The "Participate by email" button gives you a two-way communication channel (via email) to a given dialogue on the website, without actually having to stay online to contribute.

This is useful for those who aren't or can not be online all the time, but like to participate in a discussion; hence the name "participate by email".

All New Tactics dialogues, including users' blog entries, include the option to participate by email. You must select this option specifically for the discussion/dialogue/blog you like to engage.

• When you click on the button to "Participate by email", the page will refresh, and you will receive subsequent new comments posted to that discussion as email messages. You can verify this worked by scrolling to where the button is, and noting that the button now says "Stop my Email participation".

• At that point, you can use email to interact with the discussion. To post your own comment, you can simply reply to one such email message. Your comment will be posted online and be sent as a message to all other members who have subscribed to that discussion.

• If you no longer wish to participate by email, you need to (get online, then) browse to the dialogue and select the button that now reads "Stop My Email Participation." After clicking, the button will toggle back to "Participate via email."