get to them when I have time, and not fill up my inbox? I think I may understand, which helps me a lot.
Whatever, I'll get it done in a bit. You know, this started, the connect emails stopped totally, after they all started going to spam automatically, seemingly out of the blue. I may have tried to solve that issue and created this one. So much for having no knowledge, just enough information to be dangerous and create more problems. I can attest to the fact I am dangerous in my cyber world! Still can't use my now wiped out desktop. Plan to take it to Best Buy in a week or so, after things w/my son and his crisis are calmer. And, I have the energy to address it. But, I'm loving the learning from you and my laptop tutorials and online help and chats w/experts w/Microsoft and Xfinity.
I need to unlearn how to purchase online. It's really wonderful help, but can easily become dangerously addictive. As is the use of electronics in all ways if we don't take care. So far, this pandemic and connect have truly helped me grow and add a lot of interest to my somewhat isolated life. We are truly blessed in this time to have our online capabilities and friends.
Blessings and take very good care of yourself. You're our treasure! elizabeth
@ess77, That is the concept - setup an email filter so that all new emails from Mayo Clinic Connect go directly to a separate folder named Connect (or whatever you want it to be called). It makes it much easier to manage all of your other incoming emails.
@johnbishop Yep! Got it and thks again. elizabeth
Hello. Did that as well as the 3 lines, to no avail. Thank you for your suggestion! Warmest wishes and many blessings, Sunnyflower 😊
Hello @damari, Thank you for the private message. You have some good questions on how to use Connect. I thought I would answer you in this discussion so that you can ask any other questions you might have. Just click the VIEW & REPLY button at the bottom of the email notification you receive for the message and it will take you to this discussion - [TIP] How to Use Connect: Step-by-step Instructions
At the bottom of every Connect page in the footer area you will find a link to the Get Started on Mayo Clinic Connect guide. For now just click this link and it will open the guide for you and you can see the steps for how to start a new discussion and other tasks -- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/get-started-on-connect/
The first picture below shows where the link is in the footer page. The second image (image 2) will take you to the Connect Home page where you can start a new discussion or search the discussions to see if anyone else has already started a similar discussion before you create a new discussion. Then if you don't see what you are looking for click the Start a discussion link (image 3).
Let me know if you still have any questions!
Hi @su8, Thank you for the private message. I thought I would respond in this discussion in case other members might also have the same question on how to find previous posts you have Bookmarked to be able to easily find them later.
Go to your profile and settings by clicking on your profile icon at the top right of any Connect page.
Select Bookmarks at the left and then locate the saved Bookmark shown on the right side.
Bookmarks are a great timesaver. Hope this helps!
Thank you so much! I got it.