Overview of ListUP

A mailing list is an e-mail distribution list allowing a group of subscribers to automatically receive all e-mails sent to the list address.  ListUP provides easy management of these lists.  If you are a student or faculty/staff member at UP, you can request to have a mailing list created on this system.  Every list is assigned an owner or owners, who will manage the use and operation of the list.

You can request a mailing list here:

Request a list

Subscribing/unsubscribing from a list

Anyone can go to the https://list.up.edu website and search for lists, but not all lists are visible by default.  From the home page, you should first sign in with a UP account.  Then you can search for a list by name or go to “List of lists” or “Index of Lists” from the top menu to see viewable lists.  Whether a list is viewable depends on that particular lists’s configuration.  Lists can be:

·         Visible to anyone without signing in

·         Visible if you’re signed in with a UP account

·         Visible only to subscribers of the list

·         Hidden except to owners of the list

For lists that are private (hidden from view), the list owner(s) must manage the subscriptions.  Lists that are visible might have open subscriptions, in which case you do not need to contact the owner to become a subscriber.  Simply click the list name and hit “Subscribe” from the left menu.  However, some lists require that subscriptions are sent to list owners to approve the request first.

If you are signed in, you can also go to “My lists” to see all lists that you own, moderate, or subscribe to.  From here, you can choose any list and unsubscribe if you no longer want to receive mail from that list.

Sending e-mail to a list

Lists may have different settings for who is allowed to send to the list.  Allowed senders could be:

·         Only owners and moderators

·         Anyone subscribed to the list

·         Anyone with a UP e-mail address

What a list allows as a sender is up to the list owner.

The e-mail address for a list on ListUP ends in “@list.up.edu”.  So, for a list called “MyClub”, for example, the e-mail address would be:

myclub@list.up.edu

Using mailing lists responsibly

You are expected to use mailing lists responsibly.  This includes:

·         Do not send e-mails to people who do not want them.  If someone wants to unsubscribe from a list you own, you should allow this.

·         Lists on ListUP are intended for UP-related uses, not for personal business.

·         Do not send excessive amounts of e-mail through your list.

Failure to use your list responsibly could result in all mail from University of Portland being blocked to other sites, so please respect the rules. More information on UP's mass e-mail policy can be found HERE.