UH Groupings cannot stop a person from leaving a mailing list

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If your grouping synchronizes with a LISTSERV mailing list, you should be aware that UH Groupings cannot prevent a person from using a LISTSERV command to leave the mailing list for your grouping.

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*All grouping owners will receive email once a week regarding any discrepancies.  The email will come from its-iam-help@lists.hawaii.edu and the subject line will be "People have left the mailing list for your grouping: name-of-your-grouping-here"

What is the purpose of your grouping?

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Let's say you are thinking of creating a grouping to define a particular population (e.g. all the staff in my department) and you plan to use this grouping for two purposes:

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If you are only interested in email, it is perfectly fine to create just one grouping. 

UH Groupings automatically updates a mailing list based on your criteria

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By using a grouping, you'll be taking advantage of the automated population data available in UH Groupings. Your mailing list will automatically be updated when a person is hired or a person leaves. It sure beats having to manually figure out who fits your criteria (ask HR for a list of people in my department?), having to individually add them, remembering to add a new person, and often forgetting to delete a person who has left years ago.