Service Alerts (2 New)

Other Electronic Communication Options

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UT Lists

Mailing list service for the university community

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Web interface to subscribe, create, and manage mailing lists
  • Several different language options for the user interface

Usenet Newsgroups

A world-wide electronic forum for news, information, and communication used for reading and posting messages on a wide variety of topics. Important: As of August 21, 2008, ITS will no longer provide Usenet services.

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Read newsgroup posts in multiple locations
  • Use multiple news readers, including Outlook Express, trn, or tin to read messages

Group E-mail

Used for sending important messages to specific groups in the university community

Cost: No cost

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Recipient lists are created in real-time, providing the most up-to-date list available
  • Messages are delivered to individual recipients, so they cannot view or reply to the entire recipient list
  • Messages include a PGP certification key stamp that verifies message authenticity
  • The Web interface provides a wizard that walks users through the process of sending a group e-mail message
  • Each message must be reviewed and authorized by designated group contacts before it is sent

Secure Messaging

Send sensitive messages and data; recipient must log in to UT Direct to access message

Cost: No cost

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Messages are secure; recipients log into UT Direct to view
  • Recipients receive a real-time e-mail message containing a Web address and instructions on how to view the secure message
  • Senders can verify that messages were viewed (messages expire after a specified period of time)
  • Senders can send messages to multiple recipients
  • Senders can attach files