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Managing Your Email Lists With Mailman
Please check GNU mailman list manual for the official help: Mailman - List Member manual
Links
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
Use the link in the initial email you have already received to log in. 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 Moderate the Lists
The lists are set up to only allow email messages from you. 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.