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Mailing list setup

From time-to-time new mailing lists are need. The process is as follows

1. Check-in the new mailing list in code/admin/system.
2. Supply the mail alias to NRAO-AOC helpdesk), they put the alias into the master alias table. AIPS++ mailing lists have the form aips2-mailinglist, where mailinglist is the name of the mailing list.
3. On tarzan as aips2mgr, edit the /etc/mail/tarzan.aliases-tail file and put in three lines like

   #A comment about the new mailinglist
   aips2-newlist: :include:/export/aips++/master/etc/aips2-newlist.list
   aips2-newlist-log: "| /export/aips++/master/etc/aipsmail aips2-newlist"
   

4. A daily cron job run by root appends the tarzan.aliases-tail file to tarzan's alias list.
5. Send a test message. Put a symbolic link to the list recipients. On tarzan, cd /export/aips++/Mail/aips2-newlist, ln -s ../../master/etc/aips2-newlist list

More details on AIPS++mailing lists may be found in the AIPS++System Manual.