The AUP e-mail directory contains a large number of predefined groups. Each group includes the e-mail addresses of users who are associated in some way. Groups have a single 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.

Sending e-mail to groups

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

Restrictions

Certain groups are restricted; only authorized users and groups can send messages to them. Generally, these are groups that contain a large number of users. Restricted groups include: Staff, Administrative Staff, Faculty, All Students, Current Students, Alumni Students.

Types of e-mail groups

There are many types of e-mail groups in the AUP system, including the following:

• Global groups such as "All Students" or "Staff"
• Departments: groups containing faculty members (e.g. "Comparative Literature") or administrative staff (e.g. "Accounting")
• Courses: groups containing all the students enrolled in a particular course (e.g. "BA240")
• Advisees: groups containing all advisees of a particular faculty member
• Majors and minors: groups containing all students majoring or minoring in a particular department (e.g. ah_mahors, iba_minors)
• Class standing: groups containing all students with a particular class standing (e.g. "Sophomores," "Seniors")
• Special-purpose groups, such as "SGA Senate."