Requesting a Mass Mailing

Mass Mail Best Practices

Beginning the Mass Mail Process

Once you have composed your message and are ready to send it, you can begin the mass mail process.

  1. Fill out a Request for Mass E-mail — make sure to complete every field. If you intend to send multiple mailings, fill out a separate Request for each mailing. If you are sending to Faculty, be sure to read the Provost's Office Guidelines for Mass E-mails To and From Faculty.
  2. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the Request Form. You should see a new screen with the notice: Your request has been submitted. Print this page and attach it to the Approval Form.
    Note: If you do not see the "request submitted " page, then there are incomplete fields on the Request Form. You will see a notice in red letters at the top of the Request Form, e.g., Please provide a valid email address in the FROM field. Enter the information to complete the form and click Submit again.
  3. If you plan to send multiple mailings, see Requesting Approval for Multiple Mailings for additional information.
  4. Print the Approval Form for Mass E-mail Request and obtain appropriate signatures.
  5. Return the signed Approval Form, along with the printed copy of the Request Form, to the ITS E-Mail Team as soon as possible (7 days BEFORE the message send date is recommended).
  6. If your mailing is approved and you want to send to a selected group of faculty and/or staff, please contact your departmental HR representative to submit a Web Query to obtain the list of University ID #'s (8 characters). Send the file of University ID #'s, one per line, to its-email@uiowa.edu and include a reference to the subject of the mailing.
  7. After the ITS E-Mail Team receives the Approval Form, we will generate a test message. Review the test message carefully and then notify the ITS E-Mail team that the message is ok to send.
  8. Once you ok the test message, the message will be queued to send to the target audience on the specified date.
  9. After the message is sent, you will receive a log file indicating the number of recipients and time/date sent.

Return completed forms to:

ITS E-Mail Team
re: Mass E-Mail Request
100 Lindquist Center South
Iowa City, IA 52242

OR

Fax: 335-5505 ATTN: ITS E-Mail Team

If you have additional questions after reviewing the above steps, contact the ITS E-mail Team (its-email@uiowa.edu) for assistance.

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