How do I contact the owner or maintainer of a list?
Depending on how a list is configured, it may also be possible to look up the identities of the list maintainers.
For Mailman lists, visit the List Information web page at: http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/listname. Be sure to replace "listname" in the URL with the name of the list. At the bottom of that page, you will see some text in italics that says something like "list run by joeuser at mit.edu, jruser at mit.edu". Those are the list administrators for that Mailman list.
For Moira lists, you can use the following command:
That will display something like:
List: mylist Description: A mailing list at MIT Flags: active, private, and visible mylist is a maillist and is not a group Owner: USER joeuser
In the example above, "joeuser" is the owner of the Moira list "mylist". In some cases, the owner of a Moira list may be the name of the list itself. For example:
List: somelist Description: Another mailing list at MIT Flags: active, private, and visible somelist is a maillist and is not a group Owner: LIST somelist
This means the list is self-owned, and that anyone on the list is also an administrator of the list.
If you need further assistance determining the owner of a mailing list, please contact User Accounts at accounts@mit.edu or x3-1325.