Question

How do I login to Sympa?

Overview

If you access lists.ucdavis.edu and are not logged in you will see three login buttons. Which login button you use will depend on what your status is with UC Davis and the type of account you are trying to access the site with. 

If you have left UC Davis as Alumni, former student, or former staff: If you still have access to your full email account, you will need to create a new log in with the same email address when your computing account closes since it can no longer CAS authenticate.
It is best to update that to a personal email address after you have left, graduated or retired from UC Davis to stay active on a list. 

NOTE: health.ucdavis.edu email addresses are not set up properly at UCDH to work well with Sympa at this time. UCDH is working on the issue. You may encounter errors.
You do need to log in as Other User if you have been migrated to health.ucdavis.edu. 

Answer

The first choice: UC Davis active users 

• Currently enrolled UC Davis students (not open campus), UC Davis staff and UC Davis faculty who use their @ucdavis.edu or other address as listed in the campus directory. This does not include UCDH users.
• If you have graduated, retired from or left UC Davis, skip to "Other Users."

The second choice: Shibboleth (InCommon) users

• Participating Shibboleth (InCommon) users - logging with your own organization's credentials.
• For a list of participating organizations, see this page.

The third choice: Other Users including UCDH users

If the top two options do not apply to you, use the Other Users login. 
You may need to use an incognito or private browser to log in as CAS credentials do not work for UCDH, UCANR, and other users.

• Departmental accounts of any kind: use your Mail ID and create a log in. 
  • Be sure to have the Mail ID claimed and owned to keep it active and secure.
• Alumni, former UC Davis students, staff, or faculty using email forwarding or limited continued access to DavisMail (Gmail)
  • Change your email address to a personal email address to stay on mailing lists. 
  • Lists that are maintained by an external source will not be updated with an email address not associated with your active computing account.
• UCDH employees (@health.ucdavis.edu) as their primary address if you have not updated your email
• Math Department staff/faculty (@math.ucdavis.edu) as their primary address
• UCANR employees (@ucanr.edu) as their primary address
• You are subscribed to a list with your loginID (loginID@ucdavis.edu)

You will have to first create a password by clicking First Login? and following the prompts. This is needed even if you have an active computing account but use other user options.