Features included in your Groups New Home

Part of the process of moving your group, includes upgrading you to the free group hosting service, Lefora.  Just what will you get in your new home that you didn't have previously?



For you, the admin of the group:

  • It's free!
  • Includes free 24x7 support during your migration and after you move with a real, live, support person.
  • We will NOT abandon your group.  We are currently home to over 40,000 groups.  Learn why Microsoft is abandoing it's users.
  • Lefora is very easy to use and not overwhelming to admins.
  • Your upgraded group has a wizard to walk you through your first steps.
  • Many different themes to choose from.
  • The number of forums already hosted on Lefora along with our active customer support can help reassure we won't abandoned you.
  • Our support service is not a blank email form like MSN.  Talk to one of our staff and get answers.  You'll also have community support from thousands of other admins just like yourself who can help you.
  • Lefora is recommended by the BBC, Business Week, LA TImes, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
  • Admins have a lot of control over their board, including CSS.  But we don't overload you with controls - there's not too many to the point that it's intimidating.
  • Automatic free daily backups of your group.
  • A wizard to walk you through the first steps.


For your members:

  • Your new group hosted on lefora.com feels & looks much better then MSN.
  • Lefora adds new features to your group weekly, such as announcement bars, more storage space, and emoticons.
  • Your new group on Lefora is focused around the conversation, capable of handling threads with hundreds of replies (unlike multiply).
  • You'll have a simple posting editor - add images or video in just one click, even make your text bold or italic.
  • Add attachments easily, as many as you want, you get 2GB (gigabytes) of storage for free, that's 1000's of photos.
  • Receive Email notifications of responses to your posts, you can choose how frequently to receive them.
  • Automatic SPAM detection and removal on your group.
  • We offer a Simple sign-up form for new members.
  • Rich and dynamic member profiles display what members have been saying in the group.
  • Search that works.
  • Private and Group Messaging capabilities.  Admins can send newsletters directly to member's email inboxes.
  • And much, much more...  Be sure to read our Testimonials page to hear what other admins have to say.