Question: I've decided to establish a Mailman list here at the UW. How do I make a request to get it set up? I also need to be sure that I have the right information on hand to answer my own questions and those that I'm sure the subscribers will have. I'm anxious to get the list set up and a welcome message in place, so I want to know how to go about that. Can you help me with these things and tell me where to get assistance if I run into trouble?
Answer:
Let's start off getting you the basic information you'll need. There is a UW Mailman Reference site on the Web at
http://www.washington.edu/computing/mailman/It contains information for both list owners and subscribers. If you are a list owner, it would be good to bookmark
http://www.washington.edu/computing/mailman/owners/as a reference that should answer many questions.
One of the links available on the Mailman Web pages will take you to a form where you can request that a Mailman list be established for you.
Once your list has been created, you can access it via Web pages on the Mailman server. As a list owner, you can configure your list settings, add and delete members, and do other things at
http://mailman.u.washington.edu/mailman/admin/listnamewhere "listname" is replaced with the actual name of your list.
Your list members will be able to subscribe, unsubscribe, and update their personal subscriber settings at
http://mailman.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/listnameWhen you run into problems and need assistance, send an email message to help@u.washington.edu with a description of the problem and examples when possible.
Date: 08/2002 Author: R. Skiver Thompson