Question

What are some quick ways to get information from Sympa for the lists you are on, lists you own, and joining/leaving a list?

Alternatively, you can visit lists.ucdavis.edu for most of these as well as this is a self-managed service. 

There are lists that you will be subscribed based on your status as UC Davis Faculty, Staff, and Student and related to your major, department, employment status, etc. that you can not be removed from.

Overview

Sympa, the mailing list program used by UC Davis, allows you to join or leave a list via email.

Additionally, you can email a command to see what lists you are subscribed to along with your role, subscriber, moderator, or owner. 

These actions can be performed by sending an email to lists@ucdavis.edu and entering the appropriate command in the subject line of your email or the body text.
Commands are listed below.

Example:
 

Answer

Available commands to send by sending an email to lists@ucdavis.edu and entering the appropriate command in the subject line of your email or the body text.

For subscribers

• Which
  Returns the list of lists to which one is subscribed, moderator or owner. This is shown in the example above.
• Subscribe listname firstname lastname
  (example subject line: subscribe ucdavishelp bob smith)
  Requests sign-up to the specified list. The firstname and lastname parameters are optional. If the list is configured with a restricted subscription, this command is sent to the list owner for approval.
• Signoff listname email@youraddress.com
  (example subject line: signoff ucdavishelp bobsmith@ucdavis.edu)
  Requests unsubscription from the specified list.

For owners

• Add listname email@youraddress.com firstname lastname
  (example subject line: add ucdavishelp bobsmith@ucdavis.edu)
  Subscribe an individual to a list you own. You can avoid user notification by using the quiet prefix- Quiet Add
• Delete listname email@youraddress.com
  (example subject line: delete ucdavishelp bobsmith@ucdavis.edu)
  Unsubscribe an individual from a list you own. You can avoid user notification by using the quiet prefix- Quiet Delete