UMass Amherst uses Google Groups to manage email lists.

Instructors: See how to create and manage a Class Mailing List 

Request an Email List

Faculty, staff, and graduate students can request a campus email list. Email lists can be requested for academic and/or administrative units and registered student organizations. Undergraduate students can work with their advisor or supervisor and contact it@umass.edu.

To request a new email list:

1. Log in to SPIRE at spire.umass.edu with your NetID and password.
2. Click Main Menu in the upper left and select IT Accounts, and then click Email List Request & View.
3. Fill out the New Group Request Form on the Email List Request & View page, and click Request Google Group.
4. Once your request has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email.

 

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Manage Your Email Lists

To manage your existing email lists:

1. Navigate to groups.google.com in your web browser, and sign in with your UMass Amherst NetID and password.
   • Note: If a subsidiary account is the manager of the group, make sure to sign in with that account’s NetID and password.
   • To check which groups your primary and subsidiary accounts manage:
     1. Log in to SPIRE at spire.umass.edu with your NetID and password.
     2. Click Main Menu in the upper left and select IT Accounts, and then click Email List Request & View. See the Your Groups section at the bottom of the page. 
2. Click My groups.
3. Click the settings gear icon for Group Settings​ to the right of the name of the group you want to manage. On some screen sizes, it may be hidden under a 3 dot menu button to the right of the group name. 

From here you can edit the group’s description, language, and posting options.
You can also select Members, Messages, and Email settings from the left side of the page.
 

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Delete an Email List

1. Log in to SPIRE at spire.umass.edu with your NetID and password.
2. Click Main Menu in the upper left and select IT Accounts, and then click Email List Request & View.
3. In the Your Groups section at the bottom of the page, click the Delete Group button to the right of the list you want to delete.