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 . To avoid this, add t0, t1, t2, t3 e.g. COMP9999t3_tutor-list for term 3 tutors only

Mailing Lists

Mailing lists derived from class membership of a course

Documented in detail on the CSE FAQ Taggi Virtual Aliases

  • COMP9999_student-list@cse.unsw.edu.au

    Note

    Student memberships starts two weeks before term and expires two weeks into next term.

  • During the period of change, avoid using COMP9999_student-list.
  • Instead add t0, t1, t2, t3 to email students of a particular term.
    • COMP9999t1_student-list@cse.unsw.edu.au

    • COMP9999t2_student-list@cse.unsw.edu.au

    • COMP9999t3_student-list@cse.unsw.edu.au

  • To see who is on the mailing list,
    • acc COMP9999t1_student/

    • members COMP9999t1_student

  • COMP9999_tutor-list@cse.unsw.edu.au

    Note

    Tutor memberships expires end of Week 2 next term.

  • If the course ran last term, tutor-list will contain last term's tutors for two weeks into term.
  • To avoid this, add t0, t1, t2, t3 e.g. COMP9999t3_tutor-list for term 3 tutors only
  • COMP9999-list@cse.unsw.edu.au student, tutors, lecturers, supervisors

  • (!) Beware of memberships overlapping terms

members -?
Usage: members [options] <group>
    -z, --zid                        Sort by zid
    -u, --show-username              Show primary username
    -e, --show-email                 Show UNSW email
    -l, --list                       List matching groups
    -?, --help                       Show this help message

Mailing lists derived from enrolment files

Documented in detail on the CSE FAQ Taggi Enrol Pageboy

Self maintained Mailing lists

Documented in detail on the CSE FAQ Taggi Mlalias or type on the commandline

  • Examples
    • To create a tutor mailing list,
      % ssh cs9999@localhost
      % mlalias cs9999.20T3.tutors -C -c "20T3 COMP9999 tutors"
      % mlalias cs9999.20T3.tutors -a z5555555 
      % mlalias cs9999.20T3.tutors -s 'z5555555,...'
    • To create a student mailing list,
      mlalias cs9999.20T3.students -C \
       -s `grep COMP9999 ~sms/sturec/data/20T3_COMP | cut -f2 -d'|' | sed -e 's/^/z/' | tr '\n' ','`

(!) Remember to remove the mailing lists so as not to clog up the database.

MailingLists (last edited 2023-09-05 14:26:41 by MeiChengWhale)