Welcome to the Mailman site at Imperial College London

Publically advertised Mailman mailing lists are listed here List Overview.

Further information about the transition of mailing lists from Majordomo to Mailman can be found here in the Frequently Asked Questions.

Background

Mailman is a free software Electronic Mailing List Manager for managing email discussion and e-newsletter lists. Mailman is integrated with the web, making it easy for users to manage their accounts and for list owners to administer their lists. Mailman supports built-in archiving, automatic bounce processing, content filtering, digest delivery, spam filters, and more.

This is the site for the Mailman installation at Imperial College and replaces the Majordomo mailing list provision. The home page for the Mailman software is www.list.org.

Mailing Lists at Imperial College London

There are two types of electronic mailing lists available at Imperial College:

  1. Microsoft Exchange Distribution Lists, on the Exchange Servers:
    • Have to be managed through Exchange using Outlook.
    • All list member addresses have to be in the Global Address Book, effectively Imperial College users only.
    • Easy to manage through Outlook.
    • Ideal for many internal group, role and departmental list requirements.

  2. Mailman Mailing lists:
    • Managed / Administered via web-based interface and/or email-based commands.
    • Membership not restricted to Imperial College only addresses.
    • Rich feature set of both list and user-based preferences (e.g. list archiving, digest mailing).
    • More potential applications of lists for broader requirements.

New Lists

If you would like to create a Mailman mailing list, you will need to fill out an Electronic Mailing List Request Form. For more details on mailing-lists and distribution lists, or to request an Exchange distribution list, please click here.

Administration of lists is only available to Imperial College users. The form requires authorisation from a relevant departmental / divisional representative. If you are not sure which list type you require, we can decide for you based upon your answers in the form. Completed forms should be returned to the ICT Service Desk, Level 4, Sherfield Building, South Kensington.

Mailman Web Interface

List Information

Not all mailing lists are publically advertised, those that are can be found here: List Overview.

The URL for list information is mailed to the list owner at time of creation, if the administrator wishes to not advertise the existence of the list in the overview here, he/she may disclose the URL at their own discretion.

List Administration

List administrators can find an over view of the lists at List Administration Overview.

Again, if the list has been configured so as not to be publically advertised then it will not appear in the overview and the URL for the list will be retained from the initial introductory message to the administrator.

Passwords

Passwords are set per list (for configuration, administration and moderation). Each member of each list has a separate password for each list they belong to. These passwords ARE NOT secure, they ARE NOT your Imperial College login passwords.

The default behaviour of lists is to send each member's password to their email address once a month as a reminder of the membership to the list. They are used to control access to user-based list preferences and list archives where applicable.

Further Information

The web interface provides detailed explanations for each configuration option available. If you have any questions, you may email mailman@imperial.ac.uk.

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