Creating Mailing Lists

Automatic List Creation Service

Please use the Automatic List Creation Service to create Athena or Mailman lists for all purposes (including course-related work). If you would like to have an MIT Class Participation List created (membership automatically generated from the Registrar's list of students enrolled in that class) please use the Class Participation List request form.

Proceed to List Creation Service

(Requires MIT Web Certificates)

Problems?

If you run into problems with the automatic List Creation Service you can always fill out the form below and we will create the list for you. It will take slightly longer to get your list, but we will send you email when it is set up. If you ran into a specific error message or problem with the service please report it to accounts@mit.edu.

Manual List Request Form

Complete the following fields to request that a list be set up manually by Athena User Accounts. (*) indicates a required field.

Information About Yourself


	*Athena Username:		[more info]
	*Full Name:		[more info]

Information About Your List


	*List Name:		[more info]
	Enter the name of the list you would like to create. This name may contain lowercase letters, numbers, underscores, periods, and dashes. The list name may not contain spaces.
	*Members:		[more info]
	Enter the addresses of initial list members. The list members are those who will be receiving mail sent to the list. Please enter one address per line.

	Administrator(s):
	Check if the list should be self-owned. Choose self-owned only* if you want the administrators to be the same as the members.* [more info]
	For non self-owned lists, type the administrator(s) here:		[more info]
	Don't forget to add your username if you want to be able to make changes. Enter one or more usernames (or list names) of people who can make changes to the list. These usernames must be on athena. Accounts at other MIT domains such as lcs.mit.edu or ai.mit.edu, or people with @alum.mit.edu forwarding addresses, cannot maintain lists. If you want a separate set of people who can only change the membership, send mail to accounts@mit.edu to ask us about how to do this. Please enter one username per line.

List Specifications

Should this list be public or private?
[more info]
Should this list be visible or hidden?
[more info]
Should this list be a Mailing List?
[more info]
Should this list be an AFS Group [more info]
(the standard Athena sort of group)?
Should this list be an NFS Group?
[more info]
Enter any descriptive comment you would like associated with your list:

[more info]