MailingLists

NOTE: this page is partly obsolete. External mailing lists are on lists.hpcf.upr.edu using Mailman, but internal lists are on donatelo.hpcf.upr.edu and use ezmlm.

Mailing List servers

The HPCf runs two mailman list servers, one at http://lists.hpcf.upr.edu/mailman/listinfo for external lists, and another at http://webmail.hpcf.upr.edu/maillist for the internal email lists(Old external mails are at http://hpcfinfo.hpcf.upr.edu/mailman/listinfo).

The staff email list is mailto:all@hpcf.upr.edu , or mailto:staff@hpcf.upr.edu . The mailing list archives are searchable via an htDig interface at:

http://hpcfinfo.hpcf.upr.edu/search/search.html
http://webmail.hpcf.upr.edu/maillist

Mailman is available from http://www.list.org/ , as is the full documentation for the server.

Setting up a new mailing list

To Set Up Mailman
Lists can be added, deleted, and managed from the command line (in fact, you need the command line to add or delete a list).

To add a new list, log in to the appropriate mailing list server and perform the following:

$ su
# su - mailman
$ ./bin/newlist --urlhost=lists.hpcf.upr.edu

When prompted, type in the list name, owner, and password.

Mailman will create the list, and print out a list of aliases like:

## hpcf-users mailing list
## created: 25-Jan-2000 mailman
hpcf-users:                               "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper post hpcf-users"
hpcf-users-admin:                 "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner hpcf-users"
hpcf-users-request:             "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd hpcf-users"
owner-hpcf-users:                 hpcf-users-admin
hpcf-users-owner:                 hpcf-users-admin

exit the mailman account, and as root, add the aliases to

/etc/aliases

newaliases

Go to the mailing list administration page, for the list named foo@lists.hpcf.upr.edu this would be:

http://lists.hpcf.upr.edu/mailman/admin/foo/

Set up the description, privacy options, and archive options the way you want.

To Set Up ezmlm

Go to http://donatelo.hpcf.upr.edu/cgi-bin/qmailadmin
Log as postmaster, selecting the domain where the list is hosted.
Then Select Add Maillist.

-- Main.HumbertoOrtiz - 27 Nov 2000

Added description of making a new list.

-- Main.HumbertoOrtiz - 16 Aug 2001

Added new mail list (ezmlm) set up

--Main.JoseOrtiz? - 24 Jul 2003