About Electronic Mailing Lists
OIT currently supports two electronic mailing list services:
- Mailman Lists: Mailman is a Web-based list management software. All lists set up after 02/09/2004 will be created and managed with this software. To request a new list, fill out an Electronic Mailing List Application.
- Class Email Lists: These are email lists automatically generated in SPIRE based on current course rosters. Instructors use SPIRE to create class email lists and Mailman to manage them.
Request a List
To request a list, fill out an Electronic Mailing List Application. Before you apply, please be sure to read our Electronic Mailing List Usage Agreement. If approved, your mailing list will be available within 2 business days of your request.
Note: Instructors do not need to request a class email list. Learn how to create a class email list in SPIRE.
Mailing List Addresses
- The format of a mailing list name is list-name@organization.umass.edu. list-name should either contain a hyphen or be at least nine characters in length. Examples: geol-1, geo-grad, oit-admin, and metamorphism.
- Mailing lists for department faculty, staff, and students should begin with the name of the academic department. Examples: comm-staff, geo-fac, math-grads.
- organization.umass.edu will be the mail domain of the campus organization. Examples: math.umass.edu, english.umass.edu Note: List names may be modified by OIT to conform to naming standards.
- The format of any class email list is departmentabbreviation-classnumber-sectionumber-semester@courses.umass.edu. For example, ce-engin-290a-01-fal04@courses.umass.edu for Chemical Engineering (CE-ENGIN) 290A, Section 01 offered in Fall 2004.
