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| You have to manually unsubscribe from all lists and resubscribe to all the lists individually. You need to unsubscribe from the e-mail address you are registered with. If you no longer have access to your old e-mail address send a note to the list owners (list_name-owner{{:at10.png|}}lists.scs.carleton.ca) explaining your situation. | You have to manually unsubscribe from all lists and resubscribe to all the lists individually. You need to unsubscribe from the e-mail address you are registered with. If you no longer have access to your old e-mail address send a note to the list owners (list_name-owner{{:at10.png|}}lists.scs.carleton.ca) explaining your situation. | ||
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| ===== Administrators and Moderators ===== | ===== Administrators and Moderators ===== | ||
| - | === A few terms === | + | === Brief glossary === |
| - | Administrator or owner: one or more people in charge of maintaining a particular list | + | //Administrator or owner:// one or more people in charge of maintaining a particular list |
| - | Moderator: limited permissions; but allowed to tend to pending administration requests (subscription requests, and disposing of held postings) | + | |
| - | Site administrator: person in charge of Mailman, and at the moment creating new lists | + | //Moderator:// limited permissions; but allowed to tend to pending administration requests (subscription requests, and disposing of held postings) |
| - | Members or subscribers: individuals who are part of a mailing list | + | |
| - | Announcement list: One way communication, only moderators or admins can send messages to the list | + | //Site administrator:// person in charge of Mailman, and at the moment creating new lists |
| - | Discussion list: Members can send messages to the list. These may be moderated or open | + | |
| + | //Members or subscribers:// individuals who are part of a mailing list | ||
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| + | //Announcement list:// One way communication, only moderators or admins can send messages to the list | ||
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| + | //Discussion list:// Members can send messages to the list. These may be moderated or open | ||
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| === I would like to have a list. How do I request a list? === | === I would like to have a list. How do I request a list? === | ||
| - | Send an e-mail responding to the following questions: | + | Send an e-mail responding to support{{:at10.png|}}lists.scs.carleton.ca responding the following questions: |
| <code> | <code> | ||
| * List name. Remember this will be used for the web page and e-mail addresses, no spaces. | * List name. Remember this will be used for the web page and e-mail addresses, no spaces. | ||
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| * Who can view the subscription list? Anyone, List members, List admin | * Who can view the subscription list? Anyone, List members, List admin | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | These (and the rest of the) settings can be modified and should be reviewed by the owner. | + | These (and the rest of the) settings can be modified and should be reviewed by the owner. |
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| + | === How do I deal with a user who has multiple e-mail addresses? === | ||
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| + | Mailman only receives posts from accepted list members and whom are allowed to post messages. Sometimes a person might choose to post from multiple addresses. To avoid multiple subscriptions you can add them to your list of //accepted nonmembers//. This pre-approves their postings. | ||
| + | Log into the [[http://lists.scs.carleton.ca/mailman/admin/list-name/ |http://lists.scs.carleton.ca/mailman/admin/list-name/]] administrative page (replace list-name with your list's name) for the list: | ||
| + | - Go to Privacy options | ||
| + | - Go to Sender filters | ||
| + | - Enter the e-mail address(es) in the field: **List of non-member addresses whose postings should be automatically accepted.** (accept_these_nonmembers). One e-mail per line. | ||
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| + | === How do I make my list private/public? === | ||
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| + | To set your list public or private log into the list's [[http://lists.scs.carleton.ca/mailman/admin/list-name/ | http://lists.scs.carleton.ca/mailman/admin/list-name/]] administrative page (replace list-name with your list's name): | ||
| + | - Go to Privacy options | ||
| + | - Go to Subscription rules | ||
| + | - Go to **Advertise this list when people ask what lists are on this machine?** (Edit advertised) Select //Yes// for public, //No// for private | ||
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| + | === How do I make an "Announcement only" list? === | ||
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| + | - Go to <code>http://lists.scs.carleton.ca/mailman/admin/list_name</code> and Authenticate. | ||
| + | - Under (main admin page) **Privacy options...** | ||
| + | - >> **Subscription Rules** | ||
| + | - **Who can view subscription list?** set to **List admin only** | ||
| + | - >> **Sender Filters** | ||
| + | - **By default, should new list member postings be moderated?** //Yes// | ||
| + | - **Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list.** //Hold// | ||
| + | - **Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined.** //Hold// | ||
| + | - Under (main admin page) **Auto-responder** | ||
| + | - **Should Mailman send an auto-response to mailing list posters?** //Yes// | ||
| + | - **Auto-response text to send to mailing list posters.** //Sorry, postings restricted to moderators and administrators// | ||
| + | - **Number of days between auto-responses** //0// (zero) | ||
| + | - Under (main admin page) **Membership management** | ||
| + | - **Set everyone's moderation bit, including those members not currently visible** //On// | ||
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| + | Moderator bit //on// means members posts are subject to moderator approval. **Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list** = Hold means the administrator has to approve their own posts. Having this bit //off// for moderators is insecure since e-mail addresses can be easily forged. | ||
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| + | In summary to prevent unauthorized people from posting to your list, always have their moderator bit (flag) //on//. As well as setting //Yes// to **By default, should new list member postings be moderated?** | ||
| Additional documentation can be found at [[http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/Mailman+2.1+Members+Manual]] | Additional documentation can be found at [[http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/Mailman+2.1+Members+Manual]] | ||