Class Email Lists

Class e-mail lists are a convenient way for you to keep in contact with the students in your class. Class lists leverage the power of the Majordomo mailing list system which you may have used in the past, except these lists are updated automatically so you do not have to update them yourself.

Your class list(s) are automatically created for you with your CSUN e-mail address, and the CSUN e-mail address of every student enrolled in your class. Your list(s) will automatically be updated weekly (each Sunday until census) to reflect the current enrollment of your class(es); so there is no need for you to maintain your list(s).

To minimize the potential of your list(s) receiving spam, we have configured it to be a "closed" list. As a closed list, only members of the list may post messages to it. Consequently, your students may send email to this list using only their campus email address.

Using Your Class Lists

Your class e-mail lists can be utilized by sending an e-mail message to one of the two e-mail addresses available for your list.

The first format is based on the class number and semester. The format follows the formatting of "class[semester].[class number] ". For example, if you were teaching a class with the class number "12345" in the fall of 2021, the address to use would be "classfa21.12345-cATcsun.edu". AT=@
The second format is based on the semester, the class name, and the section number. The format follows the formatting of "[semester].[abbreviated class name].[section number] ". For example, if you were teaching English 101, section 3, in the fall of 2021, the address to use would be "fa21.eng101.03-cATcsun.edu". AT=@

Any messages that you sent to this list will automatically be distributed to the currently enrolled students in your class, each student receiving his or her own copy. The message will show up as coming "From" you, through the mailing list (the students will not see the e-mail addresses of the other people on the list).

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If you have questions about how to use your class lists, please contact the IT Help Center at (818) 677-1400.

FAQs

Currently, Class list(s) can only receive email from CSUN email addresses.

This is a feature that is not available at this time.

At this time automated lists are only being created for classes. It is possible that lists such as those you are requesting for majors, minors, etc. will be created automatically in the future, however those lists are not available at this time.

Faculty members are not required to use the lists that have been provided. If you'd prefer to create your own mailing lists, you can use the campus majordomo list service.

Read the Campus Majordomo Guide (PDF)

These class lists although similar in function to the SOLAR e-mail lists, use a different system, and the two are not tied together at this time.

The list is automatically updated on a weekly basis (until census) to reflect the current enrollment of your class; so there is no need for you to maintain the list. If you are no longer teaching the course for which you have received a notification message, do not worry; the class list will automatically be updated with the current professor.

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Class Email Lists

Using Your Class Lists

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Class Email Lists

Using Your Class Lists

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FAQs

Can my students or I send email to a class list from a non-CSUN email address?

Can I modify my class lists to include non-CSUN email addresses?

Can I have an auto-generated list which contains the email addresses of select majors, minors, etc.?

Do I have to use my class lists or can I create my own class lists?

Are these class lists the same as the SOLAR e-mail lists?

What happens if students add or drop my course; will they be added or deleted to/from this class list automatically? What happens if I no longer teaching this course?

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