Listserv Services

List creation is available to SUNY ITEC members on ITEC's Lyris web and email-accessible listserv.  To request a list, you need to open an AtTask issue to the Academic Support group requesting the list with the following information:

  • The name of the list that must be a single word which will be displayed in lower case.
  • A short explanation of what the list is about.
  • Who will be the list owner or moderator for the list along with their email address and telephone number.  Since the Academic Support group does not maintain campus lists, list owners must take complete control of their list.
  • All lists will be created private: subscription requests will be emailed to list admin for approval; only members can post.
  • What list type you want:
  • Moderated list. All members' email will be directed to the Moderator. Moderator will decide which members' email will be sent to the list,
  • Distribution (read-only list): only mail from the Moderator will be sent  to the list. All other mail will be sent back to the sender with a note explaining that the list is read-only.

    These above options can be changed at any time by the list admin.
  • Once the list is created, the list admin can produce a welcome message that will be sent to new subscribers.
  • A message you want at the beginning of each post (none is okay).
  • A message you want at the ending of each post (none is okay). This is sometimes used to remind users how to unsubscribe, ask for help, etc

The above two items can be created or changed by the list admin.

To learn more about Lyris, documentation can be obtained at
http://www.lyris.com/help/lm_help/9.0/

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Join SUNY lists located on ITEC's listserv:

To subscribe to any of the lists, send the following command to lyris@ls.suny.edu:

subscribe listname youremailaddress fullname

i.e., subscribe coa-l betty.spencer@itec.suny.edu Betty Spencer

coa-l - SUNY staff computer user community discussion list.

ezproxy - EZProxy discussion list.

fact-l - SUNY Faculty Access to Computing Technology discussion list.

itecl - SUNY ITEC discussion list.

linuxl - Linux discussion list.

sunyblackboard - Blackboard usage within SUNY.

sunycpd-l - SUNY Center for Professional Development list.

sunywebct - WebCT usage within SUNY.

techmarketing - Vendor General Marketing (SUNY sponsored list).

webteach - Using the web to enhance the classroom list.

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