Mailman Help Page
List Server Help
Help for List Users:
- Publicly-Available Mailing Lists On RCC List Server
- Subscribing to a List
- Unsubscribing From Mailing Lists
- List Password
- Stopping Mail Delivery
- Accessing List Archives
- Finding Out Who's Subscribed to a List
- Getting More Help
- Email Command Help
Publicly-Available Mailing Lists on RCC List Server
To get a list of publicly-available mailing lists on RCC list server, go to the mailman web interface:
Click on a list name to get more information about the list, or to subscribe, unsubscribe, and change the preferences on your subscription.
Once you've determined which list you wish to subscribe to, go to the list information page:
http://list.sunyrockland.edu/mailman/listinfo
and click on the list name you want to join. You will need to fill out the form under "Subscribing to LISTNAME" and press the "Subscribe" button.
Once this is done, you will receive an email from the list server asking for "requesting confirmation". This is to prevent others from gratuitously subscribing you. Please follow the instructions given in the message to confirm your subscription.
Upon subscribing, you will receive a welcome message, containing your list password and some quick links. It also contains directions for unsubscribing. Please save this message for future reference.
Your original Welcome message contains the links and information on how to unsubscribe to a list. However, in most cases, you may simply send an email with the subject line "unsubscribe"
to : LISTNAME-request@list.sunyrockland.edu
You will be sent email "requesting confirmation", to prevent others from gratuitously unsubscribing you.
You can also go to the website to Unsubscribe from the list
http://list.sunyrockland.edu/mailman/options/LISTNAME
<>for example: <>http://list.sunyrockland.edu/mailman/options/testlst
** If you are on vacation and will not read your email for a while, you can temporarily stop mail delivery rather than unsubscribing. You can still access the list email archives since you are the list member.
When you subscribe to a list, you will be asked to setup a list password, or the system will assign a list password to you. The list password is used to verify your identity to Mailman. Your list password will be sent to you with the welcome message. If you forget your password, you can go to the list information web page and ask the list server to email the password to you (via your subscribe email address).
http://list.sunyrockland.edu/mailman/options/LISTNAME
press the button "Reminder" under the section "Password reminder"
If for any reason, you don't want list server to delivery email to your mail box, you can turn mail delivery off and access list email by going to the archives.
To enable/disable mail delivery:
go to the mailing list membership configuration web page by login with your email address and list password:
http://list.sunyrockland.edu/mailman/options/LISTNAME
for example:
http://list.sunyrockland.edu/mailman/options/testlst
Select "Disable" from "Mail delivery" to stop receiving mail
Select "Enable" from "Mail delivery" to start receiving mail
To see the collection of prior postings to the list, go to :
http://list.sunyrockland.edu/mailman/listinfo/LISTNAME and click "visit the LISTNAME Archives"
You need to login with your email address and password to access the list's private archives.
Finding Out Who's Subscribed to a List
To get a list of the addresses on a particular list, you can go to the list information page:
http://list.sunyrockland.edu/listinf/LISTNAME
Go to LISTNAME Subscribers section, Press the button "Visit Subscriber List" after enter your email address and password
To contact a human site manager, send mail to mailman-owner@list.sunyrockland.edu. To contact the owner of a specific list, send mail LISTNAME_owner@list.sunyrockland.edu
To get a copy of help message, send mail to LISTNAME@list.sunyrockland.edu with subject line: help
This is email command help for version 2.1.5 of the "Mailman" list manager. The following describes commands you can send to get information about and control your subscription to Mailman lists at this site. A command can be in the subject line or in the body of the message.
Note that much of the following can also be accomplished via the World Wide Web, at:
http://list.sunyrockland.edu/mailman/listinfo/LISTNAME
In particular, you can use the Web site to have your password sent to your delivery address.
List specific commands (subscribe, who, etc) should be sent to the *-request address for the particular list, e.g. for the 'testlst' list, use 'testlst-request@...'.
About the descriptions - words in "<>"s signify REQUIRED items and words in "[]" denote OPTIONAL items. Do not include the "<>"s or "[]"s when you use the commands.
The following commands are valid:
confirm <confirmation-string>
Confirm an action. The confirmation-string is required and should be supplied by a mail back confirmation notice.
end
Stop processing commands. Use this if your mail program automatically adds a signature file.
help
Print this help message.
info
Get information about this mailing list.
lists
See a list of the public mailing lists on this GNU Mailman server.
password [<oldpassword> <newpassword> ] [address=<address>]
Retrieve or change your password. With no arguments, this returns your current password. With arguments and you can change your password.
If you're posting from an address other than your membership address, specify your membership address with `address=<address>' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!). Note that in this case the response is always sent to the subscribed address.
set ...
Set or view your membership options.
Use `set help' (without the quotes) to get a more detailed list of the options you can change.
Use `set show' (without the quotes) to view your current option settings.
subscribe [password] [digest|nodigest] [address=<address>]
Subscribe to this mailing list. Your password must be given to unsubscribe or change your options, but if you omit the password, one will be generated for you. You may be periodically reminded of your password.
The next argument may be either: `nodigest' or `digest' (no quotes!). If you wish to subscribe an address other than the address you sent this request from, you may specify `address=<address>' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!)
unsubscribe [password] [address=<address>]
Unsubscribe from the mailing list. If given, your password must match your current password. If omitted, a confirmation email will be sent to the unsubscribing address. If you wish to unsubscribe an address other than the address you sent this request from, you may specify `address=<address>' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!)
who password [address=<address>]
See everyone who is on this mailing list. The roster is limited to list members only, and you must supply your membership password to retrieve it. If you're posting from an address other than your membership address, specify your membership address with `address=<address>' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!)
Commands should be sent to LISTNAME-request@list.sunyrockland.edu
Questions and concerns for the attention of a person should be sent to LISTNAME-owner@list.sunyrockland.edu
Last Modified: 04/29/2005 by Lin Young
