Mailman FAQs - List Member

Answer

• I forgot the password to a list I am subscribed to. What now?

Mailman sends a message with the password and url for the subscriber to follow when that subscriber is subscribed. Once a month, mailman also sends an email to each unique email address with a list of the lists, passwords, and urls for that unique email address. If you are subscribed under a number of different addresses that all route to the same account, so you could potentially receive multiple copies.

If you do not have these emails, you can have a password reminder sent to you by going to the main mailman webpage at lists.creighton.edu, locate, and click the list name.  Next scroll down enter your email address in the Unsubscribe or edit options box and click.  You will then be sent to a member options page. Scroll down to Password Reminder and click Remind and a message will be sent to the email address you entered earlier. (Note:  Due to obvious security concerns, it will not tell you if you entered a correct, subscribed address.)

If you know the password to another list you are subscribed to with the same email address, go to your options using that list. Go to lists.creighton.edu, locate, and click the list name. Next scroll down and enter your email in the Unsubscribe or edit options box and click. On the next Member Options page, enter your password and click Log In. Next scroll down, locate the Change Your Password box and enter your current password in both boxes.  Select Change Globally  and then Change My Password. This will change your password for all lists you are subscribed to with that email address.

If you are still unable to login, send an email to the list owner.  The address is located at the bottom of the list page.  It will say: LISTNAME run by user@creighton.edu.

• How do I get to my subscriptions options page for a specific list?

Go to lists.creighton.edu, locate, and click the list name. Next scroll down and enter your email in the Unsubscribe or edit options box and click.  On the next Member Options page, enter your password and click Log In.

• How do I change my password?

Follow the instructions for "How do I get to my subscriptions options page for a specific list?" above and scroll down to Change Your Password and enter your password in both boxes. You can optionally check Change Globally, which will change the password for all lists you are subscribed to with that address to the password you just typed in. Then click Change My Password.

• How do I see what other mailman lists I am subscribed to?

Follow the instructions for "How do I get to my subscriptions options page for a specific list?" above and scroll down to Your other lists.creighton.edu subscriptions and click on List my other subscriptions.

Alternately, each unique email address you are subscribed as will receive monthly a message containing a list of lists, passwords, and urls for each list that unique address is subscribed as.

• How do I change the address I am subscribed as?

Follow the instructions for "How do I get to my subscriptions options page for a specific list?" above (or if you are following a link in a monthly email reminder, log in using the list password provided in the email) and the first section at the top contains an area to type in a New Address. You will have to type it in twice. Be sure to check the box marked Change globally before clicking the Change My Address and Name button.

• How do I stop monthly reminders from being sent to me each month?

Follow the instructions for "How do I get to my subscriptions options page for a specific list?" above (or if you are following a link in a monthly email reminder, log in using the list password provided in the email) and scroll down to Get password reminder email for this list?. Change the setting to No and if you wish to get no reminders for any of the lists that this particular return address is subscribed to, also check Set Globally then scroll down and Submit.

Note that if you get more than one monthly mailing from mailman at lists.creighton.edu, it means that you are subscribed with multiple addresses. You will have to follow these instructions for each subscribed address. This can be easily accomplished by using one included link and password pair from each mailing.

• I tried to post a picture to my list and it was rejected as too large. What do I do?

Depending on what software is loaded onto your computer you may already have graphics manipulation software. However, there are also a number of online tools available Shrink Pictures is one of the easiest.