E-mail groups

The AUP e-mail directory contains a large number of predefined groups. Groups have a single e-mail address, and any messages you send to that address will be delivered to all the members of the group. There are e-mail groups for all kinds of communities within the University, including departments, courses, advisees, majors and minors.

Types of groups

The tables below list the most important types of groups. Please note that to limit mass mailing, certain groups are restricted; only specific accounts can send e-mail to them. If you would like to send an e-mail to all current students, please contact Student Affairs. If you would like to send an e-mail to all alumni, please contact the Alumni Coordinator NB: The groups below are shown without their @aup.edu suffix, which you would need to add to send e-mail to them. However, the most reliable way to write to these groups is indicated in the "Sending e-mail to groups" section below.

Student groups

Group type Example(s) Restricted?
Current students current_students Yes
Full-time / Part-time students fulltime_students, parttime_students Yes
Class standing freshmen, seniors, graduate_students Yes
Students in graduate programs MIA_students, MAC_students No
Majors and minors ah_majors, ic_minors No
Advisees advisees_debroise No
Courses ba480, summer08_en100 No
Student government sga, sga_senate No
We maintain "academic" student e-mail groups (courses, advisees, etc.) for the current semester and one previous semester. These groups are created and updated automatically based on information from the AUP student information system, AMIS. - Messages sent to addresses such as "ba480" or "ah_majors" will be delivered to the appropriate recipients for the current semester. - Groups from the previous semester will be prefixed with the semester name. For example, in Fall 2008, groups from the previous semester will be prefixed with "summer08" (e.g. "summer08_en120a" or "summer08_parttime_students").

Employee groups

Group type Example(s) Restricted?
Employees (faculty & administrative staff) staff Yes (but employees can send to it)
Faculty faculty Yes (but employees can send to it)
Administrative staff adminstaff Yes (but employees can send to it)
Departments comparativeliterature, housing_group No
Other advisors, comite_dentreprise No (usually)

Sending e-mail to groups

Please see: How do I send a message to an AUP e-mail group?