Question
How do I make changes to an owner for my Sympa list?
Overview
Sympa list are self managed. In some cases, local/departmental IT may be additional owners of a list. You can see local IT departments here:https://kb.ucdavis.edu/?id=0457
To prevent a list that is used for departmental purposes from being abandoned, please consider reaching out to your local IT for an additional list owner.
In order to make owner changes to a list, you must ensure that you have privileged access to the list.
There are two types of profile access as an owner, normal and privileged.
Please contact a privileged owner of your list to be granted this access or email the list to contact a list owner by emailing listname-request@ucdavis.edu to reach the owners of the list. You can also see these steps on this page https://kb.ucdavis.edu/?id=9127
Answer
To make changes to an owner (add, remove, or edit privileges) for a Sympa list:
- Log in to: http://lists.ucdavis.edu.
- Click the Admin button next to the desired list.
- Click Edit List Config.
- Click List Definition.
- Scroll down to the Owner (owner) field and add/remove the desired information.
- There are only 3 owner slots available at first, but as you add owners, more empty slots to add additional owners will populate after you click update (step 7)
- You can only add one owner at a time, but you can remove multiple owners
- Set Profile from normal to privileged to enable the user to make global list changes as you can.
- Click Update at the bottom of the page to save changes.
I've created a new list and there are only three fields list for owners, can I have more?
Yes. By default there are three fields. If you have three owners, then a fourth (empty) field will be visible. Each time you add a new owner, a new blank field will appear below. There is no limit to the number of owners on a Sympa list.
For any additional help, please see Get Help with Sympa.
If you still need help, IT Express is available by phone 530-754-4357 or email at ithelp@ucdavis.edu from 7 am to 6 pm PST Monday through Friday. They are closed weekends and university holidays.