Differences between SFU Groups and SFU Maillist

OVERVIEW

This article describes the feature differences between SFU Groups and SFU Maillist.

 

CHANGED FEATURES

The following features will not be available in SFU Groups (when compared to SFU Maillist):

  SFU Groups
Deliver Mail to Members by Default Always on - users can no longer turn off email delivery from distribution group they belong in
Delivery Suspended No longer available - users can no longer turn off email delivery from distribution group they belong in
Welcome Message No longer available
Change Log Only available to IT admins
Delivery History No longer available
Sender Restriction

Stays available, but emails sent to a Sender Restricted Groups have additional security requirements.

With Exchange Distribution Groups, this will require any sender to authenticate to Exchange. This means that users will need to be signed into an SFU's Approved Email Application in order to send emails to an Exchange Distribution Group with Restricted Senders.

If the sender has not authenticated to Exchange, they will receive a bounce-back message saying their email has not been delivered. In most cases, this applies to those you use IMAP/POP (except for Thunderbird with OAuth2), any unapproved email applications, and any unapproved email integrations with M365.

Maillist Nesting Since the permissions model is different in SFU Groups, if you are an owner of a maillist with a nested maillist, you will now require Reader or Manager Permissions to that nested maillist when maillists are migrated over as Exchange Distribution Groups.
Self-subscribe or unsubscribe No longer available. Use SimpleList if you require this feature.

 

 

ADDED FEATURES

The following features will be new to SFU Groups

  SFU Groups
Composite Groups (dynamically generated groups) Only available to IT admins
Creating Permissions and Attributes Only available to IT admins
Inherited Permissions and Attributes Only available to IT admins
Role Permissions and Privileges Automation Only available to IT admins
Audit Logs Only available to IT admins
Group Types and Folders Only available to IT admins
Attestation and Group Validation Only available to IT admins

* IT admins refers to those who have access to the full Grouper interface, which may include members of the local IT administrators and other technical group managers.

 

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