We would like to inform you that on Monday February 2nd the new version of
the Yasmin mailing list will be launched. This changeover is due to
technical problems that the current version of the list has been facing for
some months now, resulting in a large number of you not receiving any
messages. All existing Yasmin subscribers will be automatically subscribed
to the new Mailman version. The new version will consist of two separate
lists, "Yasmin_announcements" and "Yasmin_discussions". You will be
automatically subscribed to both.
The existing version will remain accessible for archival purposes only.
I. LIST STRUCTURE
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As mentioned above, Yasmin now consists of two lists, "Yasmin_Announcements"
and "Yasmin_Discussions", and you have been automatically subscribed to
both. You can access these lists through the links found at
http://www.media.uoa.gr/yasmin or http://estia.media.uoa.gr/mailman/listinfo
.
II. LOGIN PROCEDURE AND ACCESS DETAILS
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a) Contribution of content
Every time something gets posted on these lists (hereby referred to as
"Yasmin" for the sake of brevity), you will receive an e-mail containing the
message. You can contribute to the ongoing discussion(s) by replying to this
e-mail. As you will note, the reply e-mail will be automatically addressed
to the list (i.e. the recipient will be "<LIST_NAME>@estia.media.uoa.gr").
Since you will be using your e-mail to contribute to Yasmin, you will not
need a separate "Yasmin password".
b) Archives
Yasmin's archives are publicly accessible. This means that you will not need
to enter a password to access them. In order to view the archives, you need
to follow the link to the list whose archives you need to access on the main
Yasmin page (http://www.media.uoa.gr/yasmin). Alternatively, you can go to
http://estia.media.uoa.gr/mailman/listinfo directly and click on the name of
the list whose archives you would like to access. This will take you to the
selected list's info page. The first link on this page is found a few
paragraphs down and reads "To see the collection of prior postings to the
list, visit the <LIST_NAME> Archives". This link will take you to the
archives.
Archived posts are indexed according to the date. You can view a date's
posts by thread (i.e. a "chain" of messages with a hierarchical structure
displaying a post and the replies to it), by subject (alphabetically,
according to the "subject" line of the e-mail), by author, and by date. You
have also the option of downloading a text file with an entire day's traffic
("Downloadable version").
III. MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS (INCLUDING PASSWORD AND DIGEST OPTIONS)
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To access your membership options, you need to visit
http://estia.media.uoa.gr/mailman/listinfo and click on the name of the list
whose options you would like to view / change. This takes you to the
selected list's info page (just like when accessing the archives, which is
described above). If you scroll further down, you will find some fields
intended for new subscriptions. Since you are already subscribed, these
fields need not concern you.
If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will find a section entitled
"<LIST_NAME> Subscribers". Here, you have the option to enter the admin
password (if you have it) to access the subscribers list. [NOTE: The
sunscribers list is available to administrators only in order to avoid spam
being delivered to your e-mail addresses]
Next, you have the option of unsubscribing from Yasmin or editing your
membership options. To do either of these things, you need to enter your
e-mail address. Once you do so, you will be redirected to the membership
options screen. From this screen, you may change your e-mail address used by
Yasmin, unsubscribe (we hope you won't feel inclined to do so!), have your
password reminded to you if you have forgotten it, or change it altogether.
Further down the page (you may have to scroll down a bit) there are several
subscription options. Most of these are self-explanatory and are accompanied
by a short text outlining their function. However, we urge you not to change
any options you don't completely understand.
The options you will likely use more often are the first two, namely "mail
delivery" and "set digest mode". The former allows you to disable traffic
directed from the list to your e-mail account. If you disable this option
and then forget about it, you won't receive any further messages from the
list, so please ensure that you will remember to turn this option back on
when you are ready to receive e-mail from the list again.
The latter option ("Set digest mode") specifies whether you will receive a
daily digest containing every day's proceedings. This option was very
popular on the old Yasmin list. If you do require a digest to be sent to you
daily, you will have to turn this option on. New subscribers are asked
whether they would like to turn digest on; however, you were automatically
subscribed and, consequently, will have to enable this option manually (you
only need to do it once).
Do not forget to click the "submit" button at the very bottom of the page to
confirm any changes you made.
ATTENTION: Your initial password will be contained in the welcome message.
You can change it from the options page, as described above.
IV. OLD YASMIN ARCHIVES
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As of now, the old version of Yasmin exists for archival purposes only. This
means that you will be unable to post new messages or subscribe to the old
Yasmin. You may access the old Yasmin archives through an appropriately
named link found at http://www.media.uoa.gr/yasmin.
[NOTE: the archives are not currently accessible, but they will be soon]
V. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS
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One can subscribe to the lists through the info page. On that page, there is
a section titled* *"Subscribing to Yasmin_announcements". There, prospective
members can enter their e-mail address and (optionally) a password. If no
password is entered, one will be generated automatically and sent to
prospective subscribers via e-mail.
VI. CONTACT DETAILS
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For suggestions, clarifications, comments, etc. please contact us at
tech.yasmin@gmail.com.
Kind regards,
The Yasmin administration team
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Yasmin_announcements mailing list
Yasmin_announcements@estia.media.uoa.gr
http://estia.media.uoa.gr/mailman/listinfo/yasmin_announcements
