This page is for administrators who manage groups for an organization. To manage groups for an account that ends in gmail.com, go to Google Groups help .
Reserved words
Using Google Groups
The following words can't be used in the email addresses of groups that you create in groups.google.com:
- abuse
- admin
- administrator
- hostmaster
- majordomo
- postmaster
- root
- ssl-admin
- webmaster
Using the Admin console
If you create groups in the Google Admin console, you can use the reserved words shown above as a group email address. However, you can't add them as email aliases for a group .
About abuse and postmaster
Abuse and postmaster are handled differently than other reserved words. To learn more about creating and using groups with these email addresses, see Create abuse & postmaster groups .
