Resources

Comparisons

You can use a variety of tools for sending messages to a group. We have outlined solutions, rated them for effort required, and have identified key considerations.

How-Tos

University of Minnesota email accounts require a specific type of authentication (Shibboleth).
Gmail's Canned Responses (Templates) feature is a great resource for those who continually receive the same questions or comments via email and wish to use prepared responses to answer these
Email forwarding is available to: Current Students and Staff who are NOT in the Academic Health Center or other Department or School that handles s
There are several reasons why names may not be displaying correctly in Gmail. 
Set up automatic email filtering to manage your University email. You can:
This article will help you to sign in to multiple Gmail accounts at one time.
Email headers contain tracking information for an individual email, detailing the path a message took as it went through various mail servers.
This article walks you through the process of installing the Google Gmail and Device Policy apps that are
You can request that your University of Minnesota Google campus domain be moved from one campus to another. This is usually necessary when students, staff, or faculty members transfer between&
The University of Minnesota has enabled access to

IT Community Group

The University of Minnesota's informal mass email community of practice shares best practices on email tools, training, and processes in order to help mass email professionals efficiently engage with their c

Resources

Learn how to use the basic features of Gmail including managing your Gmail account, reading & organizing emails and sending emails.
You can read, respond to, and search your Gmail messages even when you aren't connected to the Internet.
Learn how to create or join a Google Group, read and create posts, create a forum, and organize events.
You can easily communicate with your family and friends through Hangouts in Gmail. You can make phone calls, have face-to-face video calls, and share photos.
Out of office or vacation replyIf you'll be away from your Gmail account, like on a vacation or without access to the Internet, you can set up a vacation responder to automatically notify people that you won'
A full account of all the legal requirements and policy guidelines for mass email sent from users of Salesforce Marketing Cloud at the University of Minnesota. The document is owned by University Relations.
Maintained by University Relations (URelations), this site contains guidelines for using the official UMN Branded Template in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, as well as the raw HTML code for use in any HTML email authorin
Google Support document on the use of Google Groups to make sharing from Google Drive more easily monitored and controlled.
University of Minnesota instructors can create Google course groups for their classes based on data in the U of M PeopleSoft directory. The membership in these groups is synchronized twice daily.