Manage Your Department's Distribution Groups and Security Groups
Please note that your Distribution Group
If you want to create a list that will include students, consider using one of these options;
- Set up a Listserv Class Mailing List
- Create a Classlist within OnQ
- Log into Microsoft Office 365
- Open the Settings menu (located in the top right of screen - Gear icon)
- From the Settings menu select Mail
- The left navigation menu will open in Mail
- Click the General tab to open it
- Select Distribution groups
- Note: the Settings menu will remain open until you close it by clicking the x
- The Distribution groups screen will open
- Your screen will show the distribution groups I belong to and distributions groups I own
- Distribution groups I belong to
- You can choose to leave the group but nothing else.
- Distribution groups I own
- These groups you can add members to or remove members from
- Select the group you want to edit by clicking once and selecting the pencil icon at the top, or double click the group
- The distribution group will open
- From the navigation menu on the left select membership
- The members of the list will be displayed.
- To remove someone, locate their name in the list and click the minus button ( - ) at the top
- To add a member click the plus button ( + ) at the top
- The Members screen will open
- Enter the name of the person to add to the list
- Click the search icon
- The names that match will be displayed. Click the plus sign ( + ) beside their name
- Click the OK button
- The Group membership screen will re-open
- Click the Save button.
- The new member has been added.
- For help with any features click the Help button in the upper right corner.
- Note: This is the only way to modify distribution groups in Office 365. Disbribution Groups are no longer part of Queen's on-premise Active Directory.