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title: "Send Email to a Class List"
canonical: "https://tech.calpoly.edu/space/CPKB/5144632/Send%20Email%20to%20a%20Class%20List"
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Class lists are configured so that only the instructor (list owner) can send to the class list using their Cal Poly email account. Students can **not** send email to a class list.

- If an instructor would like to use their external email account to send email to the class list or allow students in the class to send email to the list, the instructor needs to change the list send option to **public**.
- If an instructor would like to use their external email account to send email to the class list but not allow students in the class to send email to the list, then the instructor can add their external email account as an **additional class list owner**.

## Change the list send option 

<details>
<summary>Click here to see how to change the list send option to public</summary>

1. Log in to the [My Cal Poly Portal](https://myportal.calpoly.edu/) > **My Apps **> **Email Distribution Lists **using a department or club account.
2. Click on **My Lists** and select the list to be modified.
3. On the **List Home** page, under **List Configuration, **select **Change who can post to this list**.
4. For **Who can Send messages**, select **Public** from the drop-down menu.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click **Update** to save the change.
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## Add additional class list owners

<details>
<summary>Click here to learn how to add an additional class list owner</summary>

1. Log in to the [My Cal Poly Portal](https://myportal.calpoly.edu/) > **My Apps **> **Email Distribution Lists **using a department or club account.
2. Click on **My Lists** and select the list to be modified.
3. On the **List Home** page, under **List Configuration,** select **Modify owners or moderators**.
4. In the **Owner **category**, **scroll down the page and add the external email address in a blank **email address** field.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click **Update** to save the change.
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> ℹ️ If you don't see the **Email Distribution Lists**  link, you may need to [add it to the ](https://calpoly.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPKB/pages/2425437)**[My Apps](https://calpoly.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPKB/pages/2425437)**[ menu](https://calpoly.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPKB/pages/2425437) by clicking the **Edit Favorites** link.

  


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