Email Distribution Lists

The SOCs have three types of e-mail distribution lists:

1. Aliases/lists under Pine at McSoc
2. Majordomo lists under majordomo@esa.nascom.nasa.gov
3. Distribution list files on McSoc used with the shell script sohoemaildistrib

In some cases a Pine alias points and sends e-mail to a Majordomo mailing list.

Pine-based E-mail Distribution Lists

These lists are maintained by entering Pine and updating the address book.

ins-esr (example: eitlasco-esr)

• Each instrument has one of these for all special operations and ESRs

schedule_short

• This Pine alias is no longer used. Its function has been replaced by a sohoemaildistrib-based distribution list of similar name.

SOC+Stein

• List on the Bcc line when sending emails so Stein and us both get copies of the emails we send

anomalies

• Group including OE's, Bernhard, Joe, Jean-Phillip, Daniel and Ton who recieve any emails about instrument anomaly explanations

alerts

• Group who receives emails about Automation Alerts like limit violations, includes FOT alert list members for all instrument teams

cdsops

• List of all CDS operators - Chris Maroney, Andy Matheson, Jeff Payne, Ron Yurow

cepac_temps

• List for CEPAC incase of any temperature anomalies - Reinhold Mueller-Mellin, Eino Valtonen

computers

• List for all computer users - Sarah Gregory, Chris Maroney, Kevin Schenk, Walter Schmidt, Rai Wu, MEDOC net admin (medocn)

EOF1

• First half of list including planners, PI's, and anyone else interested in SOHO

EOF2

• Second half of list including planners, PI's, and anyone else interested in SOHO

FOT

• FOT distribution list

georgeluis

• George and Luis if there are any files or webpage problems, or ESA computer problems

mditempall

• List of all MDI people interested in information about temperatures

mditempops

• List of all MDI ops people interested in information about temperatures

medoc_camp

• Some MEDOC people

minutes

• Group that receives the daily and weekly minutes - EOF1, EOF2, FOT, LASCO, Planners, SOCs

minutes_local

• List of man y of the local people who receive the daily and weekly minutes

nrttimes

• List exists but is no longer used. Its function has been replaced by a sohoemaildistrib-based distribution list of similar name.

ops

• List of the primary operations personnel for standard ops announcements - may not be up to date

planners

• List of all instrument science planners

social

• Group includes EOF1, EOF2, the FOT distribution list, the planners list and the solar list

special_ops

• Special operations discussion list for important announcements like roll, offpoints, ESRs, etc - is up to date (NOTE: Roger Thomas and Jeff Newmark aren't included in the list unless there is a rocket launch) - is up to date

sumer_temps

• List for SUMER in case of temperature anomalies - Werner Curdt, Dietmar Germerott, Phillipe Lemaire, Isabelle Scholl, Udo Scheuhle, Klaus Wilhelm

UVCS_SUB

• List of UVCS ops people - use when UVCS computer is down

SOLAR

• List of all Washington area solar physicists

SPWG List

• List of everyone who receives SPWG information and minutes - Majordomo list (only Tero can edit)
• Mailing out goes to the alias spwg, which expands to spwglist@esa.nascom.nasa.gov.

medocn

• MEDOC net administrator

SWT

• Group of PIs and Project Scientists for SOHO - Bernhard controls this list
• This is a majordomo list which expands to sohost@spd.aas.org

Calendar Updates

• Group that receives any calendar updates we feel are relevant to send out
• This is a majordomo list which expands to soho-calendar-updates@esa.nascom.nasa.gov

Majordomo-based E-mail Distribution Lists

These lists are maintained by sending commands via e-mail to majordomo@esa.nascom.nasa.gov (there are web interfaces for managing these lists, but we do not have one in use). The commands need to be sent by the list owner and placed into the message body (commands on the subject line do not work). There can be multiple commands in a single e-mail — for instance for deleting an old address and adding a new one. Some commands have additional parameters/arguments. The most fundamental command is HELP, which sends back a help file via e-mail.

For authentication the SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE command sequence has a verification phase: the list server sends back an e-mail request to the list owner, who needs to APPROVE the change.

The basic commands to use are:

We (the SOHO team) have currently the following Majordomo lists:

sohoemaildistrib-based E-mail distribution lists

The shell script sohoemaildistrib is a simple mailing/distribution list engine used for automated mailings (although in principle it can be used interactively from the command line). The script reads a list of e-mail addresses from a text file and e-mails a file with a fixed subject line to each address in the file. The usage syntax is:

Usage:
sohoemaildistrib <options and arguments>
-d <path to distribution list file>
-h displays this help text
-m <path to message body file>
-s <subject line>
-d and -m are mandatory
If not subject line is given, a warning is displayed

If the subject line (given as a string constant or as a shell variable) contains spaces, the constant or the variable needs to be enclosed in double quotes.

The script's definitive version is mcsoc:/Users/socfiles/bin/sohoemaildistrib and a symbolic link (primarily for use by the cron processes running under dsn@mcsoc) pointing to that file has been placed into mcsoc:/Users/dsn/bin.