WSU LISTSERV Mailing List Request Form

NOTE: WSU LISTSERV mailing lists are for the use of Wayne State University employees and students only. Lists must be related to academic or administrative activities within the University and student-run lists need a faculty/staff sponsor as one of the list owners.

If you have not previously been a list owner, please refer to LISTSERV Help for WSU List Owners and the New Owner's Quick Start Introduction to LISTSERV to familiarize yourself with basic list management tasks.

List Removal Policy

List owners may not delete a list from the server. If you own a list that is no longer needed, please send a note to the WSU LISTSERV Administrator (listmaster@wayne.edu) and ask that the list be deleted.

C&IT reserves the right to remove any list for the following reasons:

The list has been inactive for a period of at least one year
Mail to the list owner's address bounces back as undeliverable
The list is not being used for University-related academic or administrative activities
The list violates the University's policy on Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources

Ready to run a list? Fill out and submit this form and you will be notified by e-mail when your list is ready. Please allow at least three working days to process your request.

LIST OWNER INFORMATION

The list owner must be a WSU faculty or staff member. The list owner is responsible for routine list management, which includes such tasks as adding/removing subscribers, making changes to the list header, and dealing with undeliverable list mail. After the list is set up, the owner may add co-owners by modifying the list header.

Name:
Phone Number:
E-mail Address:	The e-mail address entered above must match EXACTLY the "Return Address" setting in your e-mail program. If it does not match, LISTSERV will not recognize you as the list owner and will not allow you to make any changes to your list. Please check your e-mail program's "Return Address" setting and make sure you enter exactly the same thing above for the list owner's address.

LIST NAME

The name you provide will be part of the e-mail address list members will use to interact with the list. It should be long enough to be meaningful but short enough to be easy to remember and type. A good rule-of-thumb is 6 to 15 characters. List names may only consist of alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) and the special characters dash (-) and underscore ( _ ). List names also must be unique on the LISTS.WAYNE.EDU server. The WSU LISTSERV Administrator reserves the right to change names that do not conform to these requirements.

@lists.wayne.edu

LIST TITLE

Please provide a title up to 50 characters in length. The title will be used in the mail header to identify e-mail as coming from the list.

LIST KEYWORD SETTINGS

The list keywords control how your list operates. The information below is enough to create a basic list, but there are many more keywords available. Once the list has been created you can change or add keyword settings at any time to customize the list to your specific needs. For complete details of all the keywords and examples of their use, please see the List Keyword Reference for LISTSERV.

SUBSCRIPTION

The Subscription keyword controls how new subscriptions are handled.

OPEN - anyone may subscribe to the list
BY OWNER - subscription requests are forwarded to the list owner for approval
CLOSED - subscription requests are ignored by LISTSERV; only the list owner may add subscribers

SEND

The Send keyword controls who may post messages to the list.

PUBLIC - anyone may post and no confirmation is required (Not recommended. Lists with this setting are very vulnerable to spam. Do not use unless absolutely necessary, e.g. if your list will receive mail from an automated source that cannot respond to a confirmation request.)
PUBLIC,CONFIRM - anyone may post to the list but confirmation is required before message is sent
PUBLIC,CONFIRM,NON-MEMBER - list members may post without confirmation; all others may post but confirmation is required
PRIVATE - only list members may post to the list
OWNER - only the list owner may post to the list
EDITOR - anyone may post but all messages first go the editor to decide if the mail will be forwarded on to the entire list (Moderated List). Please enter the editor's e-mail address (required):

SERVICE

The Service keyword defines the area from which subscription requests are accepted.

PUBLIC - users anywhere can subscribe to the list
WSU - for internal use; only users with "wayne.edu" addresses can subscribe

REVIEW

The Review keyword controls who is allowed to retrieve the e-mail addresses and names of the persons subscribed to the list by sending a REVIEW command to LISTSERV.

PUBLIC - anyone may retrieve the subscriber information (not recommended)
PRIVATE - only list members may retrieve the subscriber information
OWNER - only the owner may retrieve subscriber information

CONFIDENTIAL

The Confidential keyword determines whether or not an entry for your list will appear in CataList, a directory of all public LISTSERV lists. In addition, if postings to your list are archived in a public notebook (see the Notebook keyword below) the Confidential keyword controls whether or not your list appears on the WSU archive index web page (lists with Private notebooks never appear on the WSU archive index web page, regardless of the Confidential keyword setting).

NO - the list WILL appear in CataList and on the WSU archive index web page if you choose a "Public" notebook below
YES - the list will NOT appear in CataList or on the WSU archive index web page

NOTEBOOK

The Notebook keyword determines whether or not a permanent archive of every message sent to the list is kept, and who is allowed to retrieve the archive by sending a GET command to LISTSERV. A link to the list's archive will appear on the WSU archive index web page if the Notebook keyword is set to "Public" and the Confidential keyword is set to "No."

PUBLIC - create an archive that anyone may retrieve
PRIVATE - create an archive that only list members may retrieve
NO - do not create an archive

Please review the form to make sure everything is correct, then click the "Submit Request" button below.