CCE E-Lists

Description

An e-list is a way to communicate with a number of people through a single email address. Whenever someone sends a message to an e-list address, that message goes out to everyone subscribed to the list. This service is available to all Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) staff.

Participation in e-lists hosted by Cornell Information Technology (CIT) is free; there are no subscription fees for list owners or list members. Anyone who has access to email can take advantage of the service. CIT's e-list service uses a product called Lyris ListManager.

Many CCE centrally-provided lists are automatically generated from organizational report data.

Accessing E-List Services

• More information and Cornell IT support articles: https://it.cornell.edu/lyris
• E-List Management: https://www.list.cornell.edu/

CCE E-List Resources

CCE-related e-lists in Business Systems: https://apps.cce.cornell.edu/org_report/main/exportElist.cfm

Note: These CCE lists are populated from the Org report in Business Systems. Any member changes made to the automated/curated e-lists on Lyris will be overwritten during the automatic member sync (Monday – Thursday at 1AM).

• Association e-lists: Every county has its own e-list (example: cce-Monroe-L@cornell.edu), which is also populated from the Org report in Business Systems. If you need an additional person added to the e-list, contact your Shared Business Network (SBN) IT Lead Manager or the CCE helpdesk: http://helpdesk.cce.cornell.edu/

Finding E-Lists

Use Cornell's people search to find e-lists by keyword: https://www.cornell.edu/search/people.cfm

1. Enter a keyword and click the search icon (example: SHEEP).
2. Click on Special Mailboxes and Email Lists to view e-lists with that keyword.

Example search – E-lists that begin with CCE-: https://www.cornell.edu/search/people.cfm?q=cce-#Special

Search e-lists owned by a Cornell NetID: https://hub.list.cornell.edu/info/lookup_owned_by.html

Contact the owner of a listserv: Help Your E-list's Members (Lyris) | IT@Cornell

• Send an email to owner-listname@cornell.edu (example: owner-sfpcontacts-l@cornell.edu)

FAQs

Basic E-List Tasks

• How to join or leave an e-list
• How to find out which e-lists you are subscribed to
• Send Large Files with E-list Messages | IT@Cornell

Lyris E-List Management

• Lyris E-list Management - Create an E-list
• Cornell E-List Renewal FAQs
  • Lyris E-List Management - Cornell Renewal Process (video)
• Transfer Ownership of an E-list (Lyris) | IT@Cornell

Membership and Posting Management

• Review Requests to Join Your Lyris E-list | IT@Cornell
  • Open – Anyone can join by sending Lyris the appropriate command. Best for public discussion lists.
  • Private – Lyris will send all requests to join to the list's administrators for approval or rejection. Best for a list where members must meet some criteria, such as being enrolled in a particular class.
  • Closed – The list's administrators must add members manually; any other attempt to join will be rejected. Best for small, private lists, such as administrative lists for departments.
• E-list Configuration: Who Can Post to the List? (Lyris) | IT@Cornell
  • Restricted: The list will accept postings only from members and list administrators. This option is recommended to help prevent unwanted postings to your list.
  • Announcement: The list will accept postings only from the list administrators, and no one else. Use this option when the purpose of the list is to post periodic announcements rather than to serve as a vehicle for interaction.
  • Open: Anyone with an email address, even non-members, can post a message by sending it to the list address. This option is generally not recommended, since your list can become a target of unwanted postings such as spam.
• Add Members by Importing (Lyris) | IT@Cornell
• Create E-list Welcome Messages (Lyris) | IT@Cornell
• Explaining how to join, post, and leave your list – Help Your E-list's Members (Lyris) | IT@Cornell