I am handling your request for a sy13116 mailing list. We can offer two
sorts.

1/ A Majordomo list where you are the administrator of the list
   This allows you to make the list, open (anyone can join) or
   closed (only you can add remove people), set it as a moderated
   list where you must approve mail to the list otherwise it
   is send to you to approve.   etc.etc.etc..

2/ A system list where the sysprogs add and remove people to/from the
   mailing list on your behalf. When students leave they will then be
   automatically removed. We will also ask the University database
   for a list of students enrolled in the subject to add them whenever
   you feel this is required.

   Such a list is closed and unmoderated.

Here is a copy of the blurb I send out before about majordomo.
When you have decided which style you want please let me know.

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Anthony has installed a Mailing List Management System called "Majordomo"
on citadel.  It can be used by academic staff to create and maintain their
own mailing lists.  Common uses for academic staff include creating and
maintaining a mailing list of the students in their courses, mailing lists
regarding conferences etc. 

More detailed information about the system is available below.  Please
contact Anthony (A.Thyssen@cit.gu.edu.au) if you wish to set up a mailing
list for yourself. 

Regards,
   Armaghan Ross Hoveydai
   <A.Hoveydai@cit.gu.edu.au>

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Majordomo is a mailing list management program which allows users from
anywhere in the world to subscribe and unsubscribe to mailing lists served
by this system. 

Requests are sent to majordomo via an email message containing the request
(in the mail `body'; the subject line is ignored). The result is then sent
back to the sender. 

The EMail address is    majordomo@cit.gu.edu.au

For information on the commands the users of majordomo can use please send
an email message mail containing the single word ``help'' in the body of
the mail message.

List maintainers also control the lists remotely via mail messages to
majordomo. These `control' requests require a password and are provided to
list maintainers when a list is setup. I will available to assist staff in
list maintenance if required. 

Mailing Lists on Majordomo can also have the following features...

   * Lists can have users subscribe or unsubscribe themselves automatically
     OR require the list maintainer to ``approve'' new members.

   * Mailing Lists can be optionally moderated. That is, all articles must
     be `approved' by the moderator before being sent out to users on the
     list. Moderation can also be done by someone other than the list
     maintainer, using a different password.

   * Lists are normally advertised by majordomo (via a `lists' request).
     However who can see the mailing list can be restricted to certain users
     or network domains (IE: CIT only mailing lists are possible)

Staff members wishing to setup a mailing list are to contact "anthony" and
with the following information: 

   * Name of the mailing list (usually quite short)
   * An initial password for the list maintainer
   * A single line describing purpose of the list. (for the `lists' request)
   * The initial ``info'' to mail to new subscribers to the mail list
   * anything else about the list

All of the above, except the name of the mailing list, can be modified by
the list maintainer at any time after the mailing list is setup. At that
time I'll mail the maintainer a document of how this is done and the
extra maintainance commands to majordomo.

For those interested:  majordomo is written in perl and is currently
version 1.92.