Campus Mailing Lists, Request a new list

How do I request a new mailing list?

We strongly recommend that you read the list ownership responsibilities at Campus Mailing Lists, Guidelines before creating a new list.

  • Only customers with @illinois.edu addresses will see the "Create list" tab.  If a customer logs in with their gmail, yahoo, etc... account, the tab will not be displayed.
  • Per Campus Mailing List policy, only Faculty, Staff and student officers of a registered student organization (RSO)  can request a mail lists for their organization.
  • We use https://illinois.collegiatelink.net/Organizations to validate the RSO's officers.

To create a list, you will need to do the following:

  1. Log into https://lists.illinois.edu.
  2. Click on the "Create list" tab near the top of the screen.
  3. Fill in the form fields
  4. List Name.
  5. Select a List Type type by clicking on a radio button
  6. Enter the list Subject
  7. Select a "Topic".  This is used for indexing the list on server.
  8. Enter a Description.
  9. Click the (Submit your creation request) button at the bottom of the form.
Notes:
  • Your submission will be sent to the server admin who will verify the request per the guideline above.  
  • The Subject and Description will be sent to any who is added to the subscriber list to provide information about the list.   
  • Check out the Campus Mailing List Users Guide for details about list management.