To manage your subscription preferences to any class email list, use Mailman, our list management software. Learn more about Mailman settings for class email list subscribers below.

The list information (listinfo) page contains everything you need to manage your list membership.

Find the listinfo page at https://list.umass.edu/mailman/listinfo/listname where listname is the name of the list (e.g., ce-engin-290a-01-fal04 in ce-engin-290a-01-fal04@courses.umass.edu).

Use the listinfo page to subscribe or unsubscribe from a list, access a list's archives, or change your settings. To do so, you will be prompted for your Mailman password.
Note:

• Your Mailman password is a password automatically generated by Mailman. It is not your UMail password or your UMAccess password.
• Can't remember your Mailman password? Locate the Password Reminder on the Member Options page, then click Remind. Your new password will be emailed to you.

Once enrolled in a course that uses a class email list, your UMail address will be automatically added to the list. Look for a Welcome message from your instructor.

If you added a course after the end of add/drop, you can use Mailman to subscribe to its email list. Learn how to subscribe to a list.

At the end of each semester, all class email lists are deleted together with your membership to these lists. If you withdraw from a course and no longer wish to receive messages from its email list, use Mailman to unsubscribe. Learn how to unsubscribe from a list .

Note: If you drop a course during add/drop, you will be removed from its email list once the list is refreshed (usually at the end of the registration period).

Before sending a message, ask your instructor whether the email list is configured as a(n):

• Announcement List. In this case, the list is restricted to announcements from the instructor and you won't be able to post messagees to the list.

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• Discussion Tool. Open to everyone in the class to contribute.

All messages sent to a class email list are securely archived for a period of 6 months. In this way, even after a list no longer exists, you still have access to its contents. Please note:

• No message can exceed 1MB. For sizable attachments, consider uploading them to the Web rather than posting them to the list.
• Messages are archived in text format. No attachments. No HTML. Make sure you include critical information in the body of your message!

To access a list's archive, go to your listinfo page, then click [listname] archives. You will be prompted for your Mailman password.

If you encounter problems, submit an online Help Request.
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Contact the OIT Help Desk at 545-9400.