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mailing_lists [2011/12/21 17:04] hef [Mailman not working] |
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| - | ====== using ====== | + | Basic web signup form [[https://acm.cs.uic.edu/mailsignup]] |
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| + | ====== Using ====== | ||
| There are 3 types of lists used by the UICACM, | There are 3 types of lists used by the UICACM, | ||
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| We host mailman on acm.cs.uic.edu. | We host mailman on acm.cs.uic.edu. | ||
| - | ===== mailman lists ===== | ||
| - | see a list of lists here: https://acm.cs.uic.edu/listserv | + | **acm OR acm-announce are the lists being referred to when told to sign up to the ACM mailing list** |
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| + | ===== ListServ ===== | ||
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| + | The UIC-ACM has several mailing lists. | ||
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| + | To subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SUBSCRIBE listname FirstName LastName“ | ||
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| + | To send a message to a list, email listserv@listserv.uic.edu | ||
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| + | * acm (higher volume, announcements and discussions) | ||
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| + | * lug | ||
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| + | To un-subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SIGNOFF listname“ | ||
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| + | ===== Mailman Lists ===== | ||
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| + | To subscribe to any of the lists, send a blank email to listname-subscribe@acm.cs.uic.edu or visit https://acm.cs.uic.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo | ||
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| + | * acm-announce (low volume, announcements only) | ||
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| + | see a list of lists here: [[https://acm.cs.uic.edu/mailman]] | ||
| subscribe either by going to the list web page or sending an email to //listname//-subscribe@acm.cs.uic.edu | subscribe either by going to the list web page or sending an email to //listname//-subscribe@acm.cs.uic.edu | ||
| - | common mailman lists include acm-announce, siggame, and Tutoring | ||
| - | ==== Forgotten Mailman Password ==== | ||
| - | Talk to a sysadmin, they should have a up to date list of the passwords for the mailing lists, or can do a reset. | ||
| ====== Administration ====== | ====== Administration ====== | ||
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| + | Mailman has 4 password types | ||
| + | * List Creator - Single Password Needed to Create New Lists | ||
| + | * List Admin - The individual shared admin password for a particular list | ||
| + | * List Moderator - Shared password that only allows for a smaller subset of admin functions | ||
| + | * Poster - Require password for posters to list (rare) | ||
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| + | ===== Forgotten Mailman Password ===== | ||
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| + | Talk to a sysadmin, or email sigsysadmin AT acm.cs.uic.edu, they should have a up to date list of the passwords for the mailing lists, or can do a reset. | ||
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| ===== list password reset ===== | ===== list password reset ===== | ||
| cd /usr/lib/mailman/bin | cd /usr/lib/mailman/bin | ||
| - | sudo ./bin/change_pw -l list-name | + | sudo ./change_pw -l list-name |
| - | ===== web interface ===== | + | |
| + | ==== web interface ==== | ||
| mailman can be administered from here: | mailman can be administered from here: | ||
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| https://acm.cs.uic.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/admin | https://acm.cs.uic.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/admin | ||
| - | ===== shell interface ===== | + | ===== Shell Interface ===== |
| - | there are several shell commands in /usr/lib/mailman/bin | + | |
| + | Admins and ACM Officers should have access to admin the mailing list via the sudo command. | ||
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| + | The commands for managing Mailman from the command line are located in | ||
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| + | /usr/lib/mailman/bin | ||
| the shell can be used to reset passwords for things | the shell can be used to reset passwords for things | ||
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| If the mail is being delevired to `/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post sigsysadmin` but no email comes out: | If the mail is being delevired to `/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post sigsysadmin` but no email comes out: | ||
| - | /etc/rc.d/mailman stop | + | systemctl stop mailman |
| ls -l /var/lib/mailman/locks | ls -l /var/lib/mailman/locks | ||
| rm -rf /var/lib/mailman/locks/* | rm -rf /var/lib/mailman/locks/* | ||
| - | ===== specific lists ===== | ||
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| - | The information on the above page is mostly correct. Some of the sig lists don't seem to exist, though. | ||
| ==== acm ==== | ==== acm ==== | ||
| the acm list is not hosted on acm.cs.uic.edu, it is hosted at listserv.uic.edu | the acm list is not hosted on acm.cs.uic.edu, it is hosted at listserv.uic.edu | ||
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| If there are no more admins around, I would email consult@uic.edu, and ask for it. They might require a faculty member make the request. | If there are no more admins around, I would email consult@uic.edu, and ask for it. They might require a faculty member make the request. | ||
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| + | [[http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/16.0/htmlhelp/site%20managers/LSCommands.html]] | ||
| ==== acm-announce ==== | ==== acm-announce ==== | ||
| https://acm.cs.uic.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/acm-announce | https://acm.cs.uic.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/acm-announce | ||
| - | by default, everyone joins this list as moderated, meaning they cannot post to the list. if you need to be un-moderated, go to https://acm.cs.uic.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/acm-announce/members, find your email address, and make sure the **mod** column is __unchecked__. | + | by default, everyone joins this list as moderated, meaning they cannot post to the list. if you need to be un-moderated, go to https://acm.cs.uic.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/acm-announce/members, find your email address, and make sure the **mod** column is __unchecked__. You can also select the option to add a sender to the Accept list/remove their mod flag when approving an email that has been blocked for moderator approval. |
| ==== acm-officers ==== | ==== acm-officers ==== | ||
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| - | ====== ListServ ====== | ||
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| - | The UIC-ACM has several mailing lists. | ||
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| - | To subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SUBSCRIBE listname FirstName LastName“ | ||
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| - | To send a message to a list, email listname@listserv.uic.edu | ||
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| - | * acm | ||
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| - | * lug | ||
| - | To un-subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SIGNOFF listname“ | ||
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| - | To subscribe to any of the following lists, send a blank email to listname-subscribe@acm.cs.uic.edu or visit https://acm.cs.uic.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo | ||
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| - | * acm-announce | ||
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| - | * siggame | ||
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| - | * sigbuild | ||
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| - | * tutoring | ||
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| - | * sigsysadmin | ||
| - | * flourishconf | ||
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