Mailing Lists for Subscribers


Follow these links to learn how to manage your mailing list subscriptions:

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Subscribe to a Mailing List

Note: List owners are not automatically subscribed to their own mailing lists. You may subscribe yourself to your lists at UChicago Mailing lists (lists.uchicago.edu). See Add a Subscriber Manually for instructions.

Subscribe with a CNetID

A list owner may subscribe you to a mailing list, but you can also ask to be subscribed to mailing lists at UChicago Mailing Lists. To submit your request to subscribe to a mailing list:

  1. Select the mailing list from the Index of Lists page.
  2. Select Subscribe in the left navigation bar.
  3. Select OK in the confirmation dialog box to confirm that you want to subscribe.
  4. Once the list owner grants approval for your subscription (if required), email sent to the mailing list will be delivered to your email inbox.

Subscribe without a CNetID

A non-CNetID email address may subscribe to public lists. A list owner may subscribe you, or you can ask to be subscribed to a mailing list at UChicago Mailing Lists. To submit your request to subscribe to a mailing list:

  1. Select the mailing list from the Index of Lists page.
  2. Select Subscribe in the left navigation bar.
  3. Select OK in the confirmation dialog box to confirm that you want to subscribe.
  4. Once the list owner grants approval for your subscription (if required), email sent to the mailing list will be delivered to your email inbox.

After you subscribe to a mailing list, you will be required to enter a system-generated password. If someone else subscribes you to a mailing list, you will need the system-generated password to log in to the Mailing Lists website. See the UChicago Mailing Lists Overview to learn how to get access using a system-generated password.

Unsubscribe from a Mailing List

There are two ways to cancel a mailing list subscription.

Unsubscribe Using the UChicago Mailing Lists Website

With a CNetID

  1. Log in to lists.uchicago.edu using the email address you would like unsubscribed from a mailing list.
    Many users have multiple email addresses so keeping track can get tedious. Look at the "To:" header in a recent email sent to you from the mailing list to determine which address is subscribed.
  2. Select the mailing list on the left navigation bar.
  3. Select Unsubscribe.
  4. Select Yes on the confirmation page to confirm subscription cancellation.

Without a CNetID

Users without a UChicago CNetID who are subscribed to a list must also log in to unsubscribe themselves. If you forgot your password then you can select Lost password? to have it emailed to you.

Note: Your department may require you to subscribe to certain internal mailing lists, so the list owner may reject your attempt to unsubscribe.

Unsubscribe Via Email

  1. Send an email to [list name]-unsubscribe@lists.uchicago.edu
  2. The email you send must be from an email address currently subscribed to the list.
  3. Include the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.

View My Mailing List Subscriptions

To see a list of your email list memberships, log in to UChicago Mailing Lists. Your mailing lists will appear on the page's left navigation bar.

View My Lists as a Subscriber and Administrator

When you log in to the Mailing Lists website, all the mailing lists you subscribe to, own, or moderate appear in the My Lists section in the navigation bar. The lists you own or moderate have an Admin button next to the name.

Items Missing from My Lists

If you cannot see mailing lists that you own, moderate, or subscribe to, you probably used an email address other than [your cnetid]@uchicago.edu.

IT Services recommends that you use your CNetID email address (cnetid@uchicago.edu) for all your mailing lists. If you subscribed with another email address, IT Services recommends that you change the subscribing address to your CNetID email address.

Modify My Mailing List Subscription Settings

To change your subscriber options:

  1. Log in to lists.uchicago.edu. Your mailing lists will appear on the page's left navigation bar.
  2. Select an email list from the left navigation bar, then select Subscriber Options.
  3. Choose the options you prefer. See Subscriber Settings Definitions to understand what the different options mean.
  4. Select [desired option(s)].

Subscriber Settings Definitions

Receiving mode: This field determines how you receive messages sent to a list. See Definitions of Sending/Receiving Settings to understand how the options work.

Visibility: This field determines who can see your personal information on through the mailing list site.

Concealed Only the list owners can see your information on the subscriber review page. With this option selected, you will not appear on the page for other subscribers. Similarly, if the list owner selects this option, only list co-owners will be able to view your information on the review page.
Listed in the list review page Anyone who can access the subscriber review page can see your information.