There are two types of group mailing lists that are available:
List purpose and use must be in support of the mission of the college
Office 365 Distribution List
An Office 365 Distribution List provides an easy way to send email messages to a group of people within the Dartmouth Community. Here are some things to know about an Office 365 Distribution List:
- The use of a specific group list can be restricted to specific people, people only on the list or all of the Dartmouth Community.
- An Office 365 Distribution List will have an address of @cloud.dartmouth.edu.
- There needs to be 2 "owners" of an Office 365 Distribution List who will maintain the list membership and options.
Office 365 Group
An Office 365 Group provides a self-service alternative to an Office 365 Distribution List or a Listserv list. Here are some things to know about O365 groups:
- You can find and create groups in the Outlook section of your Dartmouth email account at BWA.dartmouth.edu. If you create a group, you will be the owner of the group and can control it's membership.
- An O365 group will have an address of @groups.dartmouth.edu.
- O365 groups include an email conversation, which works like a group mailing list, shared file storage, and shared notebook.
- See: Create a Group in Office 365 for more information
Available to:
- Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students