Information Services

Subscribe to a Mailing List

This section covers how to subscribe to a mailing list. You can subscribe via the mailing list web interface or through an email message.

Subscribe via web interface

Log into the web interface. Here are instructions on how to login.

Once you have logged in, click on "List of lists" and click on the list you wish to subscribe to. On the left hand side, click on "Subscribe" to subscribe to the list.

Subscribe via email

Send an email to sympa@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk with nothing in the Subject: line and in the message body put the following:

SUBSCRIBE LISTNAME NAME

where LISTNAME is the name of the list you wish to subscribe to and NAME is your first name and surname.

If you normally have an automatic signature at the end of your email, please put the word QUIT just before your signature.

For example.

From: Lionel.Messi@fcb.es

To: sympa@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk

Subject:

SUBSCRIBE hibernianfc Lionel Messi

QUIT

Lionel Messi

Football Club de Barcelona

Barcelona

Espana