Managing Sympa Lists

Contact Email

Unsubscribe from E-mail Lists

You can remove yourself from mailing lists by going to https://lists.ucdavis.edu/ and logging in. If you still have an active UC Davis account, you can choose “UC Davis users: [Login Here]”. If not, go to “[Other users Click Here]” > click “First login?” > type in your email > then click “[Request first password]”. Once logged in, click on a list you want to be removed from and choose “Unsubscribe”. You can go to the main list again by choosing “Your preferences” in the upper left.

Add/Remove Admin from Sympa

  1. Go to https://lists.ucdavis.edu and log in
  2. Click [admin] next to List Name
  3. Click [Edit List Config], then click [List definition]
  4. Add Admin under the Owner section with the following info then click [Update]: 

email address: _____@ucdavis.edu
name: ______
private information: [leave blank]
profile: normal (or privileged to allow list owner management)
reception mode: mail
visibility: noconceal

Removing Admin: Remove their name and email from the section, then select [Update].

Add/Remove subscribers of a Sympa list

  1. Go to https://lists.ucdavis.edu and log in
  2. Click [admin] next to List Name
  3. Click [Manage Subscribers]
  4. Add a user by entering their name next to "Add a user:" and then clicking [Add]
    1. Click "[X] quiet" before adding to skip sending them a confirmation email.
  5. Remove a user by checking the box next to their name and clicking [Delete selected email address]
    1. Click "[X] quiet" before removing to skip sending them a confirmation email.

Additional Sympa List Help: https://kb.ucdavis.edu/?id=0234