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Email Lists, Newsgroups, and Other Services

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Email Mailing Lists

Email lists make it easy to share email with a group of people. Messages sent to the list address are forwarded to the email address of each person subscribed to the list.

Subscribe or unsubscribe to an existing list Go to Information for Subscribers
Create a new list. Note: Requesting a new email list is not the same as subscribing to an existing one. Go to Starting a Mailman List
Create a class email list. Faculty can request the creation of class email lists of currently registered students in credit classes. The lists are automatically updated. Go to MyUW, select the Teaching tab, then click on MyUWClass
See mailing list documentation Go to Mailman Lists at the UW

UW Electronic Directory Service

Directory information of UW students and employees is maintained in an online directory service that many email programs can use, making it possible to automatically retrieve a person's email address by simply entering their name in the To: field.