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Mailing Lists at the University of Birmingham List Owner's Guide Setting up a Mailing List Confirmation of List Creation

The list will be created as soon as possible after the form has been received by the relevant Information Services staff. This is normally within 24 hours, but may take a few days if problems are encountered. The list is created with the list owner as the only member.

When the list is registered, you will receive an email message. The list will not be active until the Central Mail tables are rebuilt. This currently happens four times a day, but the frequency is sometimes reduced during busy periods or if there are problems. The maximum delay should be no longer than 24 hours. You may alter the information file before this happens but should wait until the mail tables are rebuilt before modifying the contents of the list. You can check whether the list is in the mail tables by sending a test message to the list. If they have been rebuilt, you will receive the test message; if not, an error message will be generated.

When a list is created, the list owner is the only member. If you are the list owner and you wish to remove yourself from the list you may do so. You are most likely to want to do this if the list is being used as a functional mailing address and is set to point to a particular mailbox which is not your personal one. As list owner, you will continue to receive error messages relating to the list even if you are not on the list. It is expected that most owners of lists used for discussion and distribution of email will to remain members of their lists.

Last Updated 05 November 1999. Please mail any comments to C.B.Bayliss@bham.ac.uk