Subscribe to an IU List mailing list

Important:
Indiana University will be transitioning to a single email domain, iu.edu, between now and the end of 2025. For more about the transition, see One Mail. For details about the impact to IU List specifically, see Changes to IU List from the One Mail initiative. For general actions you may need to take, see Prepare for One Mail at IU.

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Overview

You can subscribe yourself to many IU List mailing lists using the web interface or email commands. However, some lists may require list owners to subscribe you, or to approve your subscription. Other lists may allow you to subscribe yourself via email commands, but may not be visible in the list index, or may not allow non-subscribers to view the list information page, which allows you to subscribe yourself via the web interface. If you have questions about a particular list, contact the list owner; see Contact the owner of an IU List mailing list.

Subscribe to one list via email

To add yourself to a mailing list, send an email message to the list's subscription address (not the main list address). The message can be blank.

Send mail to listname-l-subscribe@campus.edu, replacing listname with the name of the list to which you wish to subscribe, for example: 

folkdance-l-subscribe@indiana.edu
Note:
The campus domain of the subscription address matches the campus domain of the list (not necessarily your campus or your primary email address); thus, to subscribe to listname-l@iu.edu, you would send mail to listname-l-subscribe@iu.edu.

For a complete list of subscription addresses by campus, see Send commands via email.

Subscribe to multiple lists via email

To add yourself to multiple lists at one campus, send an email message to the campus's command address (for example, list@indiana.edu, list@iupui.edu, etc.).

Note:

When sending multiple commands in a single email message:

  • Leave the subject line blank and put all the commands in the email body.
  • Put every command on a new line.
  • Send your message in plain text, not in HTML (no formatting).
  • Don't include anything in the body other than IU List commands; do not include a signature block.

Use commands in the following format; name is optional.

SUBSCRIBE listname name
SUBSCRIBE listname2 name

You can use SUB in place of SUBSCRIBE for these commands. For a complete list of command addresses by campus, see Send commands via email.

Subscribe via the web interface

You can also manage your list subscriptions through the IU List web interface.

  1. Go to the website for the campus where the list is hosted (not necessarily your home campus):
    Campus IU List web interface
    IU Bloomington https://list.indiana.edu/
    IUPUI https://list.iupui.edu/
    IU East https://list.iue.edu/
    IU Kokomo https://list.iuk.edu/
    IU Northwest https://list.iun.edu/
    IU South Bend https://list.iusb.edu/
    IU Southeast https://list.ius.edu/
    IUPUC https://list.iupuc.edu/
    University-wide https://list.iu.edu/
  2. Click Search for List(s), and search for a list by name. To browse, from the Search for List(s) menu at the top of the page, click Index of Lists or Browse lists by categories.
  3. Click the name of the list.
  4. In the left pane, click Subscribe.
  5. Enter your email address and name in the corresponding boxes, and click I subscribe to list [listname].
  6. Click Confirm.
  7. You may receive an email message asking you to click a link to confirm your subscription. If you do, click the link and then click Confirm.

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Last modified on 2024-03-25 09:30:58.