Mailing List Types and Tips

Mississippi State University has a few types of mailing lists available.

General Mailing Distribution Lists

• Uses @lists.msstate.edu for the email address
• Subscribers can have any type of email address
• Your out going email address needs to match the email address listed in the Campus Directory
• To request a new list, go here.

Banner Mailing Lists

• Types include DDD, undergrad, @majors
• List is created for a limited population as designated from a Banner designation
• Specific people need to be requested to send to these lists and they cannot be grouped via a general mailing distribution list (Sympa).
• To request a new list, go here.

Class Email Lists

• To email the students in a specific course.
• These are created by the instructor of record via myBanner for Faculty.
• Creation takes overnight, up to 24 hours. Changes also take overnight to update.
• Default email address to send from is your netid@msstate.edu. To send from an alias, please add additional email addresses with permission to send and receive.
• NOTE: You can also send emails to a class roster in Canvas. See the Canvas: Instructor Guides - Conversations (Course Email) article for more information.