Overview of E-list Configuration Options (Lyris)
Lyris ListManager provides tools for customizing the way your list behaves. Here we'll describe some of the most commonly used options.
This article applies to: E-lists (Lyris)
E-lists (Lyris) Articles
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List Admins
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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...
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Any list administrator can make any other list member a list administrator. (If the person is not yet a list member, any administrator can make them a member and then give them administrative...
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By importing a file of addresses, you can use the Lyris web interface to add many people to a list all at once. Although there are other options, we strongly recommend using a CSV file...
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With this method of entering many members at once you will only enter email addresses, not members' names. Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log in? -...
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Looking for information on how to join an e-list? See our instructions for subscribing yourself. Only list administrators may add members (other than themselves) to an e-list...
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Looking for how to subscribe yourself to an e-list? Only list administrators may add members (other than themselves) to an e-list. To add a member to a list, send an email message...
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Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log in? - Take me to the login page. On the left, click Members. Hover over Add Members. A sub-menu will...
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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...
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This is not the best way to accomplish this task. We recommend that you use the web interface method to access a complete listing of e-list members instead. The email method is shown...
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Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log in? - Take me to the login page. On the left, click Members. Click View Members. You'...
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Any list administrator can change or remove privileges for any other list member, including other list administrators. A list admin cannot alter the list owner's privileges. If you want to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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This method is only useful when the addresses you want to delete have something in common (for example, all addresses with "@cornell.edu"). Log in to the Lyris administrator web...
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Only list administrators may delete (also called remove and unsubscribe) members other than themselves from an e-list. To remove multiple members from a list, send an email message to...
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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 Delete Members...
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Only list administrators may delete (also called remove and unsubscribe) members other than themselves from an e-list. To delete one member, send an email message to listname-...
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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 View Members. You can...
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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...
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Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log in? - Take me to the login page. On the left, click Utilities. Hover over List Settings. A sub-menu...
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Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log in? - Take me to the login page. On the left, click Utilities. Hover over List Settings. A sub-menu...
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Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log in? - Take me to the login page. On the left, click Utilities. Hover over List Settings. A sub-menu...
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Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log in? - Take me to the login page. On the left, click Utilities. Hover over List Settings. A sub-menu...
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This is a complicated setting, because there are a few related choices for you to make. Your list will enforce the posting rules you've set in this order: Can non-Cornell addresses...
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This setting determines who, if anyone, can get a list of all the members of an e-list by using the review command. Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface. - How do I log...
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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...
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Member's status shows as "complaint." List admin receives "Explicitly Banned" error message when trying to modify a member's status.
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Download the list of members from each of the lists to be merged, one at a time, as described on our Export a List of Members page. Open the .cvs files in Excel. You may not...
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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 View Members. From the...
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Sometimes you need to make major changes to the membership of a list. This article provides the building blocks for that.
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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.)
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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,...
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This is a rare instance where using email commands sent to Lyris actually works better than using the administrative web interface, so we suggest you use the procedure in our Review Requests...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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E-list administrators can complete many tasks either by email commands (this article) or through the Lyris Web Interface.
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E-list administrators can complete many tasks either through the Lyris Web Interface (this article) or by email commands.
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You can combine the membership of multiple lists into one single list.
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Download the members from the list, as described on our Export a List of Members page. Open the .cvs file in Excel. You may not see your file listed until you change the...
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Although it is possible to moderate message via email commands, we strongly recommend that you use the Lyris web interface to moderate messages. It just works better. The email method...
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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:...
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One way to add multiple members to a list is by importing a CSV file. This article goes into some detail about the format of that file.
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Lyris ListManager provides tools for customizing the way your list behaves. Here we'll describe some of the most commonly used options.
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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...
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One of the ways you can configure your Lyris-based list determines who is allowed to join. There are three options: open - anyone can join (no approval needed) private -...
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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...
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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.
Summary Pages
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This article links to several other articles that outline the basics of being a list member.
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Sometimes you need to make major changes to the membership of a list. This article provides the building blocks for that.
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E-list administrators can complete many tasks either by email commands (this article) or through the Lyris Web Interface.
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E-list administrators can complete many tasks either through the Lyris Web Interface (this article) or by email commands.
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Lyris ListManager provides tools for customizing the way your list behaves. Here we'll describe some of the most commonly used options.
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This article summarizes the steps for creating a new e-list.
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