E-lists at Cornell

Using Your Password with the SET Command

Most people come to this page when they tried to use the commands listed on our Customizing Your List Settings page and getting an error message that reads something like this:

Try sending the command again, but use this syntax for the body of the message:

where listname is the name of the list you are joining, option is the keyword described on our Customizing Your List Settings page and password is the password you use as a Lyris administrator on this or any other list you administer from the e-mail address you are using. For example:

set univ-closing-L digest pw=AZ54by40

Important:

• This format only applies to people who are administrators on at least one list (and not necessarily the list you're trying to work with here).
• You must send this message from the e-mail address where you receive the e-list's messages.
• The message must be sent in plain text, that is, no formatting, font styles, or HTML code.
  (How do I send plain text?)
• The settings you specify will be changed only for the e-list you specify, not for all your lists.
• If you don't know (or remember) your password, please refer to our Resetting Lyris Passwords page.

Explanation for all that

Many people are members of multiple lists. Some people are also administrators of some of those lists. The blurred line between members and administrators for these people can cause the SET command to fail. If Lyris knows that a particular e-mail address has a password, it requires that password to execute this command, even though you aren't trying to be an administrator when you use it.

The fix is to include your Lyris password even when you are acting as an ordinary member.

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Last modified: May 24, 2007