{"id":1120,"date":"2009-09-29T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T20:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=1120"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:15:45","slug":"broadcast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcast Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong>\u00a0Faculty, Staff, Departments<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:\u00a0<\/strong>No charge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See\u00a0<a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>Broadcast email messages are those sent by individuals, organizations, and departments within Boston University to a large segment of the University community, such as faculty, staff, students, alumni, and parents. To prevent such mass communications from becoming &#8220;spam,&#8221; broadcast email must be reviewed and approved according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/broadcast-email\/policy\/\">University policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Broadcast email facilitates mass distribution of approved messages to large segments of the BU community (and to non-BU addresses, when applicable).<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Your target audience may be broad, such as all faculty, or limited to a smaller segment, such as students within a single college.<\/li>\n<li>Mailing lists with non-BU email addresses may be able to utilize an alternate broadcast mailing system to improve deliverability.<\/li>\n<li>Information on <a title=\"Formatting HTML\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/requirements\/email-formatting\/\">formatting HTML messages<\/a> is provided.<\/li>\n<li>Detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/requirements\/email-formatting\/#guidelines\">guidelines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/broadcast-email\/policy\/\">policies<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/sending-a-broadcast\/\">sending procedures<\/a> will walk you through the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>This service normally will be available 24 by 7 except for standard change windows, as described in <a href=\"\/tech\/about\/service\/change\/\">IS&amp;T\u2019s standard policies, procedures, and schedules for making changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>The service team is available for processing and responding to requests from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday, except for university holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>See Broadcast Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/broadcast-email\/policy\/\">Policy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/requirements\/email-formatting\/#guidelines\">Guidelines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/requirements\/email-formatting\/\">Formatting<\/a> information and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/sending-a-broadcast\/\">Sending Procedures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>To begin, follow the provided instructions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/requirements\/email-formatting\/\">formatting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/sending-a-broadcast\/\">sending<\/a> a message.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadcast email facilitates mass distribution of approved messages to large segments of the BU community&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160184,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1120\/revisions\/160184"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}