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= Mailing Lists =

== Mailing lists derived from class membership of a course ==
Documented in detail on the CSE FAQ Taggi [[http://taggi.cse.unsw.edu.au/FAQ/Virtual_aliases/ | Virtual Aliases ]]

 * ~+`COMP9999_student-list@cse.unsw.edu.au`+~
 {{{{#!wiki  note
'''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`+~
 {{{{#!wiki  note
'''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 [[http://taggi.cse.unsw.edu.au/FAQ/The_Enrol_Pageboy/ | Enrol Pageboy ]]

== Self maintained Mailing lists ==
Documented in detail on the CSE FAQ Taggi [[http://taggi.cse.unsw.edu.au/FAQ/Mlalias/ | 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.