Group Email Service Comparison
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Best suited for... |
Client-created, ad hoc academic, administrative, or personal discussion groups and mailing lists for NYU and non-NYU recipients |
Departmentally- |
Targeted email or discussion for small groups (>20) of NYU and/or non-NYU recipients |
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Available for use by... |
NYU community (including alumni) |
NYU staff, faculty, or designees |
NYU community (including alumni) |
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Service automatically available (no account application required) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Suitable for mass email to entire NYU community (by approval) |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Suitable for email to large, pre-defined segments of the NYU community (e.g., school or department) (by approval) |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Ability to have NYU IT generate custom recipient lists based on current records |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Suitable for private group discussions |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Suitable for public group discussions |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Ability for group owners to create groups, self-manage membership, and adjust settings |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Ability for owner and/or members to send messages without NYU administrative approval |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Subscribe/unsubscribe option |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Reporting/analytics tools (e.g., message open and link click-through rates) |
No |
No |
No |
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Option available for members/recipients to view threaded discussions |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Option for members to be able to view message archive |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Group creation provides custom group email alias (format varies by service) |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Ability to use an existing email alias as the From/To address |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Integrated with NYU Google Services |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Notes |
Create a Group in 30 minutes or less via the ServiceLink request form. |