O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal
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Hi All,
I've been asked to find out if there's a way to set up an Office 365 Distribution group so that folks can add and remove themselves from the group?
Is there a way to do this?
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Yes you should be able to do this without issue.
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Change both options to "Open"
Should be all you need.
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Most excellent! Now for part two... I need to allow external users (non-O365 users) to add and remove themselves from this group... Any ideas?
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@dafyre that I haven't the slightest idea.....
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And I'd be very concerned about a literal "universal" distribution group in which anyone can join to leave at any time.
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@dafyre said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:
Most excellent! Now for part two... I need to allow external users (non-O365 users) to add and remove themselves from this group... Any ideas?
Not possible.
@DustinB3403 said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:
And I'd be very concerned about a literal "universal" distribution group in which anyone can join to leave at any time.
Exactly.
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@DustinB3403 said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:
And I'd be very concerned about a literal "universal" distribution group in which anyone can join to leave at any time.
Why? It's no different than public email lists, or groups, etc, now, in my eyes. Anybody that wants to join can join. Anybody who wants to leave can leave.
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A public mailing list is different that a privately hosted distribution group. I would be wary of this personally and professionally since anyone and their cousin could send anything to an entire distribution group, be it malicious or NSFW content etc.
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In the past you haven't been able to add external users to O365 groups. Is that now available?
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@coliver said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:
In the past you haven't been able to add external users to O365 groups. Is that now available?
From what I gather, you can do that using Contact records now... But we were looking for something that was automated.
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Is the idea to create a 'News Group'?
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@DustinB3403 said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:
A public mailing list is different that a privately hosted distribution group. I would be wary of this personally and professionally since anyone and their cousin could send anything to an entire distribution group, be it malicious or NSFW content etc.
The same thing could be said of a public mailing list, if it doesn't have the appropriate checks & balances, etc.
I've since found out this is for students and won't necessarily be "public". Sadly, it looks like it's going to have to be hand-managed without some fancy Powershelling or something.
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@gjacobse said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:
Is the idea to create a 'News Group'?
I'm not 100% sure yet, we're waiting on that answer. But from the original gist of it, that's what it is sounding like.
