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Only list admins and list owners need Lyris passwords. List members do not have (and do not need) passwords.
If you lose, forget, or otherwise want to change the password you use to manage a Lyris-based e-list, it's easy to do, but it requires some back and forth communication with CIT's e-list…
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: Moderation page for details.) Let's start with some warnings.
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 accepting mail delivery). There are two parts to this.
Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) is the university's central IT organization. CIT collaborates with the campus IT service groups (ITSGs) and a variety of partners and stakeholders to manage the IT infrastructure and provide university-wide services to the Cornell community.
See our E-list Configuration Overview for all options.
The "Reply-to" setting is not a sure thing. The configuration you set in Lyris may be overruled by a user's email settings, or manually overridden by the user. Still, it's good to set the default behavior here.
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 the world) who need help. Your primary resource is this set of web pages. Here you should be able to find…
Your data must not include any commas.
Each column must have a column heading.
The EMAILADDR_ column is required. This column should contain complete email addresses only, with no extra characters.
Delete via Lyris Web Interface (Preferred Method)
Only list administrators may delete (also called remove or unsubscribe) members other than themselves from an e‑list.
This method will delete all members except those who have administrative rights.
See our E-list Ownership and Administration article and the other articles in the List Owners and List Administrator topics (displayed in the leftcolumn of all articles in the E-lists at Cornell site) for explanations of your responsibilities as a list owner, and the commands you can use to manage…
After all the steps in parts 1-4 of our guide have been completed, you should encourage people to join your new list. Announce its creation to those who might be interested in it, and give brief instructions on how to join. See our Help Your Members article for sample text.
When your list is ready, you'll get an email message (at the address you used when you requested the list). You'll need to pick a time when you'll be at your computer for the next 20 minutes or so to set your password.
Do not continue with these steps or publicize your list until you have…
Now that you've made your choices, you need to fill out and submit an online form requesting your new e-list.
You will need this information to fill out our online form. You may wish to make a note of your choices on paper to keep a record of them.
All fields can be changed later EXCEPT Name of E-list, Purpose, and Unit.
Submitting false information will be viewed as a violation of the Campus Code of…
CIT restricts the creation of new e-lists to the following groups and purposes:
Cornell work-related activity, such as class instruction, research, outreach, and administration
Student clubs and organizations registered with the Student Activities office
Alumni groups, for activities related to…
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 have the option of creating a custom welcome message, which will be sent to all new members instead of…
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 is no unified password for the list.
You don't share your password with anyone, including other administrators…
First, a couple of technical terms, as used by CIT and 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 the person is not yet a list member, any administrator can make them a member and then give them administrative…
Logging In
When you point your browser to the Lyris Administrator interface, you'll see a login window.
For User Name (or Name), enter the email address you use as list administrator, typically netid@cornell.edu. Be sure to include @cornell.edu
For Password, enter the password you use as list…
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 to be distributed to the list (posts) need to be addressed to
listname@cornell.edu