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Managers of Public Distribution Groups can restrict who is allowed to send messages to their Public Distribution Groups.

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  1. Log into your UAlbany Mail mailbox.  Click Options, See All the gear icon at the top right of OWA, and choose Options:
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  2. Click Groups and you will see all Public Groups you belong to as well as Public Groups you own. 
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  3. Select a group you own and wish to manage, and click Detailsthe pencil icon to edit it.
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  4. A window will pop up giving you options you can manage for your group.  To manage who can send messages to your group, click *Delivery Management * delivery management on the left to open that section.
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  5. The section will expand, giving you the option to allow either "Only senders inside my organization" or "Senders inside and outside of my organization" to send messages to this group.  Image RemovedIf you would like anyone with an email address anywhere in the world to be able to send email to this group, select "Senders inside and outside of my organization". To restrict sending to members of the University community, check "Only senders inside my organization".  To further restrict to only one or several specific people, you can click the "Add" button.
    Image Removedopen.  To restrict sending to this distribution group to specific people, click the + (plus sign) button.
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  6. A window will pop up where you can search for and select members from the GAL (Global Address List).  For each person you would like to have the ability to send messages to your group, type in part of each person's name, one at a time into the search field at the topSelect Double-click on a name and click Add in the results below to add that person or mailbox to your groupto the list of Allowed senders at the top.  When you have added everyone you wish to add, click OK.
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  7. You will be returned to the previous view and will see the list of members of your group.  To remove someone, click the - (minus sign).  Click Save to save these changes.
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