Faculty, School and Discipline Mailing Lists

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Faculty and School Mail Lists; what are these lists?
A. Each Faculty and School in College has an email list containing all the email addresses of the Staff in that Faculty or School to aid communication within the Faculty or School. The intention is that the lists are used to pass on information that would be of use or interest to all members of the Faculty or School.

Q. Who can send mail to the Faculty and School Mail Lists?
A. Only members of the Faculty Office mail list can send mail to the relevant Faculty mail list and only members of the School Office mail list can send mail to the relevant School list.

Q. What are the Faculty Office and School Office lists?
A. Each Faculty and School has a group of staff that are responsible for the administration of the Faculty or School. Separate email lists have been created for these groups. Only those on the Office list for the relevant Faculty or School can send mail to the full Faculty or School lists.

Q. How do I send mail to a Faculty or School List?
A. Only members of the appropriate Faculty or School Office list may send emails to the full Faculty or School list. The procedure for those not on the Faculty or School Office list would be to first send the email to a member of the appropriate Faculty Office or School Office and have them send it to the full Faculty or School list on your behalf. Members of staff on the Faculty Office and School Office lists please see our instructions on how to send email on behalf of another staff member (Outlook, Entourage).

Q. Who can send mail to Faculty Office and School Office mailing lists?
A. Any member of staff can send mail to the Faculty Office and School Office lists.

Q. Discipline Lists; what are these lists?
A. Discipline lists are similar to the previous department lists. They contain all the email addresses of staff members associated with a particular discipline such as Economics or Computer Science for example.

Q. Who can send mail to Discipline Lists?
A. All staff members can send mail to these lists.

Q. Where can I find the email addresses for these lists?
A. Please see http://isservices.tcd.ie/email/faculty_lists.php for this.

Q. Will the introduction of these new lists affect the other mailing lists used in College?
A. The Faculty, School and Discipline lists replace the old School and Departmental mailing lists.

Q. Why can only staff members of the Faculty or School Office email lists send mail to the Faculty or School Lists?
A. Please see http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/local/email-protocol/ for the College Protocol for staff and student emails. Emails to Faculty and School Office lists must confirm to these requirements, thus there is a requirement for access control to post to these lists.