Thursday, July 20, 2017

TO Send emails to distribution lists (DLs) using SharePoint - we Should enable security group

Issue : Library Contribute
When a document contributed to an email should be sent t

Solution : - we have already providing  in CC, but our SharePoint Utilities Send Email not resolving as it is shared mailboxes or distribution lists (DL).

Please follow below steps in order to send emails to a DL from SharePoint, the DL needs to be converted to a security group that is email enabled.

1.     Go to Exchange Management Console -> Recipient Configuration -> Distribution group.
2.     Right-click on the problem group (i.e. the DL or the security group) and choose properties.
3.     On the Mail Flow Settings tab, double click on Message Delivery Restrictions.
4.     Uncheck the check box “Require that all senders are authenticated”.


Once done, the DL’s id can easily be searched in SharePoint’s directory and emails can be sent to

1 comment:

roomba said...

I am facing similar issue with DL to which the SPUtility.SendEmail is not working.
Ours is an on prem SharePoint 2013, Is it possible to send by following your steps?

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