Subscribe to a Mailman List

Overview

If you would like to receive email from a non-dynamic Mailing list there are two common ways that you can subscribe to a Mailman mailing list.

In this article:

• Subscribe via web browser
• Subscribe via email

What materials do I need?

• A web browser, or email client
• An email address you have access to

How do I use this technology?

There are two methods to subscribe yourself to a Mailman mailing list. You only need to use one of these methods. After following one of the options below, you will be sent a confirmation message to the email address provided and must follow the instructions given in the email to complete the subscription process. This is to stop people from subscribing you without your permission. Additionally, depending on the nature of the list, a moderator may need to approve your subscription.

A listing of viewable mailing lists can be found on the Mailman listinfo page. 

Subscribe via web browser

1. Open a web browser and go to list information page for the list you want to join. It will be something like the following:
   
   https://lists.uaa.alaska.edu/mailman/listinfo/<listname>
   
   Replace <listname> with the name of the list you'd like to subscribe to.
    
2. Scroll to the section of the page titled Subscribing to <listname>.
3. Complete the form filling in the following fields:
   
    
   • Your email address
   • Your name
   • Pick a password
   • Decide if you'd like message delivered in a digest (i.e. all messages sent to the list will be delivered as a single collection of messages), if so select yes. If you'd prefer to messages sent to the list to be delivered as they transmitted, select no.
4. Click Subscribe.
5. A Subscription results page will be displayed. Depending on the configuration of the mailing list you subscribed to, your subscription request may have to be confirmed by you via email, approved by the list moderator, or both. If confirmation is required, you will soon get a confirmation email which contains further instructions.
   
   
    
6. Check the email inbox of the email address you subscribed with, looking for an email sent from an address similar to the following:
   
   <listname>-request@lists.uaa.alaska.edu
   
   With <listname> being the name of the list you subscribed to.
   
   If you've received this message proceed with the following steps.
   1. Open the email message.
   2. Click reply.
   3. Click send.

Subscribe via email

1. Open an email program that can access the email account you want to subscribe from.
2. Send an email message to the list's subscribe address, which will be similar to the example below:
   
   <listname>-join@lists.uaa.alaska.edu
    
   Note

   The subject, and body of this message will be ignored by Mailman, so it doesn't matter what you put there.
3. Depending on the configuration of the mailing list you subscribed to, your subscription request may have to be confirmed by you via email, approved by the list moderator, or both. If confirmation is required, you will soon get a confirmation email which contains further instructions.
4. Refresh the email inbox of the email address you subscribed with, looking for an email sent from an address similar to the following:
   
   <listname>-request@lists.uaa.alaska.edu
   
   With <listname> being the name of the list you subscribed to.
   
   If you've received this message proceed with the following steps.
   1. Open the email message.
   2. Click reply.
   3. Click send.

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