The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is retiring the Sympa Email List Manager service and plans to move all active lists to Google Groups on March 15, 2023. Since late September, all requests for new email lists have been fulfilled by creating the lists Google Groups.
Due to the integration with Google Workspace apps, Google Groups offer functionality that Sympa cannot including:
- Set security permissions for Google resources, including Google Drive, Docs, Calendars, and Sites
- Use to invite groups to calendar events
- Manage Google folders, documents and resource permissions
Even if you just use Google Groups for email list management, Google Groups has the following advantages over Sympa:
- More user-friendly and simple-to-use interface
- Virtually unlimited membership quota
- Web-based management of lists without VPN or campus network access (this has been blocked for Sympa due to security concerns)
If you have questions about this change or email list management in general, please contact the IT Service Center at oithelp@colorado.edu or 303-735-4357.
