LISTSERV - Request a New Mailing List

Request a New Mailing List

Please fill out this form to request a new mailing list on the Fermilab mailing list server. Your request will be sent to the Fermilab List Administrator for processing.

Primary owner		The e-mail address of the primary owner of the list.
List Name		Maximum of 32 characters, NO spaces or special characters except hyphens and underscores.
Domain	fnal.gov opensciencegrid.org uscms.org uslarp.org usqcd.org usluo.org	Choose the proper domain. Most lists will be fnal.gov.
Description		A brief description of the list.
Welcome message		A message that will be sent to each new subscriber to the list.
Other owners		The e-mail addresses of other owners of the list, separated by commas or spaces.

List type

Public - Anyone may post
Private - Only list members may post
Owner - Only list owners may post

Subscription options Open - Anyone may subscribe
Closed - Only owners can subscribe new members. Requests are not sent to owner
By_Owner - Only owners can subscribe new members. Requests sent to owner for approval

Member information Public - Anyone may view list of members
Private - Only list members may view list of members
Owners - Only list owners may view list of members

List Privacy No - List will appear in list of lists
Yes - List will not appear in list of lists

Archive List No - List will not be archived
Yes - List will be archived

List archives are meant for lists that have lasting value in the information. It is NOT meant for lists that consist of automatic postings. Each message to a archived list will be restricted to a maximum of 20Mb.

Archive Privacy Public - Anyone can read the archive
Private - Only list members can read the archive. Password required
The password that would be used here are specific to the LISTSERV system. They should not be the same as any other passwords in use at Fermi.

Archive Rotation Weekly - A new archive will be created weekly
Monthly - A new archive will be created monthly
Yearly - A new archive will be created yearly
All archives will remain available

Comments for the Listserv Administrator

The Primary Owner of the list will be notified by e-mail when the list is created. Please see the LISTSERV - Instructions for List Owners for information on managing your list, including how to add subscribers and change your list's configuration.

*** When a list is created there are NO subscribers. List owners must subscribe to the list if they want to receive mail that is sent to the list.***

If your mailing list requires options other than the ones presented here, please include them in the comment box above or open up a Helpdesk ticket after submitting this form.

If you have questions about creating a mailing list please open up a Helpdesk ticket.

NOTE:

When adding subscribers to your list, be careful about subscribing mailing lists to other mailing lists. If you have nested lists more than two levels deep, members of the lower-level lists will not receive messages sent to the top-level list.
Lists should be subscribed as listname@listserv.fnal.gov

last modified May 4^th, 2005 email helpdesk@fnal.gov

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