Shared accounts and distribution lists

 About

Shared accounts and Distribution lists

 Audience

• Students
• Faculty
• Staff
• Guests

 Details  

Some items to keep in mind when deciding which is right for your needs.

Shared Accounts

• Shared accounts have their own folders in the email account of the members.
• At this time, only the owner of the Shared account can add Calendar events in the Shared account calendar and have them viewable by other members of the account.
• Shared accounts cannot be forwarded to other Shared accounts.
• If you set up an IMAP account in Outlook, you can subscribe to the Shared folders so you can view them in Outlook.
• Shared accounts that were converted from an old Group eID will retain any calendars that were included in the Group account.
• Shared account members can remove existing calendars (converted from a Group eID) but cannot add new calendars once it is a Shared account.
• See About shared accounts for more information.

Distribution Lists

• Distribution lists are ONLY for sending out emails to the members of the list.
• Distribution lists do NOT have a folder or calendar associated with the account.
• Distribution lists act like the old alias function.
• See the Mailing lists website for more information.