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How to Moderate Your Lists

List moderation involves basically two operations, "Managing Users" and "Managing Messages".  All other list parameters will be established for you when the list is created.

Managing Users

You may receive requests to add a new user to the list or to remove an existing user from the list.  To perform either of these operations, select your list from the page of available lists which can be found at:  http://mailman.utpb.edu/mailman/admin, enter your password when requested.  The next step is to click on "Membership Management".  To add users, select "Mass Subscription" and enter the e-mail addresses in the box, one per line, then press "Submit Your Changes".  To remove users, click on the alphabetical letter that corresponds to the first letter of their e-mail address.  Once you have found their e-mail address, simply click the adjacent box labeled "unsub" and then click "Submit Your Changes".  

Managing Messages

Messages are mailed to your list by sending an e-mail to:  list-name@mailman.utpb.edu

Once posted, a moderated list will require moderator approval before the request is sent to all of the list members.  List moderators will receive e-mail stating that a message is pending approval.  To tend to pending messages, the moderator can simply click on the link provided in the e-mail message or go to http://mailman.utpb.edu/mailman/admin select your list and login with your password.  Click on "Tend to pending moderator requests".  You will then see a screen summarizing all currently held messages.  If you wish to review the messages, click on the message number otherwise select whether you want to "Accept", "Reject", or "Discard" the message the click on "Submit All Data" to process the message(s).

Further questions are best addressed by sending e-mail to:  linuxadmin@utpb.edu