Brief information: With a Mailman list, the origin of the mailbox is not decisive. External e-mail accounts can also become members of the list. List members have the option of subscribing to or unsubscribing from the list via a web interface. The list is managed via a browser.
Mailman lists do not pass through the DFN spam filter: Users must specify in the settings of the respective mailing list that only members are allowed to send messages to the list.
 

1. You can request a Mailman list here: https://selfservice.zih.tu-dresden.de/l/index.php/mailinglisten

2. Enter your institution code (e.g., ZIH) and a short project name. The list name and list address are composed from this information.

3. Multiple list administrators can be specified. The following page provides an overview of all publicly listed mailing lists. The following page lists access for administrators of public mailing lists. For lists that are not publicly listed, the list name must be added in lowercase.

Note: Mailing lists cannot be renamed; please request a new one if necessary.

If an e-mail is not delivered to the distribution list, there may be several reasons for this:

• The list server only accepts e-mails up to a size of approximately 10 MB. Please note that file sizes are interpreted differently on different operating systems. If this limit is exceeded, the e-mail will be rejected with the message <<< 552 Message size exceeds fixed limit.

• In moderated lists, new messages are held until the list administrator or moderator approves the e-mail. In unmoderated lists, e-mails are only held if they contain control commands or do not meet the properties specified by the list administration (e.g., size, type of attachments).

Mailman's NNTP interface has been disabled and cannot be enabled.

The e-mail archive is not available on the mailing list server, which is why the archive of a mailing list does not contain any messages.