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How do I make a mailing list?

How do I make a mailing list?

You can make a request with your Department's Connect Department Admin (Often times, it will be the Business Officer or MSO) to create a Google Group Mailing List for you.

You can also make a request with us by contacting help@engineering.ucsb.edu for a Google Group Mailing List.

You may also want to look up some of the following resources in order to make best use of Google Groups here:

Default Format

For group name, it be in the following format to preserve campus namespace:

<Department>-<groupname>-list

Example:eci-test-list

<Department>-<groupname>-list for the UCSB address corresponds to <groupname>-list@<Department>.ucsb.edu for the alias.
For example: If your Department is engineering, your email alias will have engineering.ucsb.edu at the end, if your department is cs, your alias will end in cs.ucsb.edu.

The form ECI uses to create these Google groups has department as a drop down, it is not possible for ECI to create google groups without choosing a department. Top level email addresses without a department can only be created by the Google Connect folks who have stated per their website, that they will only create said emails for groups that cover multiple Colleges at UCSB. If your google group covers multiple departments in CoE but not multiple colleges, the connect folks will redirect you back to ECI and to using an engineering.ucsb.edu alias.

Default Settings

  • Visible in Global Address list - Default: Off

  • Moderation - Default: Off

  • Archives - Default: Off

  • Allow External Members (allow non UCSB emails to join Google group) - Default: No

note: moderation is highly recommended as unmoderated lists have a tendency to attract spam and spoofers.

Default People you can Email as your Google Group

  • When using default settings, the only people you can email as your google group are members of your google group.

  • You can however, when emailing as yourself, email both the group and non group emails.

  • Some group options are only available when certain settings are enabled due to anti spam measures taken by UCSB Google Connect.

    • Your compose windows may not appear be identical when using your personal UCSB Google Connect account to compose an email to your group versus using the compose window when logged into your group and sending the email as your group.

    • Advanced layouts, signatures, mail merge and several other options are disabled when using default settings due to spam risk.

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