E-lists at Cornell (Lyris)

Add Many Members
but don't send them the "hello" message new members usually get

To use this method of entering many members at once, you first prepare a text file (not a Word document or any other format) listing e-mail addresses and members' names. The data should be presented in the following format, with one person per line:

1. Log in to the Lyris ListManager web interface
   
   
   
   
2. On the left, under Members, click on New
   
   
   
   
3. Click on Import Members from Text File
   
   
   
   
4. For Action, select Import quietly as regular members. This choice means that the people specified in your file will be added as members without asking them to confirm their desire to be members, and without sending them the "hello" message associated with this list. (Want to know about the other options? See our Adding Members - More Info page.)
   
   
5. Use the Browse button to select the text file containing the new member information as described above
   
   
6. Click on import
   
   
7. You will see an Import Status screen. When the import is completed (it is typically quite fast), click on ok at the bottom of the screen.

Many administrators find that importing a list of addresses didn't go quite as planned (usually the result of errors in the format of the file used). The natural tendency at this point is to delete all subscribers and try again. Please don't do this! If you delete all subscribers, you'll be deleting yourself, and you'll find yourself kicked off the administrative interface with no way back! If you are a list administrator and this happens to you, get in touch with the CIT Contact Center.

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Last modified: May 24, 2007