UM-Flint Mailing Lists and How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe

This article is for the benefit of faculty, staff, and students who would like to know more about managing their mailing list subscriptions or sending to one.

A mailing list or listserve is an email that is distributed to all subscribed UM-Flint members. Some lists are voluntary and others are mandatory. This article details the common voluntary mailing lists, their uses, and instructions for how to subscribe or unsubscribe. All students are automatically subscribed to select mailing lists but they can unsubscribe from the voluntary lists if they so choose. Below are links to the official ITS guidelines for the common mailing lists and a full list of the mailing lists, although not all can be subscribed to depending on your university affiliation or job role:

• Email List Serve Guidelines
• Voluntary UM-Flint Mailing Lists

Intended Audience

This article is for the benefit of faculty, staff, and students who would like to know more about managing their mailing list subscriptions or sending to one.

Requirements

To manage your mailing list subscriptions, you will need to meet the following requirements:

• Have a current UM-Flint affiliation, such as active faculty, staff, student, or alumni
• Know your UM-Flint uniqname and password, if you don't know your password please refer to this article

In addition to the above, to send an email to a mailing list, you will need to meet the following additional requirements:

• Be subscribed to the mailing list you want to send to. If you're not, please refer to the Subscribing to a Mailing List section below
• Verify that your email meets the Email List Serve Guidelines for the mailing list you want to send to

Introduction

To reach mailing lists on my.umflint.edu,

1. Enter your uniqname and current password to login (if you are not logged in already).
2. Click on Email Lists located in the top-right corner of the page.

Here you will see any list(s) that you are subscribed to.

Common Mailing Lists

At UM-Flint, there are many mailing lists intended for various purposes. Some lists are sent right away and monitored to ensure the emails comply with the Email List Serve Guidelines. Other lists, such as Umf_students@list.umflint.edu, are moderated and emails must be approved by the respective department before they are sent. To send emails to a mailing list, use this format: listname@list.umflint.edu with 'listname' replaced by the mailing list name. Below are some of the commonly used voluntary mailing lists:

• Happenings@list.umflint.edu: Notice of events such as concerts, special speakers, picnics, or other happenings on campus or those relating to UM-Flint.
• Classifieds@list.umflint.edu: Advertise items for sale, but not to be used to promote one's business.
• Umf_students@list.umflint.edu: Promote student activities that must be official UM-Flint business and pertain to a student organization or involvement only.
• Umf_fac_staff@list.umflint.edu: Provide general faculty and staff-related information, such as departmental services and events relating to professional development.

 

Subscribing and Unsubscribing to a Mailing List

To subscribe to a list:

1. Navigate to my.umflint.edu
2. Click on Email Lists.
3. Click on the toggle button to the right of the list you would like to subscribe to.
4. After subscribing to a list, you will receive an email confirming that you have subscribed to the list.
5. To unsubscribe from the list, click again on the toggle button.

 

 

Troubleshooting

If you have any questions or experience any issues with this article, please visit or contact the ITS Helpdesk for assistance.

 

Location: 206 Murchie Science Building

Hours: go.umflint.edu/hours

Phone: (810) 762-3123

Email: flint.its.support@umich.edu