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Mailing Lists at the University of Birmingham List Owner's Guide Administration of Lists

All administration of lists should be carried out using the web interface Majorcool. This is available at http://mailhub.bham.ac.uk/. Majorcool is one of the options on the pull down menu. Explanations of all supported configuration options are available on the configuration options web page. It is recommended that these are reviewed when a list is set up and an info file installed before anyone is added to the list.

The following information documents the mail interface to majordomo which is no longer supported, but is still available for advanced users who are familiar with it or wish to automate certain operations.

Traditionally, majordomo was managed entirely by email and the some documentation and books on majordomo refer to commands sent by email. Majorcool actually generates mail messages and sends them to majordomo to manage the list, but ensures that these are correctly formatted. As most people use Outlook and generally find it difficult to control the format of mail messages that Outlook produces, we now only support the web interface as a mechanism for managing lists.

If any command fails, email is sent to the list owner which may include further information.

• List Password
• Information File
• Introduction File
• Adding and Removing Users
• Configuration File
  • Majordomo Configuration Options
  • Supported Configuration Options

Last Updated 11 October 2005. Please mail any comments to C.B.Bayliss@bham.ac.uk