Sending email to listserve

  • To send a message to a listserve address you must have administrator or moderator access to the list
  • If you do not have moderator access, the message will go to a queue for the moderator to view before approving or rejecting the message
  • Send emails to the listserve through your email client.  Type the listserve email address in the To: field, fill out the rest of the message and click send


Managing users on the listserve

  • login to the listserve site: https://listserve.brandonu.ca/mailman/admin/list_email_address
  • On the top portion of the page under "General Options Section", click "Membership Management..." to manage members of the list
  • To Add members (even if only adding one member), click "Mass Subscription"
  • Under the "Mass Subscriptions" section, set the subscription settings (default settings are generally good) and then add your user(s) and a brief invitation/subscription message welcoming and informing the person of the list they are joined to.  Click "Submit Your Changes" for the changes to be submitted
    example:


  • To Remove members, click "Membership List"
  • Place a checkmark in the box beside the user under "unsub" column
  • Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click "Submit Your Changes"
  • To Add/Remove Administrators and/or Moderators of the list, click "General Options"
  • Under the "General Options" section on the lower part of the page, you can view/add administrators and moderators and make other changes to the list
    example:
  • If you receive a notification that there are pending requests, click "Tend to pending moderator requests" under the "Other Administrative Activities" section
  • When you are done working with the listserve, click "Logout" to exit the session