CLAS can offer mailing lists for research groups, job search committees, and other groups who need to receive messages to a single address. CLAS mailing lists have restrictions on the size of messages which can be sent to the list address, so they are not appropriate for sending or receiving attachments such as CVs or Microsoft Office files. Individuals are encouraged to place any such file on a server and send only the location (eg. web URL) to the list.

These mailing lists are to be administered by a UF employee, either faculty, staff, or graduate assistant. While the lists are not automatically purged at the end of each semester, we do ask for an expected lifetime for the list after which we'll ask the list administrator whether the list is still needed. Many of the normal list administration tasks (subscribe, unsubscribe) are handled via the Majordomo software. It is the list administrator's responsibility to help the list members subscribe to the list via Majordomo.

In order for us to create a CLAS mailing list, we will need some information about the group, the purpose, and initial membership. Fields other than comments, initial membership and preferred password are required. Web-based archives of messages sent to these lists are available, if requested by the list administrator in the Comments field below at the time of list creation.

Preferred List Name		(must be greater than 8 characters and/or have a hyphen "-" in it)
List Purpose:		(ie, "Study group for underwater basket weaving" )Max of 50 characters
Expected Duration:		(eg. until the end of the semester, or until January '05)
Administrator's Name:		(full human name)
Administrator's Email Address:		(full email address)
Preferred List Password:		(can be left blank)
Comments:

Once we receive and process the request, we will email the list administrator with the list name, password, and a quick summary of the Majordomo commands.

Please note that we do not supply accounts for your students. Instead, they should subscribe their GatorLink or other existing accounts to the list.

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Last updated: Aug 23, 2007 (04:14:16 PM EDT)
URL: http://www.clasnet.ufl.edu/howto/mail-list/general-list.shtml