Managing Your Subscriptions
From the Tufts Elist website, you can easily find and subscribe to publicly-viewable mailing lists. While subscribed to a mailing list, you can manage some list settings. It is also possible to suspend your subscription to a list, which stops the list from sending messages to you. When you no longer wish to be a part of a list, simply unsubscribe.
- Go to elist.tufts.edu and log in with your Tufts username (e.g. jjumbo01) and password.
- Click the Search for List(s) tab in the top toolbar. Options will appear, allowing you to:
- Use a Search Form - Search for a list using keywords in the list’s name.
- See an Index of Lists - View all of the publicly-viewable lists, presented alphabetically.
- Browse Lists by Categories - Pick a list type and see all of the publicly-viewable lists in that category.
- Click on a list address to open the list's home page.
- Click the Subscribe button in the left-hand menu.
- A message will appear saying that you are making a request to join the list. To confirm the request, provide your name (e.g., John Jumbo) and click the I subscribe button.
- Another confirmation message will appear. Click Confirm.
Note: Depending on how the list's subscription rules, the list owner may have to approve your request before you are officially added to the list.
- Go to elist.tufts.edu and log in with your Tufts username (e.g. jjumbo01) and password.
- Click the My lists button.
- Select a list to manage.
- The list’s home page will load. Click Subscriber Options in the left-hand menu.
- Adjust your list options as desired, including:
- Name - Type your name as you would like it to appear in the members list.
- Receiving mode - Use the dropdown menu to select how you would like to receive messages from the e-list. For more information about each receiving mode, click the info icon next to the dropdown.
- Visibility - Use the dropdown menu to select whether you want your name to be included in the members list or have it concealed. Note that the list owner determines whether or not such a members list is viewable to other members or not.
- Click the Apply modification button.
Suspending a subscription to an e-list simply means that you are temporarily opting out of receiving messages. This is a good option if you plan on being out of the office for a while and want to cut back on the amount of mail you receive during your absence.
- Go to elist.tufts.edu and log in with your Tufts username (e.g. jjumbo01) and password.
- Click the My lists button.
- Select a list to manage.
- The list’s home page will load. Click Subscriber Options in the left-hand menu.
- Scroll down to the Suspend subscription section.
- In the From field, specify the date on which you would like to stop receiving messages from this list. You can manually enter a date in the dd-mm-yyyy format or click the Calendar button and select a date from the popup calendar.
- In the To field, specify the date on which you would like to resume receiving messages from this list. You can also click the box next to Suspend my membership indefinitely. (If you decide to suspend the subscription indefinitely, you will need to manually restore the subscription later. See step 9.)
- Click the Suspend my subscriptions button.
- To resume your suspended subscription to a list, follow steps 1-4 above to return to the Subscriber Options page for the list and click the Resume my subscription button.
- Go to elist.tufts.edu and log in with your Tufts username (e.g. jjumbo01) and password.
- Click the My lists button.
- Select a list to manage.
- The list’s home page will load. Select Unsubscribe from the left-hand menu.
- A message will appear asking if you really want to unsubscribe. Click Confirm.