Send an Email Message in Plain Text

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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 commands sent via email to arrive in plain text. Formatted text is the most common cause of problems when sending commands.

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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

List Members

Rules for E-list Messages (Outlook on the Web)

By creating rules, you can have your e-list messages sorted into various folders automatically.

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...

Align Lyris and Your Alias Address

If you use a Cornell Optional Email Alias (also known as COEA or Alias) address AND you use Lyris (CIT's electronic mailing list service), you may find yourself in a situation where the two services don't play nicely.

Basic Tasks for E-list Members

This article links to several other articles that outline the basics of being a list member.

Check Your Current E-list Settings (Lyris)

How do I change my settings? To find out how you've got the options set for a particular list, send an email message to listname-request@cornell.edu where listname is the...

Customize Your E-list Settings

If you are a member of a CIT-hosted list, there are four configuration settings you can control. Most people who use e-lists never feel the need to change any of the default settings, but isn't it nice to know you have choices?

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,...

Join E-lists (Lyris)

To join an e-list (also called subscribing), send an email message to listname-request@cornell.edu where listname is the name of the list you want to join, including the hyphen...

Leave E-lists (Lyris)

Notes for people who use a Cornell Optional Email Alias address instead of their NetID address. To leave an e-list (also called unsubscribing), send an email message to...

Lyris's Review Command for List Members (E-lists)

Administrators can review a list of members through the Lyris web interface. The Lyris review command returns basic information about an e-list. Depending on how the list owner has...

Reply to E-list Messages (Lyris)

Replying to a list message is just like replying to any email message, except that you must be very careful to check where your reply will go. When list owners establish their lists,...

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...

Send Large Files with E-list Messages

If you attach a file larger than 700 KB to an e-list message, it won't go through. E-list messages have a maximum size of one megabyte, including attachments, and the very act of attaching a...

Send Messages to an E-list (Lyris)

See also Replying to E-list Messages Sending a message to the members of an e-list is almost exactly like sending any other email message. You simply put the e-list address...

Which E-lists Have I Joined? (Lyris)

To find out which CIT-hosted lists you have subscribed to, send an email message to lyris@cornell.edu For the Subject of the message, type the single word which...

List Owners

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 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...

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...

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,...

Overview: Create an E-list (Lyris)

This article summarizes the steps for creating a new e-list.

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...

Shut Down an E-list (Lyris)

To be clear, shutting down a list means the list goes away. The subscriber list is gone. All settings are gone. This is not like going on hiatus, or vacation, or sabbatical (see our Stop All...

Transfer Ownership of an E-list (Lyris)

Please note that the new list owner Must be a current Cornell faculty or staff member, a current Cornell student, or a Cornell alumnus, and Must have an legitimate Cornell NetID...

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