Send an Email to those who are marked in people/group column

Question

In the discussion boards, I would like to add a people or group column.
So whenever some name is mentioned in that column, I would like an Email to be triggered to that particular person or group.
If this is been created through Task list,  I know it would be possible. But I want to achieve the logic of discussion board and want to trigger an Email to someone who might be interested in that particular discussion.
Is there a way to do it ?
Came across this forum which exactly talks about my requirement.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/1e2f233d-2077-422a-bbd0-098c065b90ce/how-to-send-email-to-people-and-group-field?forum=sharepointadminprevious
But is there any easier and alternate way to do this? Thanks in advance.
Veeramani.S

Answer 1

Hello Veera. S,
You can look this tutorial for SPD 2013: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj554671(v=office.15).aspx
Or this for SPD 2010: http://sharepoint-videos.com/module-1/sp10creating-a-workflow-on-a-list-using-sharepoint-designer-2010/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/edhild/archive/2011/06/01/creating-custom-workflow-task-approval-forms-with-sharepoint-designer-2010.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/sharepoint-designer-help/introduction-to-designing-and-customizing-workflows-HA101859249.aspx
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