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Mail Group Descriptions
and Usage Guidelines
Alumni have asked that NO POLITICAL MESSAGES be sent to ANY mail group.
We've adopted the following usage guidelines for the mail groups, which are designed to keep them a valuable resource for members.
Class Groups
Class mail group postings should be limited to your 3-class group (your class, and the classes ahead and behind). Class mail groups can determine their own code of conduct. Presumably you know everyone on your class distribution list so you can agree as to what is appropriate for your list.
Chapter/Geographical Groups
Chapter and geographical mail groups can be used to communicate chapter events and networking opportunities, local alumni business news, and other subjects of interest to local alumni. Members of chapter groups will receive communications from their SBSAA Chapter Officer.
It is NOT appropriate these groups for job postings from recruiters/headhunters, or commercial announcements about services or expertise you have to offer. Any commercial announcements can be sent to the Business News mail group.
Industry Groups & Business Advice/Networking
Industry specific lists are great for "I'm looking for a resource for..... does anyone have an idea" and public service kind of announcements (e.g. speakers, etc.), but NOT appropriate for job postings by recruiters/headhunters, or commercial announcements about services or expertise you have to offer. Please use Business News for commercial announcements. If your inquiry is not appropriate for any of these industry groups, use Business Advice/Networking.
Bay Area Groups
Alumni-Bay Area can be used for local alumni events and industry networking opportunities, and discussions regarding professional development services. For all other communications to Bay Area alumni, use Bay Area-Classifieds. Bay Area Rentals and Real Estate has been expanded to include real estate sales. If you have job opportunities, do not send job postings to Bay Area Groups, but instead use the free GSB Job Board.
Career Groups
Join the Job Postings mail group to gain access to the online GSB Job Board to search or post a job.
Job Resumes is designed for communicating potential applicants. Please copy the resume into the body of the email. Do NOT send it as an attachment.
Business News
Use this list to announce business announcements, your services or expertise, such as "We've just launched a new business, please check us out on the website" or "If anyone is looking for an OB Consultant, please call me."
Special Interest Groups
Special interest groups are great for networking with alumni with similar interests. Again these groups are NOT appropriate for job postings by recruiters/headhunters, or commercial announcements about services or expertise you have to offer. Please use Business News for this purpose. If your inquiry is not appropriate for any of these special interest groups, use Business Advice/Networking.
Mail Group Usage Policy
Mail Groups are for GSB alumni only.
Access to GSB online services is a privilege, and the Stanford GSB reserves the right to revoke an alum's access if they do not abide by the following policy.
Choose the most appropriate mail group for the email message and send to that mail group only. Alumni will unsubscribe if they continue to receive the same message multiple times.
1. Send information that services you directly, not friends and family. Please do not give out the mail group addresses to anyone other than a Stanford GSB alum.
2. Emails sent to alumni shouldn't promote personal business, or special interests (fundraising, political, non-profits, etc.) because alumni view such correspondence as Spam.
3. Don't put the mail group email addresses in your email address book. Many viruses propagate themselves by sending an email to all entries in the infected computer's email address book.
4. To post a message to a mail group, you must be subscribed to the group. You can subscribe and unsubscribe to mail groups by using the mail group form (requires login).
5. If you receive a message which you feel violates the mail group usage guidelines, please forward the message to alumni_admin@gsb.stanford.edu. DON'T FLAME (criticize another member of the list) on the mail group.
6. When replying to mail group postings, please DO NOT HIT REPLY ALL unless you intend to send your message to the entire mail group.
7. Do not send attachments. Copy the text of a document into the body of your email. Any attachments will be automatically stripped from your email before it is sent to the group.
8. Include your full name, program, and class year at the beginning of your message and make your subject line as descriptive as possible.
9. If you ask for recommendations, please encourage people to respond directly to you and offer to summarize responses and send the summary to the list. This will help keep list traffic to a minimum.
10. The Bay Area, New York, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurs, and Funding mail groups are moderated by the Alumni office.
*Please Note: GSB Students are invited to join mail groups for the Stanford Business School Black Alumni Association, the Stanford Business School Hispanic Alumni Association, and the Stanford Business School Women, and Out for Business. If you are a student and would like to subscribe to these mail groups, please emailTo subscribe to any of these mail email Barbara Daines or call +1-650-723-5207.
Actions on Complaints
We reserve the right to investigate suspected violations of the policies listed above. If we become aware of possible violations, we may initiate an investigation that may include gathering information from you or any user involved and the complaining party, if any, and examination of other material. We may suspend the provision of our Services, temporarily or permanently remove the material involved from our servers, cancel posts, provide warnings to you, or suspend or terminate your access to the site.
We will determine what action will be taken in response to a violation on a case-by-case basis, at our sole discretion. We will fully cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating suspected lawbreakers. Copyright violations should be reported to: security@stanford.edu.