Special Information for MBARI Users
This server uses the Sympa public domain listserver software. The MBARI I.S. staff has put together a specialized set of tech notes on the IS web site dealing with MBARI's implementation of the Sympa package. You can find those tech notes by clicking here; they will open in a new window for your convenience. You may also submit a help ticket if you need additonal help.
The rest of this document is a customized version of the documentation distributed with the Sympa product.
Mailing lists - Owner and moderator guide
Introduction: who is in charge of managing mailing lists?
Reminder: a mailing list service involves four types of roles:
listmaster owner moderator subscriber
Refer to the description of each role to know more about this.
- Requesting the creation of a mailing list
- Configuring the list
- Customizing the list
- Managing the shared document web space
- Managing subscribers
- Managing owners and moderators
- Managing bounces
- Moderating messages sent to the list
- Managing the message archive
- Renaming the list
- Deleting the list
- Good practices