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Managing Your Email Lists With Mailman

To get to the administration page for your list, type the following URL into your browser, replacing LIST-NAME with your actual listname (without the @socsci.uci.edu):

  • https://mail.socsci.uci.edu/mailman/admin/LIST-NAME

Be sure to bookmark that page for easier access!

Instructions for new moderators

You should have received an email containing your list moderator password. Use this to login at the above URL.

How to add Members

Click the link for Membership Management near the top, then the link for Mass Subscription. You can then paste a list of email addresses (one per line) into the text box. I recommend leaving the options at the top at the default values: “Subscribe” means they will be immediately subscribed, and “No” to the options for sending a welcome message and notification message. Click the Submit your changes button at the bottom to save the change.

How to remove Members

Option 1

Click on Membership Management, then Mass Removal. Enter the email addresses to be removed, one per line. Click Submit your changes at the bottom to apply the removal. I recommend leaving the options to send unsubscription acknowledgement and notifications to “No”.

Option 2

Click on Membership Management. On the Membership List page, you can check the box to the left of any members you want to remove, then click on Submit your changes at the bottom to apply.

How to Moderate the Lists

The lists are set up to only allow email messages from pre-approved senders. If anyone else sends to the list, you will receive an email with details about the new message and a link to click where you can log in to approve/discard/reject the message. Moderators can then decide to approve the message, reject the message (it will send a rejection notice to the original sender), or discard the message (no notification sent to the original sender). They can also decide to permanently allow or discard messages from that sender.

How to Add/Change Moderators

If you want someone else to also be a moderator of the list, then go to the list admin website and click on the General Options link at the top, then add a new email address in the text box for The list moderator email addresses. Click the Submit your changes button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

Then simply share the moderator password with them so that they can also login.

Moderator Password

If you need the moderator password reset, contact sscs@uci.edu and provide the name of your list.

howto/sscs/mailman_info.txt · Last modified: 2023/08/15 22:42 by jnilsson