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Updating an Email Address Subscribed to an Email Listserv List

Go to (replacing the with the name of your email list) https://lists.uaf.edu:8025/mailman/listinfo/<your list> (ex. https://lists.uaf.edu:8025/mailman/listinfo/test-l)
This link can also be found at the bottom of any email received from the list.

Do you know what email address is subscribed to this list?

No
Yes

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I do not know the email address subscribed to the list:
To find out what email an listserve email was sent to, you need to look at the last email you received from the list and view the complete header.
To view an email's complete header:

      Outlook
  • right click on the message listing (not the message itself)
  • choose options from the resulting menu
      Thunderbird
  • go to the View menu at the top
  • choose headers
  • choose All
  • find a message you received from the list
      Google Web Client
  • open an email from the email list
  • to the right of the reply link there is a down arrow
  • click on the down arrow
  • choose "Show original" from resulting menu
      Apple Mail
  • got to the View menu
  • choose the Message option
  • click on long header
  • after you have found the subscribed email address - to return to the normal header, follow the above directions and choose the default header instead
In the Recieved section(s) there will be information on where the message was received from (with various numbers and other information) ending with a for an email address and a time/date.



This email listed after the "for" is the email address that is subscribed to the email list.

If you cannot find the for information, try another email from the same list. If you continue to have problems contact the list owner. The list owner is listed at the bottom of the page.

I know the email address subscribed to the list:
Enter this email address (without any brackets (<) or quotes (")) next to the "Unsubscribe or edit options" button and click the "Unsubscribe or edit options" button.


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Do you know your list password?

No
Yes

I do not know the password for my listserv subscription:
On the resulting web page (after entering your subscribed email address), click on the Remind button near the bottom of the web page.



After doing so, at the top of the screen it will say "A reminder of your password has been emailed to you."
If that email is not subscribed to the list, no email will be sent. If the email is subscribed to that list an email containing your password for that list will be sent.

I do know the password for my listserv subscription:
Type your password in the text area above the "Log in" button - click the "Log in" button.

Enter your new address (hvhavel@alaska.edu) in the test area next to "New address:" and again in the text area "Again to confirm:". If you want to change all email lists that are subscribed with the origional email address to your new one, check the "Change globally" check box and click the "Change My Address and Name" button.



You will receive a confirmation email to the new email address and you will need to click the provided link or reply to the email message. If you click on the link provided by the confirmation email, you will also need to click the "Change address" button on the resulting web page.

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