E-mail & Calendar Resources

E-mail & Calendar Resources
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Using MailMan

Mailman is a brand new list management system. This new system is completely web-based for ease of use, and allow list administrators to edit their membership with easy to use, graphical interface as well as offering hundreds of new features.

Logging into mailman

  1. Type in the Mailman List management web address (http://list.bowdoin.edu/mailman/admin/) followed by the name of your list, for example: http://list.bowdoin.edu/mailman/admin/bookgroup
    This will take you directly to the login screen for your list.
  2. Type in the password to enter the mailing list administration page for your list.
  3. Click the "Let me in..." button. You will arrive at the "General Options" screen for your list.

Changing the list password

  1. Scroll down to the bottom of the General Options to the "Change Administrator Password" box.
  2. Type your "current password"
  3. Type your "new password"
  4. Type in your "new password" again to confirm it.
  5. Click the "submit your changes" button

Adding members to a mailing list:

  1. Click on the "Mail Management" link located at the top of the General Options
  2. Scroll down to the "Mass Subscribe Members" field.
  3. Type in an e-mail address for each member of the list. You must hit the Enter key after each e-mail address you type.
  4. Click the "Submit Your Changes" button when you have finished typing in the e-mail list of e-mails. The e-mail addresses will be added to the membership list located above the Mass Subscribe Members Field.

Removing members from a list:

  1. Scroll down to the Membership List.
  2. Locate the e-mail address that you want to remove.
  3. Click once in the "subcr" check box to remove the check. This will unsubscribe or remove members from the list.
  4. Click the "Submit Your Changes" button and the e-mail address will be removed from the list.

Editing an e-mail address on a list:

  1. To edit an e-mail in a list you need to remove that person from the list first.
  2. Follow steps "Removing members from a list" above for removing a member from the list.
  3. Follow steps "Adding Members to a mailing list" to add the member back to the list with the edited e-mail address
  4. Make sure to click the "Submit Your Changes" button when you are finished.

For assistance please call the IT Help Desk at x3030.