Texas A&M Communicators (TAMCOM)

 

About

Texas A&M Communicators is a professional organization open to all communicators employed with the Texas A&M University System.

To join, sign up for the mailing list and the social network.

Listserv

Most of our group discussion takes place on the listserv. The archives are public.

List etiquette:

  1. Plain text, not HTML.
  2. Trim your replies.
  3. Don't top-post.

Our Help section has answers to some common listserv problems.

Network

TAMCOM has a new social network on ning.com, including a blog and special interest groups. Sign up now to take part!

As a member of the group, you can:

  • post to the group blog
  • view member profiles
  • create discussion groups for special interests
  • share and comment on photos and videos

Help

What's my Listserv password?

Listserv has its own password management scheme, which has nothing to do with your NetID or departmental user account. If you have not used Listserv before, you probably don't have one at all. Just have Listserv send you a password reminder; it will create one and email it to you.

Why was my post rejected?

This almost always happens because you're subscribed to the list using one address (usually your generic @tamu.edu), but your From: address is something else (some longer departmental address). Listserv is, alas, too stupid to realize that both addresses belong to you.

There are two ways to solve this. Go to the list subscription page and do either of the following:

  1. Unsubscribe your @tamu.edu address and subscribe again using your departmental one.
  2. (Preferred) Subscribe again using your departmental address (leaving your @tamu.edu subscription alone). Check the box marked "Mail delivery disabled temporarily [NOMAIL]" so you don't get two copies of every message. Listserv defines "temporarily" as "until you come back and tell us otherwise," so this setting will remain in effect unless you change it.

Option #2 is preferred because it will allow you to post to the list using either address, and because -- if you receive messages at the @tamu.edu address and set your departmental one to NOMAIL -- you'll still have a working account on the list if you change jobs within A&M, or if your server admins change your departmental address.

If you have any further problems posting to the list after subscribing with your departmental address, please let the list managers know.