#acl AeroAdminGroup:read,write All:read

== Email Aliases & Mailing Lists ==

Following email aliases are defined on shakti. (/var/qmail/alias)

|||| '''Email Aliasas''' ||
|| hod@aero || Head of department (Aero) ||
|| hod-casde@aero || Head of department (CASDE) ||
|| ttc@aero || Time-Table Coordinators ||
|| btech@aero || BTech students ||
|| mtech@aero || MTech students ||
|| dd@aero || DD students ||
|| phd@aero || PhD students ||
|| students@aero || All students ||
|| users@casde || CASDE Users ||
|| sysadm@aero || System Administrators ||
|| webmaster@aero || Web masters ||
|| listadmin@aero || Mailing list managers ||

Following aliases are created as mailing lists.

|||| '''Mailing Lists''' ||
|| faculty@aero || Department faculty ||
|| prof@aero || Department Professors ||
|| dpgc@aero || Department Post Graduate Committee ||
|| dugc@aero || Department Under Graduate Committee ||
|| dssc@aero || Department Student Staff Committee (?) ||
|| staff@aero || Office Staff ||
|| project@aero || Project Staff ||
|| btech??@aero || Btech Batch (yearwise) ||
|| dd??@aero || DD Batch (yearwise) ||
|| mtech??@aero || MTech Batch (yearwise) ||
|| phd@aero || PhD Students ||

These aliases are maintained as mailing lists to prevent from email spamming. Any one from @aero.iitb.ac.in address can send emails to these mailing lists. Any mails sent
from @iitb.ac.in domain will require list managers approval. Rest of the mails are
rejected.

== Managing Mailing List ==

==== To Create a mailing list (Example for mtech06) ====

 * Create a mailing list and configure settings.
{{{
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist mtech06 listadmin@aero.iitb.ac.in <list-password>
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/config_list -o /tmp/mtech05.config mtech05
cp /tmp/mtech05.config /tmp/mtech06.config
Edit /tmp/mtech06.config to make required changes
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/config_list -i /tmp/mtech06.config mtech06
}}}

 * Add mailing list to appropriate alias

{{{
Edit /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-mtech
}}}

 * Add users to the mailing list - either use the web interface or commandline

{{{
cd /home/users/mtech06
(for u in * ; do echo $u@aero.iitb.ac.in; done) | /usr/lib/mailman/bin/add_members -r - mtech06
}}}

== To delete a mailing list (For example mtech03) ==

 * Delete mailing list

{{{
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/rmlist -a mtech03
}}}

 * Update email alias

{{{
Edit /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-mtech
}}}