Campus Student Mailing Lists

UMM Computing Services has created and maintains a mailing list of all currently enrolled UMM students: "ummofficial@lists.umn.edu".

The "ummofficial" list may only be used to fulfill urgent, critical needs of the UMM Registrar, Business, and Financial Aid offices. It will also be made available for UMM administrative functions that similarly have a need to reach students with urgent information that is of interest to all recipients. The list is moderated, and messages that do not comply with the rules given below will be rejected. If you believe your message may fit this category, continue reading the following criteria. If your message does not fit this category but you wish to reach a large number of students, scroll down to the 'Other Options' section.

Because of the size of the list and the potential impact on the UMM mail server and UMM students' e-mail accounts, it is extremely important that this list not be used casually when other means exist to communicate with UMM students. Many students do not have the opportunity to regularly check their e-mail accounts, and an unchecked flood of messages has the potential to exceed users' disk quotas and cause their accounts to stop working. Students do not have the option to unsubscribe from the "ummofficial" list.

The following guidelines are in effect for this list:

• The subject of the message must apply to all currently enrolled students.
• The subject of the message must be UMM business. The message must contain information that every UMM student needs to know.
• Solicitations for volunteers, requests for comments, survey requests, announcements, reminders, forwarded messages, and the like are not permitted.
• Messages must not be longer than 20 lines. For messages that require more information, post a page to the UMM Web site and send a message pointing students to that page.
• The requester must have a critical business need with an urgent deadline.
• Absolutely no invitations to events on or off campus. Event announcements may be sent to Rebecca Webb (webbrl@morris.umn.edu), who compiles an online calendar and sends weekly messages about upcoming events for students.
• Absolutely no advertising.
• The lists are moderated, and the list moderator has the authority to implement and interpret these usage guidelines. No sender has the guaranteed right to post messages to either list.

Examples of appropriate types of messages for these lists:

• Announcements that queue times are out on the web and point to them.
• Announcements that grades are now available and pointing students to them.
• Announcements that tuition and fees are due and that late fees are pending. This will be especially useful with this year of inconsistent deadlines and very little notice.

To submit a message for approval to the "ummofficial" list address your message to:

ummofficial@lists.umn.edu

Your message will be considered by the moderator and then sent to the list if it meets these guidelines.