Group Communication, Collaboration, and Mass Notification Options
Office 365 and Google Workspace email accounts have limitations to how many people a message can be addressed to. Learn more about what options are available if you need to reach a broad audience.
This article applies to: E-lists (Lyris) , E-lists (Simplelists) , Email @ Cornell , Microsoft Outlook , Outlook for Mac , Outlook for Windows , Outlook on the Web
Discussion
Use a Cornell e-list when you want to send a message to a large distribution group and allow recipients to respond to that message and each other.
Microsoft Teams is also an option for small work group discussions.
Simple Notifications
Use a Cornell e-list to send simple notifications (updated meeting time, etc.) to large groups of people.
Office 365 and Google Workspace may be a good choice for smaller distribution lists.
Customized Messages
Elaborate Formatting
If you need to send an email that’s visually more elaborate than you can create in Outlook, build the message with a tool of your choice then email it to a Cornell e-list.
Alternatively, you can use Marketing Cloud which has built-in tools for more elaborate formatting.
Personalized Messages and Engagement Analytics
Use Marketing Cloud for message personalization (mail-merge) or collecting engagement analytics.
Document Collaboration
Box has a variety of built-in tools to help you store and organize files, collaborate, and share documents and other files in the cloud.
You can also use Microsoft Teams if you need to send a document to a group of people and allow that group to comment or make changes to it.
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