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Updating the Administration Password for a Course Mail List

To change the administrative password for a Course mail mailing list, you need to send an e-mail to the server with the proper configset command.

To do this is to simply send an e-mail to the Course mail administrative address:

  majordomo@coursemail.umd.edu

Leave the subject field blank. The body of the e-mail should contain the command:

  approve password configset list-name master_password = new-password

where password is the admin password for the list (your new 9-digit University ID (U_ID) by default, NOT your old UMID/SSN or Directory ID), list-name is the name of the list, and new-password is the new password you choose. For example:

  approve 123456789 configset cmsc100-0101-fall07 master_password = 987654321

You should receive e-mail confirmation of the password change from the Course mail server in return. If you don't understand the error message(s), contact the Office of Information Technology (OIT) please Help Desk.

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