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 +====== Mailing Lists ======
 +
 +Basic web signup form [[https://​acm.cs.uic.edu/​mailsignup]]
 +
 +
 ====== Using ====== ====== Using ======
  
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 To un-subscribe to these lists, send an email to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with the contents “SIGNOFF listname“ 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+===== Mailman Lists =====
  
-    * acm-announce (low volume, announcements only)+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
  
-    * siggame+    * acm-announce (low volume, announcements only)  ​
  
-    * sigbuild +see a list of lists here: [[https://​acm.cs.uic.edu/​mailman]]
- +
-    * tutoring +
- +
-    * sigsysadmin +
- +
-    * flourishconf ​  +
- +
-===== Mailman Lists ===== +
- +
-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+
  
  
 ====== 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 ===== ===== Forgotten Mailman Password =====
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   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 ====
  
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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/​*
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 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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