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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…
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…
E-List Ownership vs. Administration
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…
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…
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
To support the various uses of lists, list settings can be altered to meet many of your needs. Here are some of the most common settings available to list administrators.
CIT-hosted e-lists, established by faculty, staff, students, and alumni, focus on supporting recognized university activities, including instruction, research, administration, and student groups. There are, for example, lists centered around:
User Experience
There is no dial tone or the telephone is not working.
How to Solve this Problem
Check to make sure the telephone is plugged into a jack. If it is not, generally it will need to be plugged into the first outlet (left side) in the jack. If you have four outlets in your jack, the…
User Experience
My calls go directly to my voice mail, or to another extension; my phone never rings even once. What's wrong?
How to Solve this Problem
Check to be sure that Send All Calls or Call Forwarding is not active. You may need to clear both these features.
To clear Send All Calls:…
Microsoft Delve helps Office 365 users stay aware of new and changing information most important to them. Delve analyzes what's been shared with an individual in Office 365, including SharePoint Online, and what the person is working on, and displays information customized with what is most…
Note to personnel at the Qatar campus: Cornell's MATLAB license does not currently cover personnel based in locations outside of the United States and its territories. This means that personnel at the Weill Cornell Medical College campus in Qatar are not eligible for this license. We are…
Activation of Mathematica 8 or higher requires you to get an individual Activation Key from Wolfram Research, the manufacturer of Mathematica. If you have not previously done so, you will need to register your email address to get this key.
IT Service Desk staff can answer questions and help you with general problems you are experiencing with your NetID. They will work with records offices to resolve questions of eligibility when they arise.
Collect and third-number billed
Dial 9 + 0 + long-distance number.
Wait for instructions.
For more information, see Calling Card.
800 and 888 calls (toll-free)
Dial 9 + 1 + 800 or 888 + phone number.
900 calls
Dial 9 + 1 + 900 + phone number.
Campus Calls
Dial five-digit number starting with 3, 4, or 5.
To Find Campus Numbers
Dial 0 (to reach the University operator).
To Find Off-campus Numbers
Dial 9 + 1 + area code + 5551212.