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  • List Admins

    • About E-list Administrative Passwords (Lyris)
      With Lyris, a password is associated with an email address (representing a list administrator), so, for example, each administrator for CU-fengshui-L has his or her own password. There...
    • Add Members to Lyris E-lists
      Summary page linking to various ways to add members to a Lyris e-list.
    • Add, Change, or Remove E-List Admins (Lyris)
      Any list administrator can add, change, or remove privileges for any other list member, including other list administrators. A list admin cannot alter the list owner's privileges. If...
    • Addresses Associated with E-lists
      In the addresses shown here, replace listname with the name of your list. Be sure to include the hyphen and the letter L at the end of the list name. Messages...
    • Create an E-list Member List for Import (Lyris)
      Open Excel (or other spreadsheet program). In row 1 of each column, enter one of the column headings allowed. See Notes on CSV File Content for the list. Be sure to include the...
    • Create E-list Welcome Messages (Lyris)
      Your e-list comes with a standard welcome message that should cover most needs. (See Test Your Message at the bottom of this page to see what the message looks like.) As a list administrator, you...
    • Delete Members from Lyris E-lists
      Summary page linking to various ways to remove members to a Lyris e-list.
    • E-list Ownership and Administration (Lyris)
      First, a couple of technical terms, as used by CIT and Lyris. A List Owner is the person ultimately responsible for all aspects of the operation of the e-list, and is the...
    • Find a Member's Lists (Lyris)
      Use this method to find all of your lists to which a member belongs. (This is only for the lists you administer, not all Cornell lists.)
    • Get Help with E-lists (Lyris)
      Your first line of defense for general questions about e-lists is this web site. The second source of wisdom is the IT Service Desk. If you have questions about a particular list,...
    • Help Your E-list's Members (Lyris)
      One of the responsibilities of an e-list administrator is to provide technical assistance to the list's subscribers. You'll get messages and calls from people around campus (possibly around...
    • Import a List of E-list Members (Lyris)
      Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log in? - Take me to the login page. On the left, click Members. Select Add Members, then Import from...
    • Log In or Log Out of Lyris Web Interface (E-lists)
      Logging In When you point your browser to the Lyris Administrator interface (https://www.list.cornell.edu), you'll see a login window. For User Name (or Name), enter the email...
    • Maintain Your E-list's Membership (Lyris)
      One of your responsibilities as a list administrator is to keep your membership roster accurate and up-to-date. Lyris will help you by keeping track of the addresses that have problems (like not...
    • Manage E-list Membership
      Summary page linking to various ways to manage your list's members and administrators
    • Moderate E-list Posts (Lyris)
      Any list administrator can configure an e-list to automatically distribute submitted messages to the list, or hold messages until an administrator has reviewed them. (See our List Configuration:...
    • Overview of E-list Configuration Options (Lyris)
      Lyris provides tools for customizing the way your list behaves. Some of the most commonly-used options are linked here.
    • Reset Your E-list Password (Lyris)
      Only list admins and list owners need Lyris passwords. List members do not have (and do not need) passwords. In the steps described below, you'll be typing your new password into a web...
    • Send an Email Message in Plain Text
      Most email clients let you apply formatting to your messages, features like font choices, size, bold, colors, indents, etc. Some applications (for example, Lyris ListManager) expect...
    • Stop an E-list's Messages (Temporarily)
      Sometimes things go wrong and suddenly your list implodes. A wave of messages arrive from unexpected sources, or a loop gets started where each message automatically generates a reply. Whatever the cause, you want to stop it, then figure out what happened.
    • View a Listing of E-list Members (Lyris)
      A list administrator can see the complete list of the list's members and administrators