[[:start|Home]] > [[:faq|FAQ]] > [[faq:administrator|Administrator]] > [[faq:administrator#managing_email_configurations|Managing Email Configurations]] > **How to create a mail group**

====== How to create a mail group ======

You are required to login as the Avomaster or voadmin to create new email group.

Please follow the steps below to create a new email group:

1. Go to **Profile** > **Admin**.

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2. Under Admin Tasks, select **Group**.

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3. On the Group bar, enter the group name (e.g. sales) into the given field and click **Create**.

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4. The group will be created. Click on the group name for further configuration, such as selecting its members.

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5. If you wish to use the group for [[faq:administrator:what_is_ucar|UCAR setting]], check the "Enable (used as Group in UCAR)" option.

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6. Then, select the users that are under this group.

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7. Once done, click Update to save the setting.

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8. For further settings of the mail group, please refer to below.

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^Label^Description ^
|a) Enabled (accept and distribute messages)| If this option disabled, the mail group email ID will not allowed to accept and distribute email.|
|b) Title|Title of the group.|
|c) Description |Any description for this group.|
|d) Add subject Prefix|Add a prefix for message title for easier recognition.|
|e) Change Reply-to|While member reply a message from this mail group, the email will reply to the email stated here.|
|f) Error-to |Whatever error will report to the email address stated here.|
|g) Add Footer|Footer will be added to all email which send out by this mail group.|
|h) Posting allow |Allow who to post message to this mail group:\\ **All**:- All user under same environment \\ **Domain**:- Only the user under the same domain\\ **Member**:- Only Group member is allowed to post.|
|i) Add Thread ID (Ticket)|Allow the message (email) to add thread or not (for bulletin use).|
|j) Post to Bulletin|Whether allow the message (email) direct post to bulletin or not. Select a created bulletin topic to post message.|
|k) Message distribute as individual copy|If this option is checked, mail group will deliver posting to each subscriber one-by-one, by putting recipient email address in the "To:" field instead of "bcc".|
|l) Blacklist user email|The blacklisted ID will show here. No email will be received from these blacklisted ID for this mail group.|
|m) Deliver to other email|Email address (which is not within the same domain) stated here will receive a copy of email while there is an email send to this mail group.\\ //Note: [[faq:email:why_cant_i_redirect_email_to_free_email_services|Free email service is not allowed here]].//|
|n) UCAR Group Access|Which group and level allowed to access.|
|o) UCAR Group Moderate|The group and level allowed to moderate (for Bulletin).|

9. Remember to click the **Update** button after making any changes.

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