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-====== ​using ======+====== ​Mailing Lists ====== 
 + 
 +Basic web signup form [[https://​acm.cs.uic.edu/​mailsignup]] 
 + 
 + 
 +====== 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/​mailman+**acm OR acm-announce are the lists being referred to when told to sign up to the ACM mailing list** 
 + 
 +===== ListServ ===== 
 + 
 +The UIC-ACM has several mailing lists. 
 + 
 +To subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SUBSCRIBE listname FirstName LastName“ 
 + 
 +To send a message to a list, email listserv@listserv.uic.edu 
 + 
 +    * acm (higher volume, announcements and discussions) 
 + 
 +    * lug 
 + 
 +To un-subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SIGNOFF listname“ 
 + 
 +===== Mailman Lists ===== 
 + 
 +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 
 + 
 +    * acm-announce (low volume, announcements only)   
 + 
 +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 ======
 +
 +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)
 +
 +===== Forgotten Mailman Password =====
 +
 +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.
 +
 ===== 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. 
 + 
 +The commands ​for managing Mailman from the command line are located ​in  
 + 
 +  ​/​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 ===== 
- 
- 
-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.
 +
 +[[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 ====== 
- 
-The UIC-ACM has several mailing lists. 
- 
-To subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SUBSCRIBE listname FirstName LastName“ 
- 
-To send a message to a list, email listname@listserv.uic.edu 
- 
-    * acm 
- 
-    * lug 
-To un-subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SIGNOFF listname“ 
- 
-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 
- 
-    * acm-announce 
- 
-    * siggame 
- 
-    * sigbuild 
- 
-    * tutoring 
- 
-    * sigsysadmin 
  
-    * flourishconf  ​ 
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