ARCHIVED: On my LISTSERV list, how do I add an owner?

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Note: IU retired its LISTSERV system in spring 2012, replacing it with IU List, a new mailing list service. See About IU List

As the owner of a LISTSERV list, you can add additional owners to your list. List owners should be able to undertake the responsibility of managing all aspects of the list, if necessary.

Note: To complete the steps in this document, you will need to edit the list header; see ARCHIVED: On my LISTSERV list, how can I modify the list header?

Options for adding list owners are described below.

Secondary list owners fall into two categories, non-quiet and quiet:

Non-quiet list owners receive mail sent to the listname-request address, and will receive error messages if Errors-To= Owners.
Quiet list owners will never receive delivery errors or other administrative mail from LISTSERV.

Following is a sample list header excerpt for a list:

  * Owner= NATHAN@EXAMPLE.COM
  * Owner= nathan@linus.example.com 
  * Owner= Quiet: 
  * Owner= ncbnet@linus.example.com,cheng@linus.example.com

Note: All list owners defined after the Owner= Quiet: line will be quiet list owners. If Quiet: is on the same line as list owner usernames, you must place a comma after Quiet:.

You can define multiple owners on a single line by separating them with a comma.

For more information on this topic, see the LISTSERV Keyword References manual at L-Soft Documentation and Manuals.